Method Description

Using a soft-delete policy and global configuration property

Configure soft deletes by creating a soft-delete policy and a global configuration property. The soft-delete policy enables the feature on the server, while the global configuration property sets the controls used for the soft-delete requests. To enter a soft delete request, the ldapmodify or ldapdelete command requires the --useSoftDelete option. A delete request that does not have the --useSoftDelete option is treated as a hard delete, which permanently removes the entry.

Using connection criteria

Configure soft deletes by defining connection criteria within a client connection policy. Any clients that meet the criteria have their deletes processed as soft deletes.

Using request criteria

Configure soft deletes by defining request criteria within a client connection policy. Any client requests that meet the criteria have their deletes processed as soft deletes.

Note:

You can define both connection criteria and request criteria. Both criteria can exist within a soft-delete policy. In this case, the connection criteria is processed first, then the request criteria.