Server Ip Address Changes; Restoring Edirectory After A Hardware Failure - Novell EDIRECTORY 8.8 SP5 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Ignore system messages requesting you to run DSRepair.
3 Remove eDirectory from Server B and try the upgrade again.

19.5.3 Server IP Address Changes

Usually the server's IP address is static. When it changes you need to update the file for
nds.conf
all the eDirectory instances with the new IP address. should use the interface name
nds.conf
instead of IP address if the IP address changes frequently.
For example:
n4u.server.interfaces=eth0@1524
After an IP address change, a server's IP-based Key Material Objects (KMO) will not be
automatically updated. Though deleting the old KMOs (with IP in their name) is not necessary, it
helps to keep the tree clean. Run the command to recreate your KMOs and
ndsconfig upgrade
link them with the NCP Server and LDAP Server objects.
NOTE: Running ndsconfig upgrade restarts your eDirectory instance.
Now the server continues to listen on the new address. Run ndsrepair network repair options if there
are multiple servers in the tree.
ndsrepair -N
After running the repair options, restart the eDirectory server.
For more information on server IP address changes, refer to TID# 3201067 (http://www.novell.com/
support/
search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3201067&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=3
6008849&stateId=0%200%2036014447)
19.6 Restoring eDirectory after a Hardware
Failure
A hard disk failure involving the disk partition/volume where eDirectory is located is equivalent to
removing eDirectory from the server. (Fortunately, in a multi-server environment, one server can go
down while the rest of the servers in the replica ring remain intact.)
To restore eDirectory after a failure of the disk partition/volume that it resides on, follow the
procedures for restoring from your backup files as described in Section 17.4, "Preparing for a
Restore," on page 440 and "Restoring from Backup Files with iManager" on page 575 (or
"Restoring from Backup Files with DSBK" on page 450).
During the new installation, follow any instructions provided by the manufacturer to verify that the
server's hard disks are working. The new hard disk should have at least the same storage capacity as
the drive it replaces. Use the local server information files to verify configuration information.
NOTE: If you do not have backup files for the server, use the XBrowse tool to query eDirectory to
help you recover server information. You must do this before you remove the Server object or any
associated objects from the tree. XBrowse and additional information are available from Novell
Support, Technical Information Document #2960653 (http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/
InfoDocument//2960653.html).
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