Managing Console Failover; Upgrading From Directory Server 7.X Versions; Before You Begin - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 Installation Manual

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6.3.4. Managing Console Failover

If you have a multi-master installation with
and
server1 server2
's instance instead of
server2
made to then replicated over.)
server1
To accomplish this, you must:
1. Shut down the Administration Server and Directory Server.
2. Change these files to reflect
serverRoot/userdb/dbswitch.conf:directory default
ldap://configHostname:configPort/o%3DNetscapeRoot
serverRoot/admin-serv/config/adm.conf:ldapHost:configHostname
serverRoot/admin-serv/config/adm.conf:ldapPort:configPort
serverRoot/shared/config/dbswitch.conf:directory default
ldap://configHostname:configPort/o%3DNetscapeRoot
serverRoot/slapd-serverID/config/dse.ldif:nsslapd-pluginarg0:
ldap://configHostname:configPort/o%3DnetscapeRoot
3. Turn off the Pass-through Authentication (PTA) Plug-in on server2 by editing its dse.ldif file.
a. In a text editor, open this file:
serverRoot/slapd-serverID/config/dse.ldif
b. Locate the entry for the PTA plug-in:
dn: cn=Pass Through Authentication,cn=plugins,cn=config
c. Change nsslapd-pluginEnabled: on to nsslapd-pluginEnabled: off.
d. Restart the Directory Server and Administration Server.

6.4. Upgrading from Directory Server 7.x Versions

Instead of migrating the Directory Server, you can install an instance of Directory Server 7.1 on top
of the Directory Server 7.0 by installing Directory Server 7.1 into the same server root directory. This
updates all the server files while preserving your entries and custom schema. These sections explain
the upgrade process:
Section 6.4.1 Before You Begin
•
Section 6.4.2 Upgrading
•
Section 6.4.3 After You Upgrade.
•
o=NetscapeRoot
, you can modify the Console on the second server (
's. (By default, writes with
server1
's values:
server2
Chapter 6. Migrating from Previous Versions
replicated between your two masters,
server2
) so that it uses
server2
's Console would be