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Chapter 4 Migrating Your Web Server 59
Migrating Virtual Servers
iPlanet Web Server 4.x provided two methods for creating hardware virtual servers: the
object method and the virtual method. How hardware virtual server information is migrated
depends upon which method you used:
• If your iPlanet Web Server 4.x hardware virtual servers were created using the object
method, these hardware virtual server settings are migrated from the 4.x
obj.conf file
to the 6.0
server.xml file.
• If your iPlanet Web Server 4.x hardware virtual servers were created using the virtual
method, these hardware virtual server settings are migrated from the 4.x
virtual.conf file to the 6.0 server.xml file.
iPlanet Web Server 4.x software virtual servers settings are migrated from the 4.x
obj.conf file to the 6.0 server.xml file.
Migrating ACLs
iPlanet Web Server 6.0 has a default ACL called es-internal. It controls who can change
files internal to iPlanet Web Server, for example, help files, onscreen icons, and so on. This
new default ACL is added when you migrate.
If you had ACLs set up in your administration server 4.x for distributed administration,
these ACLs are not migrated. You must add them manually to your new Administration
Server.
Migrating Certificates
The migration process copies the database files in the 4.x_server_root/https-server_id
directory, such as
key3.db and cert7.db, to the 6.0_server_root/https-server_id
directory.
In addition, the SSL parameters located in the 4.x server’s
magnus.conf file are
automatically added to the 6.0
server.xml configuration file.
For more information on using certificates with iPlanet Web Server, see the iPlanet Web
Server Administrator’s Guide.
Migrating Search Collections
You need to choose which search collections, if any, you want to migrate. The Migration
Parameters page has checkboxes for you to select the collections you want to migrate. If
you don’t migrate a collection when you migrate the server, you cannot go back and migrate
it in the future.