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eDirectory Health Checks 119
B
eDirectory Health Checks
NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 provides a diagnostic tool to help you determine whether your eDirectory
health is safe. The primary use of this tool is to check if the health of the server is safe before
upgrading.
eDirectory health checks are run by default with every upgrade and they occur before the actual
package upgrade. However, you can run the diagnostic tool,
ndscheck , to do the health checks at
anytime.
B.1 Need for Health Checks
In earlier releases of eDirectory, the upgrade did not check the health of the server before proceeding
with the upgrade. If the heath was unstable, the upgrade operation would fail and eDirectory would
be in an inconsistent state. In some cases, you probably could not roll back to the pre-upgrade
settings.
This new health check tool resolves this, letting you to ensure that your server is ready to upgrade.
B.2 Performing Health Checks
You can perform eDirectory health checks in two ways:
NOTE: You need administrative rights to run the health check utility.
 Section B.2.1, “With the Upgrade,” on page 119
 Section B.2.2, “As a Standalone Utility,” on page 120
B.2.1 With the Upgrade
The health checks are run by default every time you upgrade eDirectory.
Linux
Every time you upgrade, the health checks are run by default before the actual upgrade operation
starts.
To skip the default health checks, you can use the
-j option with nds-install .
Windows
The eDirectory health checks happen as part of the installation wizard. You can enable or disable the
health checks when prompted to do so.