Provisioning Precheck; Configure Dns; A.2.1 Provisioning Precheck; A.2.2 Configure Dns - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - DOMAIN SERVICE FOR WINDOWS Manual

Section A.2.7, "Create Configuration Partition," on page 215
Section A.2.8, "Create Schema Partition," on page 215
Section A.2.9, "Add Configuration Objects," on page 216
Section A.2.10, "Add Domain Controller," on page 216
Section A.2.11, "Assign Rights," on page 216
Section A.2.12, "Restart DSfW Services," on page 216
Section A.2.13, "Set Credential for Accounts," on page 216
Section A.2.14, "Enable Kerberos," on page 216
Section A.2.15, "Samify Objects," on page 217
Section A.2.16, "Establish Trust," on page 217
Section A.2.17, "Update Service Configuration," on page 217
Section A.2.18, "Cleanup," on page 217

A.2.1 Provisioning Precheck

This task verifies the state of the servers to ensure that they are ready for provisioning.
As part of the provisioning precheck activity, a health check is performed in the background to
validate the state of the system to avoid a stale state. Not validating the system state can lead to
irrecoverable failures in the system. This makes the health check very important.
After you have exported the environment variable, execute the following script:
/opt/novell/xad/share/dcinit/provision/provision_precheck.pl

A.2.2 Configure DNS

This task configures DNS on the DSfW server. DSfW uses DNS as its location service, enabling
computers to find the location of domain controllers.
NOTE: As part of DSfW installation, the DNS server is configured in the first domain in the forest.
For subsequent child domains, you can either link to the DNS server in the first domain or install a
DNS server for the child domain.
After you have exported the environment variable, execute the following script:
/opt/novell/xad/share/dcinit/provision/provision_dns.pl
A.2.3 Configure SLAPI Plug-ins
This task loads the SLAPI plug-ins. The SLAPI plug-ins take care of maintaining the Active
Directory information model. This ensures that the SLAPI framework is ready before any domain-
specific data is added.
After you have exported the environment variable, execute the following script:
/opt/novell/xad/share/dcinit/provision/provision_config_slapi.pl
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