Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree

Removing NetWare Directory Services from a Server

You may want to remove NDS from an existing server if you mistakenly

installed it into the wrong Directory tree or into the wrong Organization or

Organizational Unit in the tree. This section discusses how to safely remove

NDS.

Considerations Before Removing NDS

Removing NDS from a server may corrupt your NDS database. In most

cases, this procedure is not necessary to correct a NetWare 4 problem.

Before removing NDS, ask these questions:

• Do other servers get Directory information (such as partition replicas) from this

server?

• Could a bad LAN driver (one that does not communicate properly with NDS) be

causing the problem?

• Could routers, network boards, or other hardware components be causing the

problem?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, remove NDS only as a last

resort after resolving all other problem areas.

By removing NDS from a server, you remove the NetWare Server object

from the Directory tree and downgrade the server’s volumes to bindery

volumes. Trustee assignments and all NDS information, such as links to

subordinate partitions, are lost.

If you installed this server into the wrong container, it is not necessary to

remove NDS. Use the Partition Manager tool in NETADMIN to move the

Server object to the correct container.