Example of directory assistance for one secondary Domino Directory

Company X uses two domains, Domain A and Domain B. Each domain creates its own directory assistance database that has a Directory Assistance document for the other domain's Domino® Directory, so that users from each domain can address mail easily to users in the other domain, and so servers in each domain can search groups in the other domain's directory when authorizing database access. If servers in both domains instead used replicas of one directory assistance database that included documents for both directories, they could enable only one of the domain directories for group authorization.

About this task

Network connections between domains are slow, so the company creates replicas of the Domain B directory on two Domain A servers for servers in Domain A to use, and creates replicas of the Domain A directory on two Domain B servers for servers in Domain B to use.

The following table shows the settings for the Domain B Directory Assistance document in the directory assistance database that servers in Domain A use. Domain B uses a similar document for the Domain A directory in its directory assistance database.

Table 1. Domain B Directory Assistance document

Basics tab

Contents

Comments

Domain type

Notes®

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Domain name

Domain B

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Company name

Company A

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Search order

None

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Make this domain available to

Selected for:

  • Notes Clients InternetAuthentication/Authorization
  • LDAP Clients

Enables Domain A servers to use the Domain B directory for all directory assistance services.

Group Authorization

Yes

Allows Domain A servers to do look up groups in the Domain B directory when authorizing database access.

Enabled

Yes

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Naming contexts (rules) tab

N.C.1:

*/ */ */ */ */ *

Enabled - Yes

Trusted for Credentials - Yes

Enables Domain A servers to search all names in the directory. Trusted for Credentials selected to allow servers to authenticate all Internet users registered in the directory.

Replicas tab

Replica1:

Server Name: Server1/DomainA

Directory Filename: DOMANAMES.NSF

More than one replica of the Domain A directory is specified, indicating that the directory assistance method of failover is used to find an available replica.

Replica2

Server Name: Server2/DomainA

Directory Filename: DOMANAMES.NSF

More than one replica of the Domain A directory is specified, indicating that the directory assistance method of failover is used to find an available replica.