Migrating To Novell Edirectory; Migrating The Sun One Schema To Novell Edirectory; Step 1: Perform The Schema Cache Update Operation; Step 2: Rectify The Error Ldif File To Eliminate The Errors - Novell EDIRECTORY 8.8 SP2 Troubleshooting Manual

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This chapter explains the process to migrate to Novell
Section 8.1, "Migrating the Sun ONE Schema to Novell eDirectory," on page 53
Section 8.2, "Migrating the Active Directory Schema to Novell eDirectory Using ICE," on
page 56
8.1 Migrating the Sun ONE Schema to Novell
eDirectory
To migrate the Sun ONE* schema to Novell eDirectory, complete the following steps:
"Step 1: Perform the Schema Cache Update Operation" on page 53
"Step 2: Rectify the Error LDIF File to Eliminate the Errors" on page 53
"Step 3: Import the LDIF File" on page 55

8.1.1 Step 1: Perform the Schema Cache Update Operation

You can write the errors encountered while comparing the schema to an error file using the
following command:
ice -e LDIF error file name -C -a -SLDAP -s Sun ONE server -p Sun ONE
port -DLDAP -s eDirectory server -p eDirectory port
For example:
ice -e err.ldf -C -a -SLDAP -s sun_srv1 -p sun_port1 -DLDAP -s
edir_srv2 -p edir_port2
Any errors encountered while comparing the schema is written to the error file (err.ldf in the
example). You do not need to login to perform this operation unless one of the servers require
authentication in order to read the Root DSE. Microsoft Active Directory requires authentication to
read the Root DSE.

8.1.2 Step 2: Rectify the Error LDIF File to Eliminate the Errors

Sun ONE defines some schema definitions publicly that eDirectory does not. This includes
attributes like, "objectClasses", "attributeTypes", "ldapSyntaxes" and "subschemSubentry".
These definitions exist internally and are very important to the schema, and therefore, they
cannot be modified. Operations that try to modify these definitions results in the following
error:
LDAP error : 53 (DSA is unwilling to perform)
Any records that contain references to these definitions cause the following error:
LDAP error : 16 : ( No such attribute )
Thus, records that contain any reference to these objects or that try to modify these definitions
need to be commented in the LDIF error file (err.ldf in the example).
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