Lotus Domino Administrator 8 Help - Using directory assistance to control which remote replicas of a primary Domino Directory servers with Configuration Directories can use

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Using directory assistance to control which remote replicas of a primary Domino Directory servers with Configuration Directories can use
A Configuration Directory is a small, selective replica of a domain IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Directory that contains only Domino configuration information. A server with a Configuration Directory looks up information related to directory services, such as information in user and group documents, in a full replica of the domain primary Domino Directory on a remote server. You can create a Directory Assistance document for the primary Domino Directory in a directory assistance database used by servers with Configuration Directories. Do this to specify which replicas of a remote primary Domino Directory the servers potentially can use. This step isn't required -- if you do not use directory assistance, a server with a Configuration Directory uses a default, built-in logic, to find a remote replica of a primary Domino Directory to use.

If you set up directory assistance to control which remote replicas of the primary Domino Directory servers with Configuration Directories can use, the key options to select in the Directory Assistance document are the following ones.

On the Basics tab:

Next to "Domain Type" select Notes.
Next to "Domain Name" enter the domain of the servers with the Configuration Directories.
Next to "Group Authorization" select No. A server can use groups located in a primary Domino Directory replica to authorize database access even when you select No because a primary Domino Directory is always trusted for this purpose. Since you can select Yes for only one directory in the directory assistance database, select No to reserve the use of "Group Authorization" for another directory in the directory assistance database.

On the Replicas tab, make sure to configure failover for the directory.

Using a central directory architecture in a Domino domain

Managing Domino Directories in a central directory architecture

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