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Install Alternate Provisioning Directories

Once you have performed the prerequisite configuration required, you can install alternate Provisioning Directories.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a Local Administrator (for Windows) or root (for Solaris) into the system where you plan to install the alternate Provisioning Directory.
2. Be sure that CA Directory is installed on this system.
3. Copy custom schema files to the %DXHOME%/config/schema directory if any of the following is true for the primary Provisioning Directory:
   • COSX (etrust_cosx.dxc) has been modified
   • LDA connector (etrust_lda.dxc) is installed
   • A custom C++ connector schema has been created

   The Provisioning Directory installation checks the %DXHOME%/config/schema directory for extra schema files named etrust_*.dxc, and adds them to the group schema file, impd.dxg. If the custom schema files are not copied locally, data replication between the Provisioning Directories fails.

4. Run the Provisioning Directory installer from where you unpacked the install package.
   • Windows:

     Unpacked-Install-Package\Provisioning\Provisioning Directory\setup.exe
     

   • UNIX:

     Unpacked-Install-Package/Provisioning/ProvisioningDirectory/setup
     

5. Select High Availability, and respond to the questions about the hostnames for systems where other Provisioning Directories are installed and which system is the primary Provisioning Directory.
6. Respond to other questions using the same answers given during the primary Provisioning Directory installation for:
   • Deployment Size
   • Shared Secret
   • FIPS key
7. Respond to this question based on how and when you want to replicate data from the Primary Provisioning Directory:

   Do you want to start replication to the Provisioning Directory.
   

   If you are upgrading from a previous release, you may have a significant amount of data to replicate. You should deselect the checkbox if you do not want replication to start at this time. After the installation, you would then need to copy an LDIF data dump or online backup files from an existing Provisioning Directory and load the data or start the DSAs manually, which will start automatic replication.

Important! If alternate Provisioning Directory installation failed, data replication may have occurred before the failure. If so, the master and alternate Provisioning Directories have a record that replication occurred. If you now reinstall the alternate Provisioning Directory, that data is not replicated again. Instead, use the High Availability Configuration command on the primary and alternate Provisioning Directories to remove and add back the alternate Provisioning Directory before you reinstall it.