Shortcut for specifying local replicas of a Domino Directory or Extended Directory Catalog in a Directory Assistance document

You can enter an asterisk (*) in the Server Name field on the Replicas tab of a Directory Assistance document for a Domino® Directory or Extended Directory Catalog to indicate that directory assistance should first look on its local server for a replica of the directory.

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This feature is useful in an environment where multiple servers use directory assistance to search local replicas of a directory with the same file name. Use an asterisk to represent all the servers that have local replicas of the directory with the same file name, rather than specifying each server individually in its own Server Name field.

For example, if servers A, B, C, and D each store local replicas of the directory RENOVATIONSWEST.NSF configured for directory assistance, use an asterisk to specify only one Server Name/Directory Filename entry in the Directory Assistance document for RENOVATIONSWEST.NSF:

Table 1. Directory Assistance document entries using an asterisk shortcut
Server Name	Directory Filename
*	RENOVATIONSWEST.NSF

If you do not enter an asterisk, you muse make these four Server Name/Directory Filename entries:

Table 2. Directory Assistance document entries without using an asterisk shortcut
Server Name	Directory Filename
Server A	RENOVATIONSWEST.NSF
Server B	RENOVATIONSWEST.NSF
Server C	RENOVATIONSWEST.NSF
Server D	RENOVATIONSWEST.NSF

If some servers use directory assistance but do not have local replicas of the directory, add at least one explicit Server Name/Directory Filename entry in the Directory Assistance document for these servers to use. If you use the directory assistance failover method, specify at least one explicit Server Name/Directory Filename entry for servers with local replicas to use as an alternate in the event the replica is unavailable.