The Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition: Analysis and Planning course provides students with the technical knowledge and skills necessary to design a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service solution deploying Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6. This course introduces the LDAP Directory Services Analysis and Planning (DSAP) process, a design methodology for designing and documenting an LDAP directory service deploying multiple Sun Java System Directory Servers. In applying this methodology to a business case study, students focus on planning and design -- not on operation issues. Optional hands-on labs are included.

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Students who can benefit from this course are LDAP directory architects, professional services consultants, and other technical personnel responsible for planning and designing an LDAP directory architecture around Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

• Perform basic UNIX tasks
• Understand basic UNIX commands
• Describe LDAP services at a high level
• Describe features of the Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6 (Directory Server)
• Install Directory Server

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Describe the LDAP Directory Services Analysis and Planning (DSAP) process
• Document LDAP directory data requirements
• Develop an LDAP directory schema
• Design an LDAP directory tree hierarchy
• Design a topology and replication strategy
• Create directory access control rules
• Select indexes to support the design
• Describe the steps to build a test environment

Module 1 - Overview of the Directory Services Analysis and Planning Process

• Describe the Directory Services Analysis and Planning (DSAP) process
• Describe basic Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) concepts and terminology

• Describe the process of planning your directory data
• Identify directory applications
• Identify directory data stores
• Document directory application fields
• Document directory data store fields

• Describe the process of planning your directory schema
• Describe basic LDAP and Directory Server schema concepts
• Match directory application fields to the default schema
• Match directory data store fields to the default schema
• Extend the default schema for non-matching fields
• Identify authoritative sources for each field
• Identify processes and procedures that need to change

• Describe the process of planning your directory tree
• Describe the components and functions of an LDAP directory tree hierarchy
• Select a Directory Server root suffix
• Select branch points
• Create sample entries
• Select unique RDNs
• Group entries for administration

• Describe the process of creating a database topology
• Create a network directory map
• Identify local master requirements
• Partition your directory tree
• Map databases to multiple locations

• Describe the process of creating a database distribution strategy
• Identify database distribution options
• Identify general distribution paths
• Identify replication paths
• Identify chaining paths
• Identify referral paths

• Describe the process of creating a replication strategy
• Describe general strategies for write failover, read failover, and load balancing
• Create multiple masters for write failover
• Create hub replicas for improved performance and availability
• Create consumer replicas for load balancing

• Describe the process of planning your security policies
• Describe the Directory Server security methods
• Define general user access control security policies
• Define special user access control security policies
• Define password policies
• Define encrypted attributes
• Create access control instruction (ACI) statements to support your security policies

• Describe the process of planning your indexing strategy
• Describe the default Directory Server indexes
• Identify index types based on application search filters
• Select attributes to index and identify index types
• Define an indexing strategy for each database

• Describe the process of evaluating your plan
• List the steps to build a test environment
• Describe the phases of testing your design