Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Deleting a NetWare Server Object from the NDS Database
Deleting a NetWare Server Object from the NDS
Database
The following sections show you how to delete NetWare Server objects
from NDS using either NetWare Administrator in Windows or PARTMGR
in DOS. Both procedures are described in this section.
Considerations Before Deleting NetWare Server Objects
WARNING: Deleting a NetWare Server object permanently removes it from your network!
It also permanently removes its data and resources from the network.
Deleting a NetWare Server object may corrupt your NDS database, especially if
the Server object provides NDS database services (such as storing partition
replicas).
Before deleting the Server object with the Partition Manager tool, consider
these alternatives:
• Change the master replicas stored on this server to read/write replicas and then
delete all replicas on the server. Once all the processes are complete, you can
delete the server.
• Remove NDS from the server with the DS Install utility (described in “Removing
NDS from a Server” in this chapter). This procedure protects your NDS database
from lost services.
• To move the NetWare Server object to another context, use the “Move Server
Object” option in the Partition Manager tool. (You do not need to delete the
NetWare Server object and re-create it in another context.)
• If the NetWare Server object you are deleting does not contain any NDS database
partitions or replicas, follow the procedures in “Moving Container Objects Using
NETADMIN” in chapter 2.