7.2 Managing Replication

When you create a new partition, by default eDirectory replicates the partition on one or more servers in your eDirectory tree. The procedures below explain how to further configure replication of your tree's partitions. For replication concepts and guidelines, see “ Guidelines for Replicating Your Tree” and “ Managing Partitions and Replicas” in the Novell eDirectory Administration Guide.

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7.2.1 Viewing Replication Information

  1. In the left pane, right-click either a server or a partition root (a container with an Partition icon icon next to it) > click Views > click Partition and Replica View.

    Select a server to see all its replicas, no matter which partitions they replicate. Select a partition root to see all the partition's replicas, no matter which servers they are stored on.

    The right pane displays a list of the replicas you chose, along with the type and state of each replica. For descriptions of the replica types, see “ Replicas” in the Novell eDirectory Administration Guide. For descriptions of the replica states, see Section 7.3, About Replica States.

  2. View more information on a particular replica, such as its last synchronization time and any errors.

    1. In the right pane, select the replica.

    2. On the toolbar, click the Information button.

      The Replica Information dialog box appears. Click Help for details on individual information fields. If there are synchronization errors, click the question mark next to the error number for details.

7.2.2 Adding a Replica

  1. In the left pane, right-click the root container of the partition that you want to replicate (it should have an Partition icon icon next to it) > click Views > click Partition and Replica View.

    The right pane displays a list of the servers that the partition is already replicated on.

  2. On the toolbar, click Add Replica.

  3. Next to the Server Name field, click the browse button > select the server to create the new replica on > click OK.

  4. Select the type of replica you want.

    Click Help for details.

  5. Click OK.

7.2.3 Deleting a Replica

  1. In the left pane, right-click either the server that holds the replica, or the root container of the partition that the replica is a copy of (it should have an Partition icon icon next to it) > click Views > click Partition and Replica View.

    The right pane displays a list of the replicas on the selected server or of the selected partition, along with the type and state of each replica. For descriptions of the replica types, see “ Replicas” in the Novell eDirectory Administration Guide. For descriptions of the replica states, see Section 7.3, About Replica States.

  2. Make sure you understand the implications of deleting the replica.

    See “ Adminstering Replicas” in the Novell eDirectory Administration Guide.

  3. In the right pane, select the replica.

  4. On the toolbar, click Delete Replica > Yes.

7.2.4 Modifying a Replica

  1. In the left pane, right-click either the server that holds the replica, or the root container of the partition that the replica is a copy of (it should have an Partition icon icon next to it) > click Views > click Partition and Replica View.

    The right pane displays a list of the replicas on the selected server or of the selected partition, along with the type and state of each replica. For descriptions of the replica types, see “ Replicas” in the Novell eDirectory Administration Guide. For descriptions of the replica states, see Section 7.3, About Replica States.

  2. Make sure you understand the implications of changing the replica.

    See “ Adminstering Replicas” in the Novell eDirectory Administration Guide.

  3. On the toolbar, click Change Replica Type.

  4. Modify the replica as needed.

    Click Help for details.

    1. To change the replica type, select the type you want.

    2. For filtered replica types, see Replicating Selected Data Only below.

  5. Click OK.

7.2.5 Replicating Selected Data Only

When adding or modifying a replica as explained above, select a filtered replica type > click Create/Edit Filter > select only those types of objects and properties that you want the replica to contain.

For this to work, your tree must be running NDS eDirectory 8.5 or later.