Migration Prerequisites - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 Installation Manual

Migration Prerequisites

The migration script performs the following tasks in sequence:
• Checks the schema configuration files and notifies you of any changes between
the standard configuration files and the ones present on your system; see
• Creates a database for each suffix stored in the legacy Directory Server. (In
Directory Server 5.x and 6.x you can have multiple databases, but just one
suffix per database).
• Checks if any database exists and if it does, gives you the option to save the
database (by exporting it to a file), skip the database, or overwrite the database.
• Migrates the server parameters and database parameters. (In Directory Server
5.x and 6.x, these are stored as LDAP entries in the
• Migrates user-defined schema objects.
• Migrates indexes.
• Migrates standard server plug-ins.
• Migrates the certificate database and SSL parameters.
• Migrates database links.
• Migrates replication entries (change log).
• Migrates the SNMP configuration.
The migration script shuts down your legacy Directory Server before performing
the migration process. The migration script also backs up your current
configuration.
Migration Prerequisites
This section lists the prerequisites that your system must meet before you can
consider beginning the migration process.
• You must be using Directory Server 4.x or 5.x. When you run the migration
script, the legacy server process
stop the server, the migration script stops it.)
• Your legacy Directory Server and your new Directory Server must be installed
on the same host; migration cannot occur over networked drives.
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dse.ldif
should be stopped. (If you don't
ns-slapd
file.)