NetWare 5.x Server Upgrade
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Sep 2002
Q.
I am having difficulties upgrading a NetWare 5.0 server with eDirectory 8.x to Netware 5.1. I am getting all kinds of eDirectory errors. Any ideas?
Endearing eDirectory Experience
A.
Dear Endearing: In order to get this upgrade to work, you will need to perform the following steps exactly. Download the PREDS8A.EXE (attached to TID #2957982) and INSTP5X.EXE files from Novell's Support Web site (http://support.novell.com). Verify that there is no C:\NWUPDATE directory on the server. If there is, delete it.
Verify that there is at least 750 MB free on your SYS volume and at least 50 MB free on the server's local C:\ drive. Once this is done, bring the server up and use the NWCONFIG utility to load the PREDS8A.EXE file. Among other things, this will recreate C:\NWUPDATE directory and place two files in that directory (NI.ZIP and DIBMIG.NLM).
Before bringing the server down, enter the following commands at the server console prompt:
set dstrace=on set dstrace=downgradedibtofusion
Note: At this point, NDS is locked, so you must down the server.
Before bringing the server back up, verify that the C:\NWUPDATE directory has the two files listed and also copy the INSTPROX.NLM from INSTP5X.EXE into this directory.
You can now start the upgrade of the server to NetWare 5.1 using the original CD for NetWare 5.1. Select "Overwrite newer files" every time you are presented with this message. Once the upgrade is complete, you can patch the server to equal your current environment.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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