Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Creating and Managing Directory Services Partitions
These default settings ensure that bindery services will work correctly for
networks running both NetWare 3™ and NetWare 4 software.
Additional Information
Guidelines for Managing Partitions and Replicas
Use these guidelines for managing partitions and replicas:
• Make sure all the servers that contain replicas are up and running before you
attempt any partition operation.
If you attempt a partition operation while a server (that contains a replica) is
down, NDS will not be able to synchronize, since it will not be able to
communicate with the replica on the downed server.
• You can create partitions only at the container level of the Directory tree.
• NDS does not require you to have a replica of the complete database in any
location; the database is designed to be divided into usable pieces.
• Operations to manage partitions or replicas take place in the background and take
time to complete, since the replicas need to be synchronized with new
information.
• You cannot store more than one replica of the same partition on a server. It is not
necessary for all servers in your Directory tree to store partitions or replicas
unless you want to be able to log in to every server in your tree using bindery
services.
• You can create as many replicas of a partition as you need; however, we
recommend that you create between three and six replicas of each partition in
your Directory tree.
For more information about Refer to
Bindery services Introduction to NetWare Directory
Services and “Bindery Services” in
Concepts
Directory partitions “Understanding Management Features” of
Introduction to NetWare Directory
Services
NetWare Directory partitions “NetWare Directory partitions” in
Concepts