Before Joining

In this section we'll pause a second to look at where we're at in terms of creating and joining our ConnectorViews into a single MetaView. We'll look at a typical person's entry in the HR ConnectorView and compare it to that person's entries in the PBX and Messaging ConnectorViews.

There are 7 steps in this procedure.

Although we've created 6 sample ConnectorViews, we'll only use 3 of them to create our MetaView. At the end of the course you're welcome to come back and use the other 3 to assemble a more complete MetaView.

Step 1: Locate the sample ConnectorViews

Restart Netscape Console if it isn't already running.

Click on the Directory tab in the Directory Server's main control window. Expand the server goup until you see the ConnectorViews. This window should show the 6 sample ConnectorViews we created in the previous module. The 6 ConnectorViews are Facilities, HR, Messaging, PBX, Security, and NOS.


Step 2: Look at Chris Ayers data in the HR ConnectorView

Let's look at a typical entry in the HR ConnectorView. Click on the icon representing the HR ConnectorView and then double-click on the icon representing Chris Ayers.

You'll notice this ConnectorView doesn't have a phone number or email address for Chris.

Click OK.


Step 3: Look at Chris Ayers data in the PBX ConnectorView

Let's repeat this procedure for one of the other ConnectorViews. Click on the icon representing the PBX ConnectorView and then double-click on the icon representing Chris Ayers.

Note this set of data includes Chris' phone number but not his email address. Click OK.


Step 4: Look at Chris Ayers data in the Messaging ConnectorView

Repeat the above procedure for the Messaging ConnectorView.

Note this set of data includes Chris' email address but not his phone number. Click OK.


Step 5: Look at advanced properties

Go back to Chris Ayers' entry in the HR ConnectorView. This time click on the Advanced button.

This should produce a list of all the attributes and their values for Chris Ayers using attribute discriptions.

Now use the View menu to change view to Show attribute names.

This should show you the attribute names in this ConnectorView, which is the most complete one of the sample ConnectorViews.


Step 6: Look at the MetaView

Our MetaView shows up in the Directory Server's topology window in Netscape Console as company.com. If you look at that entry you'll see it has a few branches but no leaves - in other words, there aren't any people in this part of the tree yet.


Step 7: Look at the Management Center

Bring up the Management Center window and let's look at what's happening there.

Although we've installed the Managment Center and the JoinEngine, we still haven't specified any actual MetaViews or ConnectorViews. We did create some top-level branches on our Directory Server, but at this point Meta-Directory hasn't been told where to find them.


Summary

Our Directory Server has 6 ConnectorViews, each of which is populated with sample data. At this point the MetaView (company.com) is still empty. The Management Center is working, but not yet connected to the Directory Server.

In the next section we'll configure the MetaView through the Management Center.

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