Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Creating and Managing Directory Services Partitions
Moving a Partition
You can move a container object only if it is the root of a Directory partition
that has no subordinate partitions. Moving a container is really moving a
partition.
When you move a container object, NDS changes all references to the
container. Although the object’s common name remains unchanged, the
context name of the container (and of all its subordinates) changes.
When you move a partition, you should create an Alias object that points to
the partition you are moving. Doing so allows users to continue logging in to
the network and finding objects in their original Directory tree location.
NOTE: If you move a partition and do not create an alias, users who are unaware of the
partition’s new location will not easily find objects in the Directory tree, since they
will look for them in their original Directory tree location.
This might also cause client workstations to fail at login if the NAME CONTEXT
parameter in the NET.CFG file is set to the original location in the Directory tree.
Because the context of an object changes when you move it, users whose name
context in their configuration file (NET.CFG file) references the moved object need
to update their NET.CFG so that it references the object’s new name.
To automatically update users’ NET.CFG file with a new name context after moving
an object, use the NCUPDATE utility. For instructions, see ”NCUPDATE” in
Utilities Reference.
You can use NetWare Administrator or NETADMIN to move partitions in
the Directory tree. Both procedures are documented in this section.
For more information about Refer to
Partitions “Partition, Directory Services,”
“Partition management,” and “Replica” in
Concepts
Using PARTMGR
“PARTMGR” in Utilities Reference