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Table 8.1. migrate-ds-admin Options
Option Alternate Options Description
General.ConfigDirectoryAdminP
wd=password
Required. This is the password
for the configuration directory
administrator of the old Directory
Server (the default username is
adm in).
--oldsroot -o Required. This is the path to the
server root directory in the old
6.x or 7.x Directory Server
installation. T he default path in
6.x and 7.x servers is
/opt/redhat-ds/.
--actualsroot -a T his is used for migrating
between two machines to
specify the real path to the
current server root directory in
the old 6.x or 7.x Directory
Server installation if that
directory is mounted on a
networked drive or tarballed and
moved to a relative directory. In
that case, the oldsroot
parameter sets the directory
from which the migration is run
(such as
machine_new:/m igrate/op
t/redhat-ds/), while the
actualsroot parameter sets
the server root,
(/opt/redhat-ds/).
--instance -i This parameter specifies a
specific instance to migrate.
This parameter can be used
multiple time to migrate several
instances simultaneously. By
default, the migration script
migrates all Directory Server
instances on the machine.
--file=name -f name This sets the path and name of
the .inf file provided with the
migration script. T he only
parameter is the
General.ConfigDirectoryAd
minPwd parameter, which is the
configuration directory
administrator's password. Any
other configuration setting is
ignored by the migration script.
--cross -c or -x This parameter is used when
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