Approach; Example: Detail Of Steps - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 Installation Manual

Migrating a Replicated Site
• The 6.0 Directory Server must be configured as a legacy consumer.
• The replication agreement between the 4.x supplier server and the 6.0
consumer server must be a 4.x supplier-initiated replication agreement.

Approach

Given the constraints, the approach to migrating a replication topology of 4.x
servers is to:
Install the 6.0 Directory Server, configure it both:
1.
Configure the 4.x supplier to send updates to the 6.0 Directory Server.
2.
Upgrade 4.x consumer servers to Directory Server 6.0, and change their
3.
supplier server to be the Directory Server 6.0 that you configured in Step 1.
This Directory Server now acts as a hub supplier.
Retire the 4.x supplier.
4.
The Directory Server 6.0 that you configured in Step 1 is now the only supplier
in the topology.

Example: Detail of Steps

Consider a fairly simple replication topology:
• One supplier Server A
• Two consumer servers Server B and Server C
• Server A has a supplier-initiated replication agreement to Server B and to
Server C
• Servers A, B, and C are 4.0, 4.1, 4.11, 4.12, or 4.13 Directory Servers.
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As a read-write replica that logs changes (the role the server will fulfill
once the migration process is completed)
As a legacy consumer, (the role the server must play during the migration
process)