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Replica Types
“Master Replica” on page 56
“Read/Write Replica” on page 56
“Read-Only Replica” on page 57
“Filtered Read/Write Replica” on page 57
“Filtered Read-Only Replica” on page 57
“Subordinate Reference Replica” on page 57
Master Replica
The master replica is a writable replica type used to initiate changes to an object or partition.
The master replica manages the following types of eDirectory partition operations:
Adding replicas to servers
Removing replicas from servers
Creating new partitions in the eDirectory tree
Removing existing partitions from the eDirectory tree
Relocating a partition in the eDirectory tree
The master replica is also used to perform the following types of eDirectory object operations:
Adding new objects to the eDirectory tree
Removing, renaming, or relocating existing objects in the eDirectory tree
Authenticating objects to the eDirectory tree
Adding new object attributes to the eDirectory tree
Modifying or removing existing attributes
By default, the first eDirectory server on your network holds the master replica. There is only one
master replica for each partition at a time. If other replicas are created, they are read/write replicas
by default.
If you’re going to bring down the server holding a master replica for longer than a day or two, you
can make one of the read/write replicas the master. The original master replica automatically
becomes read/write.
A master replica must be available on the network for eDirectory to perform operations such as
creating a new replica or creating a new partition.
Read/Write Replica
eDirectory can access and change object information in a read/write replica as well as the
master replica. All changes are then automatically propagated to all replicas.
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