Choosing the types of groups to aggregate in a directory catalog

The Group types directory catalog configuration option controls which types of groups the Dircat task aggregates.

About this task

By default, all groups aggregated into a directory catalog are assigned the type "Multi-purpose." For example, by default, a "Mail only" group in a Domino® directory becomes a "Multi-purpose" group in the directory catalog. To keep the group type definition you want for groups in a directory catalog, you add the GroupType field to the directory catalog configuration and select a value for it.

If your organization uses an IBM® Notes® application to look up the members of Access Control List only, Servers only, or Deny List Only groups in an extended directory catalog, choose All or All in first directory only to add these types of groups to the directory catalog.

If the directory catalog you are configuring is an extended directory catalog servers use to look up groups to authorize users' database access, and these groups in the source IBM Domino Directories are defined as ACL only groups, choose All or All in first directory only to ensure the groups are aggregated.

Note: The Dircat task does not aggregate the LocalDomainServers and OtherDomainServers groups into a directory catalog because the servers listed in these groups cannot be used for mail addressing, and because excluding them improves performance of the Dircat task.

Procedure

  1. Add the GroupType field to the directory catalog configuration.
  2. Select one of the following values for the field:
    • Mail and Multi-purpose (default) to aggregate only these two types of groups from all of the directories listed in the Directories to include field.
    • Mail Only to aggregate only "Mail only" groups from all the directories listed in the Directories to include field.
    • All to aggregate all types of groups from all the directories listed in the Directories to include field.
    • All in first directory only to aggregate all types of groups, but only those from the first directory listed in the Directories to include field.
    • None to exclude all groups.