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Detailed Replication Tasks
Chapter 8 Managing Replication 289
5.
In the Common Settings section, specify a Replica ID (an integer between 1 and
254 inclusive).
The replica ID must be unique for a given suffix. Make sure you specify an ID
that is different from the IDs used for read-write replicas on this server and on
other servers.
6.
In the Common Settings section specify a purge delay in the Purge delay field.
This option indicates how often the state information stored in the replicated
entries is purged.
7.
Click Save to save the replication settings for the database.
Configuring a Read-Only Replica
For each read-only replica on the consumer server, you must specify the
appropriate replication settings.
1.
In the Directory Server Console, click the Configuration tab.
For information on starting the Directory Server Console, see “Using the
Directory Server Console,” on page 28.
2.
In the left navigation tree, expand the Replication folder, and highlight the
replica database.
The Replica Settings tab is displayed in the right navigation window.
3.
Check the Enable Replica checkbox.
4.
In the Replica Role section, select the Dedicated Consumer option.
5.
In the Common Settings, section specify a purge delay in the Purge delay field.
This option indicates how often the state information stored in the replicated
entries is purged.
6.
In the Replica Update Settings section, specify the supplier bind DN or entry
DN that the supplier will use to bind to the replica. This supplier bind DN or
entry DN must correspond to the entry you created on the server that acts as a
consumer in the replication agreement. You can now specify multiple supplier
bind DNs per replica but only one supplier DN per replication agreement. To
specify your supplier bind DN:
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In the Replica Update Settings section enter your supplier bind DN in the
Enter a new Supplier DN or entry DN field.