What to Look for When Installing NetWare 6 in a Mixed Tree
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Feb 2002
Q.
I am installing NetWare 6 into a mixed NetWare 4.x/NetWare 5.x tree. Is there anything that I should watch out for when performing such an operation?
Watching for Trouble in Wichita
A.
Dear Watching: For starters, read Technical Information Document (TID) #10063534. Entitled "Novell eDirectory 8.6 Readme Addendum--NetWare 6." This document contains information that can be used to help customers during an upgrade to eDirectory 8.6 on NetWare 6. It's important to note that you should use this document in conjunction with the product documentation.
TID #10063534 covers a number of topics, including:
Backing Up Trustees
Backing Up Directory Services
Using NWDEPLOY
eDirectory 8.6 Database Upgrade
Disk Space Requirements Needed for Upgrading to eDirectory 8.6
Novell Certificate Server
Login fails during a migration to NetWare 6
Merging two trees using eDirectory 8.6
Catalog Services
eDirectory Performance Considerations
Versioning Changes
Multi-Threaded Synchronization
Each of these topics references other TIDs that go into detail on that particular topic, so take some time to look through the different TIDs for information on your particular issue.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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