1. To configure soft deletes on the changelog backend, run the following. 
    $ bin/dsconfig set-backend-prop \ 
--backend-name changelog \ 
--set soft-delete-entry-included-operation:delete \ 
--set soft-delete-entry-included-operation:modify
  2. Run a soft-delete operation on an entry.
  3. To review the changelog for the soft-deleted entry, run the following. 
    $ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN cn=changelog \
  "(objectclass=*)" "+"  
    dn: cn=changelog    
subschemaSubentry: cn=schema    
entryUUID: 9920f7e9-5a04-392a-82a8-32662d7d3863    
ds-entry-checksum: 304022441  
dn: changeNumber=1,cn=changelog    
targetUniqueId: 94f634df-c90e-39aa-bd4a-9183c29746d0    
changeTime: 20120511154141Z
ds-soft-delete-entry-dn: entryUUID=94f634df-c90e-39aa-bd4a-
9183c29746d0+uid=user.9,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com    
modifyTimestamp: 20131010020345.546Z
createTimestamp:: 20131010181148.630Z    
localCSN: 000001373C900852000000000003
modifiersName: uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com    
entry-size-bytes: 298
subschemaSubentry: cn=schema    
entryUUID: 459b06c6-89f3-307e-a515-22433eb420b6
createTimestamp: 20120511154141.431Z    
modifyTimestamp: 20120511154141.431Z
ds-entry-checksum: 1157320579