Sun Java[tm] System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6: Maintenance and Operations

The Sun Java[tm] System Directory Server Enterprise Edition (DSEE) 6: Maintenance and Operations course teaches you how to perform routine maintenance, control access, monitor and tune servers. Participating in hands-on labs will help you become familiar with the tools included with DSEE 6.

Learn To:

• Perform tasks like exporting and importing data.
• Start and stop servers.
• Search and modify directory data.
• Migrate server versions.
• Configure servers for replication.
• Tune performance.
• Configure high availability, load balancing and virtualization.

Please Note:

This course focuses primarily on maintenance and operations issues related to DSEE 6, not planning and design issues.

Students Who Can Benefit from this Course:

• System engineers, support engineers, system administrators
• Other technical support personnel responsible for day-to-day maintenance of Sun Java System Directory Server.

Live Virtual Class Format

A Live Virtual Class (LVC) is exclusively for registered students; unregistered individuals may not view an LVC at any time. Registered students must view the class from the country listed in the registration form. Unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of LVC content may not be made.

Audience
Course Topics Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition (DSEE) 6.x

• Describe the directory information tree (DIT)
• Describe the DSEE installation directory
• Describe the Directory Service Control Center (DSCC)
• Describe DS and DSCC commands
• Describe the LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)

Searching and Modifying Directory Content

• Use the ldapsearch utility to search a directory
• Use the ldapmodify utility to change directory content

Using Directory Server Log Files

• Describe Directory Server log files
• Describe LDAP result codes
• Analyze Access Logs
• Configure Logging Options

Access Control

• Describe Directory Server security methods
• Describe authentication
• Describe attribute encryption
• Describe access control
• List the default access control instructions (ACIs) provided with Directory Server
• Describe special user access control
• View access permissions on directory entries

Enforcing Password Policies

• Describe password policies
• Define a server-wide password policy
• Define multiple password policies
• Activate and deactivate accounts

Directory Server Security

• Describe the benefits of using TLS/SSL
• Describe the steps to create and install self-signed and Certificate Authority-issued Certificates
• Enable TLS/SSL on the Directory Server using a Self-Signed certificate
• Configure command line tools to use TLS/SSL

Backing Up and Restoring Directory Server Databases

• Describe Directory Server databases, database files, and backup and recovery utilities
• Back up Directory Server databases
• Restore Directory Server databases
• Export a directory database to LDIF
• Import a directory database from LDIF

Replicating Directory Server Data

• Describe replication concepts
• Describe basic replication topologies
• Configure consumer and supplier servers
• Monitor replication status
• Diagnose and resolve multimaster replication issues
• Describe configuration and schema replication
• Describe ACI and password policy issues

Tuning Directory Server Performance

• Tune the operating system for optimal Directory Server performance
• Tune read performance by managing indexes, configuring the nsslapd-allidsthreshold setting, configuring cache sizes, and configuring search limit settings
• Analyze indexes, index filters
• Identify system monitoring tools

Configuring High Availability and Load Balancing

• Describe Directory Proxy concepts
• Describe Directory Proxy Server features
• Describe Data Sources, Data Source Pools and Data Views

Configure Virtualization

• Describe Virtual Data Transformations
• Configure LDIF Data Views
• Configure Join Data Views
• Configure JDBC Data Views

Migrating to Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.x

• Describe the migration process from Directory Server 5.1 or 5.2 to Directory Server 6.3
• Identify some migration considerations

Course Objectives

• Search and modify directory content
• Describe access, error, and audit log contents and diagnose ldapmodify LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) import errors
• Configure and test Directory Server replication
• Describe the configuration directory, key files, and common utilities related to DSEE
• Configure high availability and virtualization using Directory Proxy Server
• Describe Directory Server access control and write access control statements
• Use the Directory Server utilities to enforce account and password policies
• Perform directory database backup and restore functions using Directory Server utilities
• Tune Directory Server performance
• Describe and set up failover using Directory Proxy Server
• Describe and setup virtualization using Directory Proxy Server
• Migrate directory data to Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6