Database Server Entries

A database server entry (represented as "Sales" in Figure 1-3) is a directory entry containing information about one database server. It is created by the Database Configuration Assistant during database registration. A database server entry is the parent of database-level mapping entries called user-schema mappings, which describe mappings between full or partial user DNs and database shared schema names. User-schema mapping entries are created by the database administrator by using Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Database administrators belong to the directory administrative group, OracleDBAdmins, which is also managed with Oracle Enterprise Manager. Only OracleDBAdmins or OracleContextAdmins group members can add or remove users from the OracleDBAdmins group. When a user registers a database in the directory, Database Configuration Assistant automatically puts the person who performs registration into the OracleDBAdmins group. The directory entry for this group is located under the database server entry in the DIT.