NetWare Directory Services

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Planning NetWare Directory Services Implementation
Organizing Objects into a Logical Hierarchy
Figure 7-4 Directory Tree with Mixed Organizational Unit Object Types
Some areas of your tree might need more than one Organizational Unit. In
the current example, the Organizational Unit MFG contains another level of
Organizational Units because MFG itself is a self-contained business unit,
with its own Quality Assurance department, Engineering and Development
departments, etc.
Therefore, another level of Organizational Units resides under the MFG
Organizational Unit to allow the department network supervisors more
flexibility in designing their portions of the Directory tree.
Having different Organizational Units can help network supervisors
customize the Directory tree for their particular needs.
The tree in this example facilitates replication well, but it might be more
difficult to manage than the example illustrated in Figure 7-3.
Placing Leaf Objects in the Directory Tree
Container objects and their contents should be defined by workgroups,
shared resources, and information usage. Therefore, leaf objects
representing resources used by a single group should be placed in the same
container.
Keep the following considerations in mind when placing leaf objects in the
Directory tree:
• Design your Directory tree so that users have shared access to resources.
(OU)=TEST(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=PROD1 (OU)=PROD2
ACMECORP
ACMECORP
(C)=US
(O)=ACME
(OU)=HQ(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=TOKYO (OU)=MFG (OU)=LONDON