Viewing entry location

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You can use the Web Administration Tool to view the location of an entry.

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If you have not done so already, click Proxy administration in the Web Administration navigation area and then click View entry location in the expanded list. In this panel, the Location details table is populated with the location details of a DN entry or DN entries in a distributed directory. To populate the Location details table with information, the locate entry extended operation is called.

To view the location of a DN entry in a distributed directory, do the following steps:
  1. To search the location of a DN entry in a distributed directory, select Entry DN and then enter a valid DN in the field or click the Browse button and specify the location of the entry DN.
  2. Click the Show entry details button. This will populate the Location details table with the location information of the specified entry DN.
  3. Click the Close button to navigate to the Introduction panel.
To view the locations of multiple DN entries in a distributed directory, do the following steps:
  1. To search the locations of multiple DN entries in a distributed directory, select Select a file containing multiple DNs.
  2. Enter the absolute path of the text file containing the multiple DN entries in the File name field or click the Browse button and specify the location of the text file that contains DN entries.
  3. Click the Submit file button.
  4. Click the Show entry details button to populate the Location details table with the location information of the DN entries.
  5. Click the Close button to navigate to the Introduction panel.