Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR, Administrator'S Manual

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Creating Indexes
Chapter 10 Managing Indexes 365
Running the vlvindex Script
Once you have created the two browsing indexing entries or added additional
attribute types to an existing indexing browsing entries, run the
vlvindex
script to
generate the new set of browsing indexes to be maintained by the Directory Server.
After you run the script, the new set of browsing indexes is active for any new data
you add to your directory and any existing data in your directory.
To run the
vlvindex
script:
1.
From the command line, change to the following directory:
serverRoot
/slapd-
serverID
/
2.
Run the
vlvindex
script.
For more information about using this script, refer to Netscape Directory Server
Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
Two examples of generating browsing indexes using the
vlvindex
script follow.
Windows batch file (you need to run the script from the
..\bin\slapd\admin\bin\perl
directory as shown in the example):
..\bin\slapd\admin\bin\perl vlvindex -n Example1 -T
"dc=example,dc=com"
UNIX shell script:
vlvindex -n Example1 -T "dc=example,dc=com"
The following table describes the
vlvindex
options used in the examples:
For more information about the
vlvindex
script, see the Netscape Directory Server
Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
NOTE
This first browsing index entry must be added to the
cn=
instanceName
,cn=ldbm database,cn=plugins,cn=config
directory tree node and the second entry must be a child of the first
entry.
Option Description
-n
Name of the database containing the entries to index.
-T
Browsing index identifier to use to create browsing indexes.