Remote updates provide an automatic method
of administering remote subscribers. Remote updates:
Remote updates greatly reduce the time required
to set up the network. Whether you use the remote updates feature
depends on the:
You also can enter remote subscriber information
manually. Before you administer your subscriber or remote update
information, consult with the remote system administrators in your
network. Each remote system administrator must determine whether
to use remote updates.
There are two types of remote updates: complete
and partial updates.
With a complete update, all user information is exchanged between
systems. When a new system is added to the network, each existing
system must request a complete update from the new system to add
the new users to the network. Complete updates might involve thousands
of users and require heavy system resources. Therefore, it is
strongly recommended that you perform complete updates during
non-prime time to reduce the impact on system users.
Additionally, the local system can automatically schedule a complete
update during non-prime time from a remote system if the local
system detects discrepancies among databases.
Partial updates occur automatically on a regular basis to add
or change information for users. For example, a partial update
occurs when a new user is added to a remote system or a local
system.
If all systems in the network allow updates, then any time a user
is added to, deleted from, or edited on a system, that system automatically
notifies each system in the network.
