Chapter 2 Installing and Upgrading Personal Assistant

Setting Up Active Directory as the Corporate Directory for Personal Assistant

Table 2-1

Personal Assistant Attributes (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active Directory Attribute Name

Attribute Name in Personal Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 

mobile

Cell Phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

homeNumber

Home Phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

pager

Pager Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

mail

E-mail Address

 

 

 

 

Using an LDIF File

LDIF is a standard format used to import and export data from an LDAP directory. You can set up Personal Assistant to read from an LDIF file to obtain information from the corporate directory when the system refreshes and when it restarts. By default, Personal Assistant uses an LDAP query, which can result in a large amount of network traffic, depending on the size of the data and the complexity of the system. Instead of having each server in a multiple Personal Assistant cluster run a large, resource-intensive LDAP query, you can set up an LDIF file at a shared location and configure each server to read from it.

Note that Personal Assistant will still use LDAP queries for functions such as name-dialing, searching the corporate directory to copy users to the address book, and so on.

To use an LDIF file, you first set up the system to generate the LDIF file that includes attributes specific to Personal Assistant. When you later configure the corporate directory, you specify the location of this file. The “To Configure the Corporate Directory” procedure on page 4-8will alert you when to do this.

Table 2-2lists the Personal Assistant attributes required in the LDIF file. Note that in addition to the listed fields, if you configured directory hierarchies that use other attributes (for example, City=San Jose), you must include the additional attributes in the file. See the “Sample LDIF File Creation” section below for an example of how to set up an LDIF file for Personal Assistant.

Table 2-2

LDIF File Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LDAP Attribute Name

Attribute Name in Personal Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 

cn, uid, or sAMAccountName

Unique Attribute

 

 

 

 

 

 

givenName

First Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

sn

Last Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

alias

Nick Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

telephoneNumber

Work Phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

mobile

Cell Phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

homeNumber

Home Phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

pager

Pager Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

mail

E-mail Address

 

 

 

 

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