Instance creation overview

After you install a server, you must have a user accounton the system, and then create a directory server instance. Use the Instance Administration Tool or the command-line interface to create a user and the directory server instance.

You can create a user on a system either by using the Instance Administration Tool (idsxinst), which has a graphical user interface (GUI), or the idsadduser command-line utility. You can then create an instance by using either the Instance Administration Tool (idsxinst) or the idsicrt command-line utility.

When you create a directory server instance, a database instance is also created if the IBM® Security Verify Directory Server package is installed on the computer. By default, the directory server instance and the database instance have the same name. The name must match the name of an existing user on the system that meets certain qualifications. See the Installing and Configuring section in the IBM Security Verify Directory documentation for information about the necessary qualifications.

You can have multiple directory server instances on one computer. The files for each instance are stored in a path that includes the instance name.

After successful installation of the server, if you used the installation wizard to install, the Instance Administration Tool runs. If you did not use the installation wizard to install, you must run the Instance Administration Tool or use the idsicrt command-line utility.