Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1, Administrator'S Manual

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Configuring Single-Master Replication
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a.
In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
b.
In the navigation tree, highlight the Replication node.
c.
In the right-hand side of the window, select the Supplier Settings tab.
d.
Check the Enable Changelog checkbox.
This activates all of the fields in the pane below that were previously
greyed out.
e.
Specify a changelog by clicking the “Use default” button, or click the
Browse button to display a file selector.
f.
Set the changelog parameters (number and age).
You must clear the unlimited checkboxes if you want to specify different
values.
g.
Click Save to save the supplier settings.
2.
Specify the replication settings required for a read-write replica.
a.
In the navigation tree on the Configuration tab, expand the Replication
node, and highlight the database to replicate.
The Replica Settings tab is displayed in the right-hand side of the window.
b.
Check the Enable Replica checkbox.
c.
In the Replica Role section, select the Single Master radio button.
d.
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, different from the IDs
used for read-write replicas on this server and on other servers.
e.
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.
f.
Click Save to save the replication settings for the database.
3.
Create a replication agreement.
You must create one replication agreement for each read-only replica. For
example, in the case illustrated in Figure 8-1, on page 307, Server A holds two
replication agreements, one for Server B and one for Server C.