Merging A Partition; Moving A Partition; Viewing Replica Information - Novell IMANAGER 2.7.3 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

5.5.2 Merging a Partition

Merging a partition effectively recombines it with its parent partition. Creating and merging
partitions is how you determine how the directory is logically divided.
1 In Roles and Tasks, select Partitions and Replicas > Merge Partition.
2 In the Merge Partition page, specify the partition to merge with its parent, or use the Object
Selector to locate it, then click OK.
To specify a partition, specify the Container object that acts as the partition root.
A confirmation message appears indicating that the partition create operation was successful.

5.5.3 Moving a Partition

Moving a partition lets you move a subtree in your directory tree. This is also known as a prune and
graft operation. You can only move partitions that have no subordinate partitions. If subordinate
partitions exist, you must first merge those partitions before performing the move operation.
When you move a partition, eDirectory changes all references to the partition Root object. Although
the object's common name remains unchanged, the complete name of the container (and of all its
subordinates) changes.
NOTE: When you move a partition, you must follow eDirectory containment rules. For example,
you cannot move an Organizational Unit directly under the root of the directory tree, because the
root's containment rules permit only Locality, Country, or Organization objects, but not
Organizational Unit objects.
1 In Roles and Tasks, select Partitions and Replicas > Merge Partition.
2 In the Move partition page, specify the required information, then click OK.
The Object name field specifies the partition to move, or use the Object Selector to locate i
The Move to field specifies the Container object into which you want to move the
specified partition.
The Create an alias in place of moved object creates a pointer to the partition's new
location. This allows any operations that are dependent on the old location to continue
uninterrupted until you can update those operations to reflect the new location. Users can
continue to log in to the network and find objects in the original directory location.
WARNING: Make sure your directory tree is synchronizing correctly before you move a partition.
If you have any errors in synchronization in either the partition you want to move or the destination
partition, do not perform a move partition operation. First, fix the synchronization errors. After
moving the partition, if you don't want the partition to remain a partition, merge it with its parent
partition.

5.5.4 Viewing Replica Information

Viewing a replica tells you about its current state. An eDirectory replica can be in various states
depending on the partition or replication operations it is undergoing.
1 In Roles and Tasks, click Partitions and Replicas > Replica View.
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