In this video, you learn how to configure replication for two Directory Servers using the command line on Directory Suite Virtual Appliance 8.0.1.

Replication is a technique used by Directory Servers to improve:

• performance
• availability
• reliability

This video details how to plan for and complete the installations for Secret Server and Privilege Manager.

Duration: 26 minutes

This video covers setting the appropriate JVM heap size for your IBM Security Identity Manager appliance.

This video helps understand and perform several performance tuning aspects of IBM Directory Suite 8.0.1 Virtual Appliance Directory Server with a remote database. Performance tuning is an iterative and periodic task.

Topics covered in the Open Mic are:

• Directory Server Components: Tuning Perspective
  
• LDAP Server Caches
• DB2 Memory Management and Buffer Pools
• LDAP Server worker threads and DB2 connections
• Data import/load considerations
• Data Organization
• Data Optimization
• Indexing the attributes used in search filters
• Additional DB2 tuning
• Additional performance tuning resources
• Useful Links
  

This video demonstrates how to tune TCP network stack behavior on Access Manager appliance. The tcp settings suggested in this video are recommended to resolve performance issues such as heavy network traffic, connection errors, socket timeouts, and port exhaustion.

Adding indexes for specific tables can improve the performance of some directory server queries. This course walks through adding these indexes.

Learn the end to end process, from understanding prerequisites through license installation, for installing the IBM Secret Server.

Objectives

• Know the Secret Server installation prerequisites
• Learn where to download .NET framework 4.5.1 for installation
  
• Understand how to install Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Understand how to install SQL Server Express and know the recommended SQL versions
• Know the required steps for the Secret Server MSI installer
• Learn how to install a Secret Server license
  

Secret Server launchers open a connection to a remote computer or device or logs into a website using the secret’s credentials directly from the webpage. A demonstration of this feature is also provided.

In this course, the following topics are covered:

• What are Launchers?
• Launcher Types
• Remote Desktop, PuTTY, Web, Custom
• Session Management
• SSH Proxy
• SSH Command Menus
• Troubleshooting tips

This course shows you how to activate a license in Secret Server.

Duration: 3 minutes

This video provides an overview to the Reverse Proxy worker thread and related parameters so that you understand how to tune them for better performance. Be careful when tuning your servers. Always back up your configuration files before making any changes.