Preparing And Transferring Your Replica Server; Post-Migration Configuration - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - UPGRADING TO OES-PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2009 Implementation Manual

A: No. The Identity Transfer option migrates the existing eDirectory Certificate Authority to
the new server.
Q: To migrate the master, do we need to remove all eDirectory replicas, remove the server
from eDirectory, build a new server with the same name, add replicas back, etc.?
A: No. The Identity Transfer option migrates the existing eDirectory database to the new
server.
E.1.3 Preparing and Transferring Your Replica Server
1 Prepare your servers by following the instructions in
SP2: Migration Tool Administration
Make sure you do the following:
Install the OES target server in the same context as the NetWare source server, using the
Novell Pre-Migration Server pattern and the patterns for all services that correspond to the
services running on the NetWare server.
This ensures that eDirectory is installed on the target server without a replica and that the
target server is prepared for all of the services being migrated.
For instructions, see
If you are moving data from NSS volumes on the NetWare source server, create
corresponding NSS volumes on the OES target server. Be sure to use the same names as
on the source server.
Do not create any new volumes that will not have data migrated to them until after the
Identity Transfer migration is completed.
Verify that the host name and DNS entries in your local
server are correct.
Apply the latest SLES 10 SP3 and OES 2 SP2 patches from the Novell Customer Center
to the target server. For more information, see
Server" in the
If the source server is running NetWare 6.5 SP7, install the
support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5042400.html)
first. If the source server is running SP8, this is not necessary.
2 Migrate your server by following the instructions in
Transfer
Make sure you do the following:
If you are moving data from NSS volumes on the NetWare source server, follow the
instructions in
Linux" in the
Do not select iManager, VLDB, NetStorage or LDAP for migration. These services work
automatically after the ID Transfer is complete.
SLPDA must be manually reconfigured after the migration completes.
E.1.4 Post-Migration Configuration
1 Set up the SLP DA on your OES server by following the instructions in
OpenSLP DA
118 OES 2 SP2: Upgrading to OES—Planning and Implementation Guide
"Installing OES 2
OES 2 SP2: Installation
ID" in the OES 2 SP2: Migration Tool Administration
"Migrating File System from NetWare, OES 1 or OES 2 to OES 2 SP2
OES 2 SP2: Migration Tool Administration
Server" in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation
"Preparing for Transfer
Guide.
SP2" in the OES 2 SP2: Installation
/etc/hosts
"Updating (Patching) an OES 2 SP2
Guide.
"Using the Migration GUI Tool for
ID" in the
Guide.
files and on the DNS
SMS patch (http://
Guide.
Guide.
"Setting Up an
Guide.
OES 2