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You can enter an asterisk (*) in the Server Name field in the Replicas tab of a Directory Assistance document to indicate that directory assistance should look on its local server for a replica of the secondary directory. This feature is useful in an environment where multiple servers store replicas of secondary Domino directories and do local lookups to the directories. Using an * in the Server Name field avoids having to use multiple Server Name/Address Book Filename entries in a Directory Assistance document.

For example, if servers A, B, C, and D all store a local replica of the secondary directory ACMEWEST.NSF, if you use the *, it's necessary to make only one replica entry in the Directory Assistance document for that directory as follows:

Server Name Address Book Filename
* ACMEWEST.NSF

Without an asterisk, four Server Name/Address Book Filename entries are necessary:

Server Name Address Book Filename
Server A ACMEWEST.NSF
Server B ACMEWEST.NSF
Server C ACMEWEST.NSF
Server D ACMEWEST.NSF

If there are directory assistance servers that don't have a local replica of a secondary directory, then you must add at least one explicit Server Name/Address Book Filename entry in the Directory Assistance document for these servers to use.

Note: Do not use * in the Server Name field in a Directory Assistance database that R4.x servers use. If you want to use the * for R5 servers, create a separate Directory Assistance database that uses explicit server names for the R4.x servers to use.