1. 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.
Connie Richardson
eDirectory Testing
TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6

2. Vision…one Net Mission
A world where networks of all types—corporate and public, intranets, extranets, and the Internet—work together as one Net and securely connect employees, customers, suppliers, and partners across organizational boundaries
Mission
To solve complex business and technical challenges with Net business solutions that enable people, processes, and systems to work together and our customers to profit from the opportunities of a networked world

4. 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 v
NetWare 6
eDirectory 8.6.1
DS v
NW 5.1,NW 6,Win,Solaris,Linux
NetWare 6 SP1 (eDirectory 8.6.2)
DS.nlm v
eDirectory 8.6.2
DS v103xx.xx
eDirectory 8.7
DS v10410.xx
NW 5.1,NW 6,Win,Solaris,Linux,AIX

5. Differences Between eDirectory and Novell NDS®
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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
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6. Platforms Supported NetWare 5.1 NetWare 6
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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

7. Types of Migrations InPlace (all platforms)
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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

8. Pre-Migration Issues YOUR LIFE-LINE
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Pre-Migration Issues
YOUR LIFE-LINE
Novell eDirectory 8.6 Readme Addendum
TUT338—Upgrading Legacy Novell Directory Services to eDirectory 8.6

9. Pre-Migration Issues Migration Wizard/InPlace Upgrade
Connection issues
Performance issues
NICI configuration
NDS database inconsistencies
NLMs not loaded (TSA, SMDR, NUWAGENT, DSBACKER)
TRUSTEES

10. Pre-Migration Issues Connection Issues
Same protocol connection to both servers
Ping/IPXPing both servers before starting
Apply latest patches

11. Pre-Migration Issues Performance Issues
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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
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12. 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

13. 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

14. Pre-Migration Issues NLMs Don’t Load
TSAxxx.NLM
SMDR
NUWAGENT
DSBACKER

15. Pre-Migration Issues Trustees are Lost after Upgrade
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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”
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16. Pre-Migration Issues Trustees Are Lost (cont.)
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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
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17. Platform-Specific Issues Windows NT/2000
NetWare client issues
Don’t uninstall
Make sure patched
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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Phase 3 Conversion Convert schema Convert entries Converts attributes
Converts classes
Must have healthy schema
Dsrepair should fix issues (default options)
Convert entries

23. 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

24. Phase 5
Dismount and remount volumes

25. 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