Creating an index for an attribute from the command line

You can create attribute indexes to locate and retrieve the frequently used attributes faster.

1. Log in with the directory server instance owner credentials.
2. To create an index for the seeAlso attribute, run the following command:

   ldapmodify -p port -D adminDN -w adminPW -i filename

   where, filename contains the following entries:

   dn: cn=schema
   changetype: modify
   replace: attributetypes
   attributetypes: ( 2.5.4.34 
    NAME 'seeAlso' 
    DESC 'Identifies another directory server entry that may 
   		contain information related to this entry.' 
    SUP 2.5.4.49 
    EQUALITY 2.5.13.1 
    USAGE userApplications )
   -
   replace: ibmattributetypes
   ibmattributetypes: ( 2.5.4.34 
    DBNAME( 'seeAlso''seeAlso' ) 
    ACCESS-CLASS normal 
    LENGTH 1000 
    EQUALITY )

3. Run the runstats command against the directory server to update the DB2® statistics after you create an index.

   idsrunstats -I instance_name

   where, instance_name is the directory server instance name.