If you are installing IBM Security Directory Server on Windows 2012 R2 then ensure you disable User Account Control (UAC) by doing the following:
1. Go to Control Panel -> User Accounts -> User Accounts, click Change User Account Control settings, then select Never notify.
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If you get the error “The program can’t start because libtrc.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem” (like in the screenshot below) when you’re trying to run a command with IBM Security Directory Server (ISDS) on a Windows

The LDAP audit log can be the most helpful mechanism that I have found for investigating what LDAP requests a client is issuing, so I thought that it would be useful to explain how to enable/configure audit logging with IBM Security Directory Suite Version 8