Starting Instance Administration Tool

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Start Instance Administration Tool to create and administer a directory server instance or a proxy server instance.

Before you begin

To use Instance Administration Tool, you must install IBM® Security Directory Server with the Server, Proxy Server, or both features. To run Instance Administration Tool, log in with the following credentials:
AIX®, Linux®, and Solaris
Log in as the root user.
Windows
Log in as a member of the administrator group.
IBM SDK Java™ Technology Edition must exist in the IBM Security Directory Server installation path. For the default IBM Security Directory Server installation path, see Default installation locations.

Procedure

To start Instance Administration Tool, use one of the following options:
Options to open Instance Administration Tool Command to run:
Installation of the IBM Security Directory Server Server feature On Summary page, click Instance Administration Tool (idsxinst). For information, see Installing with IBM Installation Manager.
The idsxinst command
Windows
  1. Change the current directory to the sbin directory in the IBM Security Directory Server installation location.
  2. Run the idsxinst command.
Note: You can also click Start > All Programs > IBM Security Directory Server 6.4 > Instance Administration Tool.
AIX, Linux, and Solaris
  1. Change the current directory to the sbin directory in the IBM Security Directory Server installation location.
  2. Run the idsxinst command.

For more information about the IBM Security Directory Server installation path, see Default installation locations.
Note: You cannot start the IDSxinst utility in the modify path, because IBM Installation Manager does not enable launching of configuration utilities in the modify path. To work around this issue, launch the IDSxinst utility from the command-line window after the installation.