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If a message appears saying that NDS/eDirectory has already been removed, bring the
destination server down and continue with the next section,
Source
Server.
If NDS/eDirectory was not successfully removed, exit NWCONFIG and enter nwconfig -
dsremove at the destination server console. Then follow this procedure again, beginning with
Step 2 on page
116.
12.5.3 Remove NDS/eDirectory from the Source Server
After NDS/eDirectory has been removed from the destination server, remove NDS/eDirectory from
the source server.
1 Restart the source server by entering server at the DOS command prompt.
2 Enter one of the following:
load install -dsremove (if source server is running NetWare 4)
nwconfig -dsremove (if source server is running NetWare 5 or later)
INSTALL or NWCONFIG will now ignore any warnings or errors during the removal of NDS.
3 Select Directory Options > Remove Directory Services from This Server.
4 Press Enter to skip past any warning screens.
5 Select Yes to remove NDS/eDirectory.
6 Press Enter to skip the error message warning you that eDirectory is locked.
Ignore, but keep track of, any additional eDirectory error messages that appear.
7 When the INSTALL or NWCONFIG menu appears again, select Remove Directory Services
again.
If a message indicates that eDirectory is already removed, continue with the next section,
NDS/eDirectory to the Source
If eDirectory was not properly removed, contact
12.5.4 Restore NDS/eDirectory to the Source Server
By removing NDS/eDirectory from the source server, you removed the server from any replica rings
that held a partition of the source server. Now you must complete the following procedure to restore
NDS/eDirectory to the source server.
1 Enter one of the following at the server console:
load install (if source server was running NetWare 4)
load nwconfig (if source server was running NetWare 5 or later)
2 Select Directory Services > Install Directory Services onto This Server.
3 Select the eDirectory tree where the source server existed prior to migration.
4 Select a time zone and time configuration parameters.
Make a note of any warnings or errors that appear during the restoration of eDirectory and
press Esc to continue without fixing the errors.
5 Enter the Admin name and password.
Server.
Novell Support
Remove NDS/eDirectory from the
(http://www.novell.com/support).
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