Installation guide

Migration Prerequisites
60 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002
The migration script performs the following tasks in seq uence:
• Checks theschemaconfiguration files and notifiesyouof any changes between
the standard configuration files and the ones present on your system.
• Creates a database for each suffix stored in the leg acy Directory Server. (In
Directory Server 5.x and 6.x you can have m ultiple databases, but just one
suffix per database).
• Migrates the s erver parameters and database parameters. (In Directory Server
5.x and 6.x, these are stored as LDAP entries in the
dse.ldif file.)
• Migrates user-defined schema objects.
• Migrates indexes.
• Migrates standard server plug-ins.
• Migrates the certificate d at abase and SSL parameters.
• Migrates database links.
• Migrates replication entries (change log).
• Migrates the SNMP configuration.
The m igration script shuts down your legacy Directory Server before performing
the migration process. The migration script also backs up your current
configuration.
Migration Prerequisites
This section lists the prerequisites that your system must meet before you can
consider beginning the migration process.
• You must be using Directory Server 4.0, 4.1, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, or 5.0. When you
run the migration script, the legacy server process
ns-slapd should be
stopped.
• Your legacy Directory Server and your new Directory Server must be installed
on the same host; migration cannot occur over networked drives.
• Do not install the new Directory Server on top of an existing Directory Server
installation. Install your new Directory Server in a separate directory . Migrate
your legacy directory data into your new directory and when you are satisfied
with the result of the migration, remove your legacy Directory Server.