NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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See also: “Rights.”
Directory management request
A request that controls the physical distribution of the NetWare Directory
Services database. Through these requests, network supervisors can install
new Directory partitions and manage their replicas.
The following Directory management requests are supported:
Related utility: “PARTMGR” (Utilities Reference)
See also: “Partition, Directory Services”; “Replica.”
Directory Map object
A leaf object that refers to a directory on a volume.
Directory Map objects can point to directories that contain frequently-used
files such as applications.
Request Description
Add partition Creates a new Directory partition on the
server.
Add replica Adds a replica of an existing Directory
partition to a server.
List replicas Lists the Directory replicas stored by a
server.
Remove partition Deletes the master replica of a Directory
partition.
Synchronize replicas Initiates an updating of replicas of the
specified Directory partition.
Create a new partition Splits a Directory partition into two at a
specified object.