Create a Master Catalog

Purpose

When you create a master catalog, you create a place to store information extracted from the Directory database. The catalog stores only the objects and attributes you specify and lets you find information about those objects without a time-consuming search of the entire Directory. The master catalog receives updates from the catalog dredger (search engine) and distributes this information to any existing slave catalogs.

Create a Catalog

1. Launch NetWare Administrator and choose the container in which you want to create the Catalog object.

2. Right-click and choose Create.

3. Choose the NDSCat:Master Catalog object icon and click OK.

4. In the Create Catalog dialog, specify the Catalog name, check Define Additional Attributes, and then click Create.

5. Choose a host server. The host server hosts the catalog dredger that populates and updates this master catalog.

   Type in the server's Complete Name (for example, bigserver.sales.novell). If you don't remember it, you can browse the tree to find the server by clicking the button next to the host server field.

6. Make the Catalog object security equivalent to another object so that the catalog has rights to browse the tree.

7. Click the button next to the Security Equals field to select the object.

8. (Optional) Enter a description, location, department, and organization for the master catalog.

9. Label the catalog. You need to enter both a primary and a secondary label.

10. Click Filter, and then enter a statement in the Filter box.

11. Define the scope of the catalog.

    1. Choose or enter the context limits for the search.

    2. Specify how deep the search is to go by choosing Search Subtree or Search Immediate Subordinates.

    3. If you want the search to include aliases, check Search Aliases.

12. Click Schedule to specify when the catalog should be updated.

    1. Choose whether to update the catalog manually or automatically.

    2. If you chose Manual, click Update Now.

    3. If you chose Automatic, fill in the Frequency, Start Time, and Start Date.

13. Click Attributes / Indexes and then choose All Attributes or Selected Attributes.

14. If you chose Selected Attributes, now click Select Attributes.

    1. Choose attributes from the Available column.

    2. Click Add.

    3. Click OK.

15. Click Select Indexes to specify the attribute by which the catalog is to be indexed.

    1. Choose attributes from the Available column.

    2. Click Add.

    3. Click OK; then Click OK again.