Migrating A Single Instance; Migrating A Multi-Master Scenario - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 Installation Manual

Migration Procedure

Migrating a Single Instance

Archive the old Directory Server installation.
1.
Create a data directory, and export all data to LDIF files in that directory by
2.
running the
Do this separately for each instance of the old Directory Server. The data
directory should contain one LDIF file for each backend; for example,
userRoot.ldif
Uninstall the old Directory Server.
3.
If necessary, upgrade the operating system of the machine. For example,
4.
upgrade to Windows 2000, Service Pack 4, from Windows NT.
Install Directory Server 7.0 on a different server root.
5.
Run the migration script, specifying the migration data directory (
6.
command syntax for running the script is shown below:
You must quote the data directory for the import to work properly. An
example command is shown below:

Migrating a Multi-Master Scenario

If you are migrating a Directory Server 6.x multi-master replication environment
to Directory Server 7.0, note the following:
• For any old server instance with a changelog, the version number in the
DBVERSION file is incorrrect. To fix the problem, before you migrate, change
the version number from 1.0 to 2.0 in the archived old instance directory.
• During the migration of the replication agreements, the migration script will
output a non-fatal error that states
volume label syntax is incorrect.
replication agreements will have an invalid password configured in them
after migration. To fix the problem, in the Directory Server Console, select the
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db2ldif.pl -r
nsperl db2ldif.pl -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w secret -p 389
-n userroot -r -a c:\data\userroot.ldif -s
"dc=example,dc=com"
,
exampleRoot.ldif
nsperl migrateInstance7 -D rootDN -w password -p port -o
oldInstancePath -n newInstancePath -d "oldDataDirectoryPath"
nsperl migrateInstance7 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w secret
-p 389 -o c:/netscape/server611/slapd-phonebook -n
c:/netscape/server70/slapd-phonebook -d
"c:/netscape/server611/migrationData"
option:
, and so on.
The filename, directory name, or
Because of this error, all the
). The
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