DIRECTORY SERVICES

Shortcut for specifying local replicas of a Domino Directory or Extended Directory Catalog in a Directory Assistance document
You can enter an asterisk (*) in the Server Name field on the Replicas tab of a Directory Assistance document for a Domino Directory or Extended Directory Catalog to indicate that directory assistance should first look on its local server for a replica of the directory. This feature is useful in an environment where multiple servers use directory assistance to search local replicas of a directory with the same file name. Use an asterisk to represent all the servers that have local replicas of the directory with the same file name, rather than specifying each server individually in its own Server Name field.

For example, if servers A, B, C, and D each store local replicas of the directory ACMEWEST.NSF configured for directory assistance, use an asterisk to specify only one Server Name/Directory Filename entry in the Directory Assistance document for ACMEWEST.NSF:
Server NameDirectory Filename
*ACMEWEST.NSF
If you do not enter an asterisk, you muse make these four Server Name/Directory Filename entries:
Server NameDirectory Filename
Server AACMEWEST.NSF
Server BACMEWEST.NSF
Server CACMEWEST.NSF
Server DACMEWEST.NSF
If some servers use directory assistance but don't have local replicas of the directory, add at least one explicit Server Name/Directory Filename entry in the Directory Assistance document for these servers to use. If you use the directory assistance failover method, specify at least one explicit Server Name/Directory Filename entry for servers with local replicas to use as an alternate in the event the replica is unavailable.

Note Do not use * in the Server Name field in a Directory Assistance database that Lotus Domino Release 4 servers use. Instead, create a separate Directory Assistance database that uses explicit server names for Release 4 servers to use.

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