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Novell eDirectory server replication
Using eDirectory Agent | Web Protection Solutions | v8.4.x, v8.5.x | 29-Apr-2022
Novell eDirectory server can be configured to support several replicas of the directory service on separate machines.
There are two schemes by which Novell server performs replication between machines running eDirectory server replicas: fast and slow. Fast replication occurs every 10 seconds, and slow replication every five minutes. When a user logs on to a particular eDirectory replica, the data for this user is first updated on the machine running this replica. It takes time for user logon data to propagate to all replicas.
eDirectory Agent uses the "networkAddress" property of a user object to associate IP addresses with logged-on users. Because the networkAddress property is synchronized during the slow replication process, there is potentially a five-minute gap between the logon event and the update of user data on all machines containing replicas.
eDirectory Agent must be configured to connect to each machine running a Novell eDirectory replica.

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