20.5 Managing Replica Sites

  1. In iManager, select Distributed File Services>Manage Replica Sites.

  2. Select any server with an NSS volume that is located in the DFS management context that you want to manage.

    This action locates the DFS management context, lists the replica servers in that context that host its VLDB services, and reports the current status of the VLDB services on them.

    • Name: The distinguished name of the O-level or OU-level container in the eDirectory tree that defines the selected DFS management context.

    • Replica Site: The distinguished names of the servers that host an instance of VLDB services for the selected management context. A management context can have 1 or 2 replica sites. The server can be at any level within the specified container that is not controlled by a lower-level management context.

    • State: The status of currently running VLDB services on the replica site. See Section 20.8, Monitoring the Health of VLDB Services for details.

    • Version: The build version of the VLDB services module that is running on the replica site.

  3. Do one or more of the following:

    Actions

    Description

    Reference

    New (Add Replica Site)

    Select a second NetWare 6.5 or OES NetWare server to host VLDB services for the selected management context.

    Section 20.10, Adding a Replica Site

    Delete (Remove Replica Site)

    Delete the VLDB services and VLDB database from the replica server for the selected management context. If the server is the only replica site, deleting it also deletes the management context.

    Section 20.11, Removing a Replica Site

    Activate

    Start the VLDB Services that are already loaded on the selected replica site.

    Section 20.6, Starting or Activating VLDB Services

    Details

    View more information about the selected replica site.

    Optionally configure whether to run VLDB services on server restart, the location of the back-end database, and the number of threads to use when services are running.

    Section 20.9, Viewing Details of VLDB Services on a Replica Site

    Repair

    Configure a repair of the VLDB database on the selected replica site.

    Section 20.12, Repairing the VLDB

    Start

    Load VLDB services on the select replica sites, then activate the services. If VLDB services are already loaded, it simply activates them.

    Section 20.6, Starting or Activating VLDB Services

    Stop

    Deactivate VLDB services on the selected replica sites, then unload the services.

    Section 20.7, Stopping VLDB Services