Server Administration

The Servers pane is used to administer the domain controller Directory Manager will work with.

Directory Manager will typically only manage one server. Contact BDS Solutions to discuss managing more than one server.

Server List

This displays all server(s) managed by Directory Manager. Each server is listed with:

• Friendly name – a user-defined name that is used to reference the server by the software
• Network name - the network name of the server
• Type – whether the directory software running on the server

Servers are added and removed from the list by using the Add and Remove buttons.

Add Server

Click this button to select the server to be managed by Directory Manager. A dialog box will be shown prompting for the network name of the server.

This can be typed manually or browsed to using the ellipsis (…) button. Following this, a dialog box will be shown prompting for a friendly name.

Directory Manager will then attempt to connect to the server.

If successful, the server will be listed in the Server list. If Directory Manager is unable to connect then a suitable error message will be displayed.

Remove Server

This will remove a server from being managed by Directory Manager. Select a server from the list and click the button.

Before removing a server, the Rules Engine must be updated to remove any reference to the server. Failure to do this could cause processing errors.

Manual Purge

This button starts the purging process. It can be used if purging is required without wanting to first process extract files.