7.5. Replication

To utilize replication, a replication server needs to be installed. It consists of an LDAP server. The Globus Toolkit 2.2 provides an LDAP server than can be used for this purpose. See “Installation” on page 211. In the Globus Toolkit 2.2 the GSI security infrastructure is not used to modify entries in the LDAP repository. Consequently, a password and an LDAP administrator need to be defined for the replica server. It will be used each time from the client side to perform write operations to the LDAP tree.

7.5.1. Shell commands

The Globus Toolkit 2.2 provides a single shell command for manipulating replica catalog objects. The format of the command is:

globus-replica-catalog HOST OBJECT ACTION

Where:

  • HOST specifies the logical ...

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