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Configuring directory server failover (IBM Tivoli Directory Server)

You can configure directory server failover for IBM® Tivoli® Directory Server by specifying a list of host:port pairs, by using multiple IP addresses, or by configuring virtual IP failover.

About this task

For a complete description of directory server failover options, see Failover Support (IBM Tivoli Directory Server).

Procedure

To configure directory server failover:

  1. Access the domain directory configuration properties in the administration console:
    1. In the domain navigation pane, click the domain (the top-level object).
    2. Click the Directory Configuration tab.
    3. Click the directory configuration that you want to modify.
  2. In the directory configuration Properties tab, select one of the following options and modify the Directory Server Host field as follows:
    Option Description
    Specify a failover list. Enter a list of host:port pairs in the Host property. Separate the host name and port number pairs with a space character. Each pair must consist of a host name and port number, as follows:
    Hostname1:Port1 Hostname2:Port2 Hostname3:Port3 ... HostnameN:PortN
    The following failover configuration example uses host:port pairs:
    Host
    tds1:389 tds2:389 tds3:389 (for nonsecured connection)
    tds1:636 tds2:636 tds3:636 (for SSL connection)
    Port
    Content Platform Engine ignores any value in this property.
    Global catalog host
    gc4:3268 gc5:3268 gc6:3268 (for nonsecured connection)
    gc4:3269 gc5:3269 gc6:3269 (for SSL connection)
    Global catalog port
    Content Platform Engine ignores any value in this property.
    Configure failover by specifying a DNS A record that represents multiple IP addresses.
    1. Create a DNS A record for each Tivoli Directory Server that you want to use for failover in your local site. For each DNS A record, the name must be the same but the Tivoli Directory Server IP address must be different. For failover to work, you must have at least two Tivoli Directory Server servers.
    2. Enter the name for the DNS A record in the Host and Global catalog host fields.

      The following example shows how to configure failover by using multiple IP addresses. The example is based on the following assumptions:

      • You have at least two Tivoli Directory Server servers in your local site.
      • The IP addresses of the two Tivoli Directory Server servers are 10.10.10.11 and 10.10.10.12.
      • The multiple-IP address host name is localTDS.
      • You created the following A records in your DNS server:
        Name           Type            Data
        ==========================================
        localTDS        Host (A)        10.10.10.11
        localTDS        Host (A)        10.10.10.12
      In the administration console, you can set the following fields for this example:
      Host
      localTDS
      Port
      389

    For more information about DNS A records, see your DNS Server documentation.

    Specify a virtual IP. Enter the domain information for your environment.
    Host
    The virtual IP address or host name
    Port
    Your port number, such as 389.

    Failover configuration example that uses a domain name

    Host
    10.10.10.11 (a virtual IP address)
    Port
    389


Last updated: October 2015
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