Database configuration and server setup

If you do not set the administrator DN and password or configure the database through the Instance Administration Tool, you can use the Configuration Tool (idsxcfg) for these and other tasks. (You must create a directory server instance before you can use the Configuration Tool.)

The Configuration Tool has a GUI, and it can be used for the following tasks:

Starting or stopping the server and the administration server

Setting or changing the Tivoli Directory Server administrator DN and password

Configuring and unconfiguring the database

Backing up, restoring, and optimizing the database for a full directory server instance

Backing up and restoring instance information for a proxy server instance

Enabling and disabling the changelog

Performing DB2® index reorganization or DB2 row compression

Adding or removing suffixes

Adding schema files to or removing schema files from the list of schema files to be loaded at startup

Importing and exporting LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) data

Configuring Active Directory Synchronization

Setting up and running the Performance Tuning Tool

If you prefer to use the command line, all the tasks in the list can be done with the following command-line utilities.

idsslapd starts or stops the server.

idsdiradm starts or stops the administration server.

idsdnpw sets the administrator DN and password for a directory server instance.

idscfgdb configures the database for a directory server instance. (The database is created when you create the directory server instance.)

idsucfgdb unconfigures the database for a directory server instance.

idsdbmaint performs DB2 index reorganization and row compression.

idscfgchglg configures the change log for a directory server instance.

idsucfgchglg unconfigures the change log for a directory server instance.

idscfgsuf configures a suffix for a directory server instance.

idsucfgsuf unconfigures a suffix for a directory server instance.

idscfgsch configures a schema file for a directory server instance.

idsucfgsch unconfigures a schema file for a directory server instance.

idsldif2db or idsbulkload imports LDIF data.

idsdb2ldif exports LDIF data.

idsdbback backs up the database.

idsdbrestore restores the database.

idsrunstats optimizes the database.

idsadscfg configures Active Directory Synchronization.

idsperftune tunes directory server performance.

Note:

For proxy server instances, only the following tasks are available:

Starting or stopping the server or the administration server in the Configuration Tool (idsslapd and idsdiradm command-line utilities)
Managing the administrator DN and password in the Configuration Tool (idsdnpw command-line utility)
Managing schema files in the Configuration Tool (idscfgsch and idsucfgsch command-line utilities)
Managing suffixes in the Configuration Tool (idscfgsuf and idsucfgsuf command-line utilities)
Backing up and restoring directory server instance files