Sun Java System Directory Server

- Overview
- Before Starting
- Installing Sun Cluster HA for Sun Java System Directory Server
- Customizing Sun Cluster HA for Sun Java System Directory Server

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Overview

The SunPlex Manager installs the Sun Java System Directory Server (formerly the Sun ONE Directory Server) from the Sun Java System software. SunPlex Manager also configures Sun Cluster HA for Sun Java System Directory Server as a failover service. For a list of the releases of Sun Java System Directory Server that are supported by Sun Cluster, ask your Sun sales representative.

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Before Starting

Before you install the Sun Java System Directory Server package:

- Ensure that you have the Sun Java System distribution on a file system that all nodes in the cluster can access.
- Ensure that the logical host name is set up. In most cases, you set up the logical host name when you install Sun Cluster.
- Ensure that you have enough disk space for the installation. For information about the amount of disk space the installation requires, check the Sun Java System Directory Server reelease notes.
- You need to determine a unique network address and port number for each instance of the data service on the same node.
- Ensure that the destination installation directory is located in a global file system. If the directory does not exist, the LDAP setup program creates the directory.
- Ensure that you have the CD that contains the Sun Cluster data service.

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Installing Sun Cluster HA for Sun Java System Directory Server

If you exit SunPlex Manager or click the Back button in your web browser after you begin the installation, you are disconnected from the installation. This disconnection can result in an incomplete installation because of insufficient information or an unresolved error message.

To clean up an incomplete installation, remove the application files and resources and resource groups that were created.

The following table describes the information you must provide during installation:

Field | Description
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Installation Source Directory | The directory that contains the Sun Java System Directory Server packages.
Desired Administrative Server Password | The password for full privileges. The Directory Administrator is the person responsible for managing all Netscape Servers that are accessible through Netscape Console. If you use the Administrative Server ID to log in, you can administer any Netscape server in the server topology area of Netscape Console.
Desired Directory Manager Password | The password that accesses the Directory Manager. Think of the Directory Manager as your directory's superuser.
Administration Server Port | The port used by the Administration Server for communication.
LDAP Server Port | The port on which the directory server accepts requests. Choose the default unless you already have another application that uses that port.
LDAP Server ID | A unique value that is used as part of the name of the directory in which the Directory Server instance is installed. For example, if your machine's host name is phonebook, this name is the default. As a result, the Directory Server instance is installed in a directory that is labeled slapd-phonebook.
LDAP Directory Suffix | A value that determines the LDAP directory suffix. A directory suffix is the directory entry that represents the first entry in a directory tree. You need at least one directory suffix for the tree that is to contain your organization's data. Therefore, choose a directory suffix that corresponds to the DNS host name that is used by your enterprise. For example, if your organization uses the DNS name example.com, choose the suffix dc=example,dc=com.
Destination Installation Directory | The directory where the binaries for the Sun Java System Directory Server application are installed. This directory must be a global directory.
Network Resource | The logical host name or shared address that is used to access Sun Java System Directory Server over the network. If a logical host name is used, one Sun Java System Server instance runs as a failover service.
LDAP Resource Name | The name of the Sun Java System Directory Server resource that is created. This name must be unique within the cluster.

To test the directory server, follow the instructions that are provided by SunPlex Manager.

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Customizing Sun Cluster HA for Sun Java System Directory Server

For instructions about customizing your Sun Java System Directory Server data service installation, see the Sun Java System Directory Server documentation in the Sun Cluster documentation set.

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