Example of directory assistance for an extended directory catalog
Company Y uses three domains, Domain A, Domain B, and Domain C. Rather than setting up directory assistance to search each domain Domino® Directory individually, the company builds an extended directory catalog that aggregates all three domain directories. Using this approach, Notes® users can use one directory to browse for names registered in any domain directory, servers can use one directory to look up names from any domain, for example, when routing mail, and servers can look up the members of groups aggregated from any of the three directories when authorizing database access.
About this task
The company creates replicas of the extended directory catalog on two servers in Domain A that are members of a cluster. Network connections between domains are fast, so servers in Domains B and C use the replicas of the directory catalog on the Domain A servers.
Administrators from each domain want local control of the directory assistance database, so each domain creates and uses its own directory assistance database.
The following table shows the settings for the Directory Assistance document for the extended directory catalog that is in each domain's directory assistance database.
| Basics tab | Contents | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Domain type |
Notes |
-- |
| Domain name |
EDC |
Made-up name that does not correspond to an actual domain name. |
| Company name |
Company Y |
-- |
| Search order |
None |
-- |
| Make this domain available to |
|
Allows servers to use the extended directory catalog for all directory assistance services. |
| Group Authorization |
Yes |
Allows servers to look up groups in the extended directory catalog when authorizing database access. |
| Enabled |
Yes |
-- |
| Naming contexts (rules) tab | ||
| N.C.1: |
Enabled - Yes Trusted for Credentials - Yes |
Allows servers to search all names in the extended directory catalog. Trusted for Credentials selected to allow servers to authenticate all Internet users with Person documents that are aggregated in the directory catalog. |
| Replicas tab | ||
| Replica1: |
Server Name: Server1/DomainA Directory Filename: EDC.NSF |
Server1/DomainA is a member of a cluster. Only one replica of the extended directory catalog in the cluster is specified so that cluster failover is used to find an available replica. |