Directory Services

The Directory Services area is available on Satellite Consoles only.

The HPCA Directory Services database is a repository of information, such as device and policy data, which are used by various HPCA processes such as OS Management and Policy Services. This database is stored and maintained on the HPCA Core server.

When Directory Services are enabled on the Satellite, the Directory Services database on the HPCA Core server will be replicated to this Satellite. Client requests to this Satellite that require access to the Directory Services database will be handled locally by this Satellite instead of being forwarded to the HPCA Core Server. This offers load balancing of client connections and increased fault tolerance, at the expense of replication traffic.

It is recommended that you enable Directory Services on all Full Service Satellites where Configuration and ROMS are both enabled. It is not recommended that you enable this on every Satellite, as it could cause additional and unnecessary network traffic.

NTP Time synchronization between Satellite and Core is required when enabling this feature. Even if different time zones are involved, times must be synchronized. Times will still use local time, but their time difference based on GMT must be synchronized.


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