Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Configuration, Command, and File Reference

Option Description
configuration information for the index
creation process. This must be the full path to
the configuration directory,
/etc/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name.
-n backendName Specifies the name of the backend containing
the entries to index.
-t attributeName[:indextypes(:mathingrules)] Specifies the attribute to be indexed as well
as the types of indexes to create and
matching rules to apply, if any. If the matching
rule is specified, an index type must be
specified. This option cannot be used with -T.
indexTypes specifies a comma-separated list
of indexes to be created for the attributes.
matchingRules is an optional,
comma-separated list of the OIDs for the
languages in which the attribute will be
indexed. This option is used to create
international indexes. For information on
supported locales and collation order OIDs,
see the Appendix "Internationalization" in the
Directory Server Administrator's Guide.
-T vlvTag Specifies the VLV tag to use to create VLV
indexes. The Console can be used to specify
VLV tags for each database supporting the
directory tree, as described in the Directory
Server Administrator's Guide. Additional VLV
tags can be defined by creating them in LDIF
and adding them in the Directory Server
configuration. This options cannot be used
with -t.
Table A.5. db2index Options
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