Configuring Basic Synchronization with Novell eDirectory or OpenLDAP

Integrating with Novell eDirectory or OpenLDAP 22-7 Table 22–1 Novell eDirectory and OpenLDAP Synchronization Parameters for the Advanced Configuration Information Attribute Parameter Description AttributeType Indicates the type of the UniqueAttribute parameter. You assign to this parameter a value of Binary for Novell eDirectory or nonBinary for OpenLDAP. This parameter is used to obtain the corresponding Oracle Internet Directory attribute for the attribute that is defined in the mapping file. SearchTimeDeltaInSeconds This parameter is applicable only for eDirectory and OpenLDAP, which handle synchronization based on timestamps and do not support changelog. Search Time Delta Size in seconds determines the time interval for processing changes during each synchronization cycle iteration. The default value is 3600. The number of iterations performed during each synchronization cycle depend on the number of pending changes. For example, if the Search Time Delta In Seconds parameter is set to 60 and there are changes pending for about one minute, synchronization will require a single iteration. If changes are pending for three minutes, synchronization will require three iterations. When the number of changes per minute is small, you will experience better synchronization efficiency by setting Search Time Delta Size in seconds to a higher value. Be sure the value you set for the Search Time Delta In Seconds parameter does not exceed the LDAP search limit of the connected directory server. Otherwise, you may receive an error during synchronization and some changes may not be processed. CheckAllEntries Determines how deleted entries in Novell eDirectory or OpenLDAP are synchronized with Oracle Internet Directory. If you assign a value of true to this parameter, the Oracle Directory Integration Platform identifies deleted entries by performing a linear comparison between the entries in Oracle Internet Directory and Novell eDirectory or OpenLDAP. If an entry does not exist in Novell eDirectory or OpenLDAP, the entry is deleted from Oracle Internet Directory. If you assign a value of false to this parameter, deleted entries are synchronized according to the difference between the number of entries in the connected directory and the number of entries in Oracle Internet Directory. If the number of deleted entries is 0 or less than 0, then there are no deleted entries to synchronize. However, if the number of deleted entries is greater than 0, then the Oracle Directory Integration Platform compares each entry in Oracle Internet Directory with Novell eDirectory or OpenLDAP to identify the deleted entries to synchronize. The Oracle Directory Integration Platform continues to compare entries until it locates the same number of deleted entries as the difference between the number of entries in the connected directory and the number of entries in Oracle Internet Directory. For better performance, you should assign a value of false to this parameter.