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The Micro Focus Directory Server

Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.

The Micro Focus Directory Server (MFDS) is a process that maintains the Enterprise Server operating information. It maintains information on the following components:

Enterprise server instances and the services that are operating
Communications processes
Listeners
Request handlers
Implementation packages
XA resources

By default the Directory Server runs on the same machine as your enterprise server instances.

In addition to maintaining information on enterprise server instances, the Directory Server can also store information about CCI servers. These are servers that provide services using the Micro Focus Common Communication Interface (CCI), using the Directory Server as a naming server instead of registering with a CCITCP2 process. CCI servers are supported for backward compatibility: