Transferring An Entire Netware Server; More About Using The Migration Tool - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - UPGRADING TO OES-PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2009 Implementation Manual

A.1.2 Transferring an Entire NetWare Server
The second option is the Transfer ID migration type.
This powerful functionality lets you transfer an existing NetWare server's identity, including its IP
address, host name, eDirectory
server.
There are, of course, preparation steps to ensure that eDirectory and the NetWare server are healthy,
and the services being migrated must be shut down during the migration process, but after the
migration is finished, network users won't realize that anything has changed.
Those customers who have used this tool have been very pleased with the results.
For more information on this type of migration, see
Migration Tool Administration
A.1.3 More About Using the Migration Tool
"Data Migration Support" on page 106
"Batch Data Migration Support" on page 106
"Service Migration Support" on page 106
"eDirectory Migration Support" on page 107
Data Migration Support
The primary purpose of the OES Migration Tool is to migrate data from the NetWare platform to the
OES 2 SP2 platform. Data migration tools can also be used to migrate data from OES 1 servers and
from Microsoft Windows servers. A good place to start is the
Administration
sections:
"Migrating File System from NetWare, OES 1 or OES 2 to OES 2 SP2
"Migrating Data from Windows to OES 2 SP2
Batch Data Migration Support
If you want to migrate data from multiple NetWare servers to a single OES 2 SP2 server, you can
create a cron job to automatically run multiple instances of the
The Migration Tool GUI interface doesn't currently support batch migrations.
Service Migration Support
Information about transferring individual services is in
Migration Tool Administration Guide
In most cases, you first need to install the service on the OES 2 SP2 target server. Refer to the
following sections in the
"Migrating AFP from NetWare to OES 2 SP2 Linux
"Migrating Novell Archive and Version Services to OES 2 SP2
"Migrating CIFS from NetWare to OES 2 SP2
106 OES 2 SP2: Upgrading to OES—Planning and Implementation Guide
and security components, services, and data to an OES 2 SP2
TM
Guide.
Guide, which provides general information about moving data in the following
Migration Tool Administration
"Transfer ID Migration" in the
OES 2 SP2: Migration Tool
Linux"
Linux"
command sequentially.
migfiles
"Migration Scenarios" in the
Guide:
"
Linux"
Linux"
OES 2 SP2:
OES 2 SP2: