Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services® to Novell eDirectory™ 8.6 Novell BrainShare 2002 Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services® to Novell eDirectory™ 8.6 Rick Killpack WSS Engineer Novell, Inc. rkillpack@novell.com Connie Richardson eDirectory Testing crichardson@novell.com TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6
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Deployed Versions Novell eDirectory™ and Novell Directory Services® (NDS®) Product Version Build Version Platforms NetWare 5.1 SP4 (NDS 7) DS.nlm v7.57 NetWare 5.1 NetWare 5.1 SP 4 (NDS 8) DS.nlm v8.79 eDirectory 8 DS.nlm & DS.dlm v8.79 NetWare 5.0,Win NT/2K eDirectory 8.5.x DS v85.23 NetWare 5.x,Win,Solaris NetWare 6 (eDirectory 8.6) DS.nlm v10110.20 NetWare 6 eDirectory 8.6.1 DS v10210.43 NW 5.1,NW 6,Win,Solaris,Linux NetWare 6 SP1 (eDirectory 8.6.2) DS.nlm v10310.17 eDirectory 8.6.2 DS v103xx.xx eDirectory 8.7 DS v10410.xx NW 5.1,NW 6,Win,Solaris,Linux,AIX
Differences Between eDirectory and Novell NDS® Novell BrainShare 2002 Differences Between eDirectory and Novell NDS® NDS eDirectory NOS directory focused on managing NetWare servers A cross-platform, scalable, standards-based directory used for managing identities that span all aspects of the network—eDirectory is the foundation for eBusiness NetWare 5 NetWare NetWare 6 TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6
Platforms Supported NetWare 5.1 NetWare 6 Novell BrainShare 2002 Platforms Supported NetWare 5.1 NetWare 6 Microsoft Windows 2000 and NT UNIX (Solaris/Linux) TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6
Types of Migrations InPlace (all platforms) Novell BrainShare 2002 Types of Migrations InPlace (all platforms) Migration Wizard (NetWare 6 only) Accelerated upgrade (NetWare 6 only) TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6
Pre-Migration Issues YOUR LIFE-LINE Novell BrainShare 2002 Pre-Migration Issues YOUR LIFE-LINE Novell eDirectory 8.6 Readme Addendum http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10066455.htm TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6
Pre-Migration Issues Migration Wizard/InPlace Upgrade Connection issues Performance issues NICI configuration NDS database inconsistencies NLMs not loaded (TSA, SMDR, NUWAGENT, DSBACKER) TRUSTEES
Pre-Migration Issues Connection Issues Same protocol connection to both servers Ping/IPXPing both servers before starting Apply latest patches
Pre-Migration Issues Performance Issues Novell BrainShare 2002 Pre-Migration Issues Performance Issues Use as fast of a connection as possible Optimize IP settings if using TCP/IP Monitor !h Server parameters | Communications Parameters | TCP Nagle Algorithm = off Server parameters | Communications Parameters | TCP Delayed Acknowledgement = off TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6
Pre-Migration Issues NICI Configuration Verify NICI is initialized correctly on source before upgrading Unload DS.NLM and reload Look for errors Unload PKI.NLM and reload Reinstalling NICI http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10025666.htm
Pre-Migration Issues NDS Database Inconsistencies General Health Check Run Local Repair and fix errors Run TimeSync Check Run Report Synchronization status Perform a schema check Set dstrace =on Set dstrace=+schema Set dstrace=*ssa Watch for an “all processed = yes” on the Directory Services screen
Pre-Migration Issues NLMs Don’t Load TSAxxx.NLM SMDR NUWAGENT DSBACKER
Pre-Migration Issues Trustees are Lost after Upgrade Novell BrainShare 2002 Pre-Migration Issues Trustees are Lost after Upgrade SMDR problems Configuration screen appears during upgrade When prompted answer no to disabling everything Re-run post migration Can reconfigure with a “smdr new” TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6
Pre-Migration Issues Trustees Are Lost (cont.) Novell BrainShare 2002 Pre-Migration Issues Trustees Are Lost (cont.) Prepare NSS volumes for upgrade through Deployment Manager Run the backlinker BEFORE MIGRATING THE NSS VOLUME or trustees will be lost Set dstrace = on Set dstrace = +blink Set dstrace = *b TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6
Platform-Specific Issues Windows NT/2000 NetWare client issues Don’t uninstall Make sure patched http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2960248 Install patched client first before upgrading eDirectory NICI issues Must upgrade NICI to 2.0x Upgrade NICI before upgrading eDirectory LDAP issues Port gets reset back to 389, breaking Active Directory
Platform-Specific Issues Solaris NICI issues Upgrade NICI first Make sure npki is loaded npki –u Npki –l Make sure eDirectory has opened the database Ndsstat Look for errors
Migrating NDS with Migration Wizard NDS 6. x or NDS 7 Migrating NDS with Migration Wizard NDS 6.x or NDS 7.x to eDirectory 8.6 DIBMIG.NLM is executed Goes through five phases Results are written to sys:\system\dsmisc.log
Phase1 Calculation Initialization Lock the database Calculates the number of entries to process the amount of memory required Initialization dstrace +init for errors Lock the database
Phase 2 Schema and Entry collection and allocation Allocate memory for all of the EIDs for Entries\Partitions and Schema Put entries into memory Save entries to disk (if nlm only) sys:\\_netware\\ids.fil
Phase 3 Conversion Convert schema Convert entries Converts attributes Converts classes Must have healthy schema Dsrepair should fix issues (default options) Convert entries
Phase 4 Switching trustee IDs on volume Phase 4.5 Disables log in If error on volume info for whatever reason (not mounted, corrupted info, abort) Switch IDs from old to new (from arrays in memory or from ids.fil) Phase 4.5 Clear all connections
Phase 5 Dismount and remount volumes
Recovering from a Failed Migration Identify if destination server has new name If No NDS backup is stored in SYS:\SYSTEM\NUW30\NDSBU Directory resides on both servers Restore Directory Services on source server NWCONFIG (load install on NW 4.x) | Directory Options | Restore local NDS information after hardware upgrade NOT “restore local SERVER information after hardware upgrade” If Yes Take destination server off of the wire Remove Directory Services (nwconfig –dsremove) Follow steps above to restore DS on source server