Novell® Open Enterprise Server Administrator’s Handbook, NetWare® Edition

Appendix B eDirectory Reference Materials

As you probably know by now, eDirectory is an extremely complex environment. Fortunately, it is largely self-sufficient. Most of the day-to-day tasks of maintaining and protecting directory data are handled automatically and transparently. Not only does eDirectory have many built-in integrity features, but it also employs several background processes that keep the directory environment stable and healthy.

eDirectory Background Processes

This section provides a look at the main background processes that do all the heavy lifting associated with eDirectory operations:

Database initialization