Contents


About This Guide

What You Are Expected to Know
The iPlanet Meta-Directory Documentation Set
Organization of This Guide
Documentation Conventions

Typographic Conventions
Terminology

Related Information

Chapter 1 Meta-Directory Concepts

The Importance of iPlanet Meta-Directory

The iPlanet Meta-Directory Solution

An Example Application

Synchronizing and Joining Entries
A Meta-Directory Deployment

iPlanet Meta-Directory Components

iPlanet Meta-Directory Console

iPlanet Console and iPlanet Directory Server Console

The Join Engine and the Meta View

The Join Engine
Meta View Services

Connectors and Connector Views

Indirect Connectors
Direct Connectors

How iPlanet Meta-Directory Works

How Connectors Work

Indirect Connector Rules
Attribute Flow Rules
Default Value Rules
Filtering Rules

How the Join Engine Works

The Join Process Rules
Join Rules
Attribute Flow Rules
Filters
Distinguished Name (DN) Mapping Rules
Constructed Attributes

Manually Joining Entries

Chapter 2 Planning the Meta-Directory System

Designing Your Meta-Directory System

Beginning the System Design

Installing Directory Server to Support Meta-Directory
Directory Server Design and Deployment

Performing a Site Survey

Determining Data Sources and Authoritative Attributes
Determining Data Flow

Determining the Data Design for Your Views

Setting Up the Meta-Directory DIT

Planning the LDAP Schema Used in Your Views
Planning System Security
Allocating the Necessary Resources
Deploying Your System and Creating a Maintenance Plan

Deploying Your Meta-Directory System

Data Entry Size and RAM Considerations

RAM Sizing
Directory Sizing for Windows NT Systems

System Topology

Operating System Configuration
Directory Server Instances
Planning the Layout of Your System
Server Groups
Non-Participating Connector Views
Locating the Log Files

Multi-Master Replication
Bringing the System On Line

Piloting
Tuning
Going Production

Maintaining Your Meta-Directory System

Performing Data Backups
Monitoring the System
Planning for System Expansion

Chapter 3 Directory Server Configuration Settings for Meta-Directory

Installing and Configuring Directory Server

Directory Server Configuration Steps
Modifying Directory Server Settings

Enabling the Change Log

Enabling the iPlanet Directory Server Change Log
Enabling the Netscape Directory Server Change Log
Change Log Location

Setting Write Permissions on Solaris Systems

Loading Meta-Directory Schema

Manually Loading the Meta-Directory Schema
Adjusting Write Permissions (Solaris Only)

Adjusting Directory Server Plug-Ins

Setting uid-uniqueness Plug-In

Disabling the uid-uniqueness Plug-In

Setting the Referential Integrity Postoperation Plug-In

Disabling the Referential Integrity Postoperation Plug-In

Chapter 4 Meta-Directory Performance Tuning

Adding Meta-Directory Indexes

Determining Which Indexes to Create
To Add Indexes From the Directory Server Console

Bulk Loading Data

Adjusting the Database Cache Size

To Set the Maximum Cache Size

Adjusting the All IDs Threshold

Tuning the Data Servers

Configuring the Time of Search

Tuning the I/O Block Time-Out Setting

Chapter 5 Tuning Directory Server

Directory Server Write Performance Tuning

Managing the Information Written to Disk

Optimizing Indexes
The Transaction Log
The Access, Error, and Audit Log Files
The Replication Change Log

Summary of Write Tuning

Tuning Directory Server Read Performance

Directory Server Back-End Settings

Tuning the Directory Server Caches
Sizing the Database and Entry Cache Settings
Computing the Database and Entry Cache Sizes
Monitoring the Database Cache
Monitoring Performance From the Command Line
Sizing the Entry Cache to Prevent Over-Allocation of Memory
Tuning the Directory Server Indexes
Tuning the All IDs Threshold

Directory Server Front-End Settings

To Modify the Directory Server Settings

Index