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Chapter 3. Configuring Directory Databases
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6. Click
Save
.
3.1.2.3. Disabling a Suffix
Sometimes, a database may need taken down for maintenance, but the data the database contains is
not replicated. Rather than returning a referral, disable the suffix responsible for the database.
Once a suffix is disabled, the contents of the database related to the suffix are invisible to client
applications when they perform LDAP operations such as search, add, and modify.
To disable a suffix, do the following:
1. In the Directory Server Console, select the
Configuration
tab.
2. Under
Data
in the left navigation pane, click the suffix to disable.
3. Click the
Suffix Setting
tab, and deselect the
Enable this suffix
checkbox.
4. Click
Save
.
The suffix is no longer enabled.
3.1.2.4. Deleting a Suffix
WARNING
Deleting a suffix also deletes all database entries and replication information associated
with that suffix.
1. In the Directory Server Console, select the
Configuration
tab.
2. Under
Data
in the left navigation pane, select the suffix to delete.
3. Select
Delete
from the
Object
menu.
Alternatively, right-click the suffix and select
Delete
from the pop-up menu.
4. Select
Delete this suffix and all of its sub suffixes
to remove all the suffix and every suffix
below it.
Select
Delete this suffix only
to remove only this particular suffix, not its sub suffixes.
5. Click
OK
.
3.2. Creating and Maintaining Databases
After creating suffixes to organizing the directory data, create databases to contain that directory data.
Databases are used to store directory data.
3.2.1. Creating Databases
The directory tree can be distributed over multiple Directory Server databases. There are two ways to
distribute data across multiple databases: