Installation guide

92 NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Installation Guide
Recommendations
1 Backup your eDirectory 8.7.3.x files before upgrading the operating system. Stop eDirectory and
back up the following files:

dib directory

nds.rfl directory (by default this directory is present under the dib directory)

nds.conf file

nici directory
 log files
2 Do not perform any operations on the intermediate state other than upgrading eDirectory, if the
eDirectory version is not supported on a particular operating system in the intermediate state.
For example, eDirectory 8.7.3.x on SLES 9.
8.2 Migrating to eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Without Upgrading the
Operating System
This method is used in scenarios where there is no operating system upgrade path to supported
eDirectory 8.8 SP8 version.
For example, eDirectory 8.7.3.x is installed on SLES 9. A customer using SLES 9 wants to upgrade to
eDirectory 8.8 SP8. eDirectory 8.8 SP8 is supported on SLES 11 and there is no upgrade path from
SLES 9 to SLES 11.
Complete the following steps to migrate to eDirectory 8.8 SP8:
1 Stop the eDirectory server
2 Take a backup of the following eDirectory 8.7.3.x files:

dib directory

nds.rfl directory (by default, this directory is present under the dib directory)

nds.conf file

nici directory
 log files
3 Install the operating system
4 Remove the nici directory from /var/novell and restore the nici directory to /var/opt/
novell
5 Ensure that /var/novell/nici is pointing to /var/opt/novell/nici
6 Install eDirectory 8.8 SP8 on the server (a new install)
7 Restore the dib and nds.rfl directories
8 Restore the nds.conf to the user-specified location
9 Edit /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/.edir/instances.0 and put the absolute path to
nds.conf file .
10 Edit the nds.conf file and add the following.
n4u.nds.dir=_file_location
n4u.server.libdir=/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib
n4u.server.vardir=var_directory
n4u.server.configdir=/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf
http.server.module-base=http_server_module_base_directory