Installation guide

78 NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Installation Guide
6.2 Upgrade Process in 8.8 SP8
The ndsconfig upgrade command is used to upgrade the necessary configuration of the individual
components such as HTTP, LDAP, SNMP, SAS, and NMAS. eDirectory database is upgraded to a new
format if eDirectory versions prior to eDirectory 8.8 SP1 are upgraded to eDirectory 8.8 SP8.
The appropriate upgrade utility is called after the packages are upgraded to eDirectory 8.8 SP8.
A new offline database upgrade utility is available with eDirectory 8.8 SP1 onwards.
NOTE: In case the administrator wants to run the utility and find out the status of the upgrade, this
database upgrade tool can be used with a copy of the database or with -d option
Figure 6-1 ndsupg Help Screen
The following table discusses the ndsupg options.
Table 6-1 ndsupg Options
Linux Windows
ndsupg ndsupg.exe
Option Description
-q
Quiet mode. There will not be any messages in quiet mode. Messages will be logged to log
file (if provided) even in
-q mode. It is recommended that you always provide a log file
name for troubleshooting purpose.