Chapter 6 Understanding Common eDirectory Processes

Chapter 1, “The Four Basics of eDirectory Troubleshooting,” defines Novell’s directory services (DS) implementation as a loosely consistent distributed database. Several autonomous background processes ensure the integrity of the data in the DS database and must run smoothly to provide consistent operation. There are also several processes you initiate with administration tools such as ConsoleOne and NDS iMonitor when managing objects, partitions, and replicas.

This chapter looks at the most common of these processes, to help you develop a better understanding of how they work. A thorough understanding of how they work makes it easier to determine a proper course of action to take to resolve ...

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