The Dirsync window is located at the bottom of the IMTA Property Book (see FIGURE 3-7).
The Directory Synchronization window includes the following fields:
The channel can perform the following types of directory synchronization:
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Full: The channel synchronizes all local and foreign entries. This option should be used the first time a channel is synchronized. Thereafter, full synchronization should be used once per week for configurations. | |
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Full-Foreign: The channel synchronizes all foreign entries only. Full-foreign synchronization should be used once per week for configurations. | |
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Incremental: The channel receives only additions, deletions, and changes to local and foreign entries. Incremental synchronization should be scheduled daily. | |
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None: The channel does not participate in directory synchronization. |
This is the email address of the dirsync client. This address corresponds to the account that is sending updates to the Central Directory. For each channel that is participating in dirsync, you will have to refer to the client setup to get the information required. This address will be of the form:
Note - If you don't know what the correct address should be, run an export on your client and watch the logs on the server. The server logs who it got a message from and who it expected the message from. Change your configuration so that the client address matches the actual sender.
When the directories are synchronized, both parameters specify how the propagation of new or deleted entries flow to and from the directory. To select an option, click on the box next to propagation label. Retain the default values if you are unsure.
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To Central Directory (CD): This enables you to copy any new or deleted directory information from the channel directories (also known as the subordinate or slave directories) to the central directory. | |
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From Central Directory: This enables you to copy any new or deleted directory information from the central directory to the channel directories (also known as the subordinate or slave directories). | |
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Bi-directional: Changes made to either the central or the channel directories are propagated to and from both directories. |
When the directories are synchronized, this parameter specifies how the propagation of modified entries flow to and from the directory. To select an option, click on the box next to propagation label. Retain the default values if you are unsure.
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To Central Directory (CD): This enables you to copy any modified directory information from the channel directories (also known as the subordinate or slave directories) to the central directory (also known as the LDAP directory). | |
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From Central Directory: This enables you to copy any modified directory information from the central directory (also known as the LDAP directory) to the channel directories (also known as the subordinate or slave directories). |
| 1. | Click on the SUN Directory Services icon in the Admin Console home page. |
| 2. | Select SMCS Directory Sync. |
| 3. | To set the schedule, click on the Active box. |
| 4. | Set the day or days that you want to update the directory. |
| 5. | Set the time for the update, including whether you want it to occur in the AM or PM. |
| 6. | If you want to repeat the update, choose how often to repeat it. |
| 7. | Click the Apply button. |
When you delete a channel, all user entries for that channel are deleted in the central directory. Adding a channel with the same name does not undelete the entries. For dirsync channels. when you delete a channel and then add that channel name back, the next dirsync cycle deletes all user entries from the synchronized directory.
Note - To prevent deleting all user entries when deleting a dirsync channel, set the synchronized directory as the owner of the user objects. When you delete a channel, you need to delete the LAN subdirectories as well
To delete a channel:
| 1. | Select the channel you want to delete from the IMTA Property Book page. |
| 2. | Choose the Selected drop-down menu and choose Delete. |