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Here, you decide how duplicate file names should be handled.
Once the utility has been told how to handle this condition, it will log into all affected servers and make sure that the process will run without errors. For my example, the verification process ran without any problems. If you are migrating data from a NetWare 4.2 server and you run into critical errors during the verification process, load CLIBAUX.NLM on that server and try the verification process again. Run it
The next step is to actually run the project that was created. Before you do this, a full backup of all affected servers as well as NDS is in order. To run the consolidation project, choose Project | Verify And Copy Data from the menu. You will have to go through the verification again, which I don't mind since I tend to be somewhat cautious when I do these types of things. Once the verification process is complete, click Proceed to start the consolidation. Printers
To migrate printing to the new server, bear in mind that this utility does not copy brokers or managers -- only agents. If you want to migrate all printing, you'll need to create a new broker and manager on the new server before running the consolidation utility, then migrate the agents into it during the migration process. At the end of the process, if it appears that the agents have not migrated, make sure that you give NDS time to replicate and that NDPSM.NLM (Novell Distributed Print Services Manager) is loaded on the new server. Afterwards
In certain circumstances, trustees may not be fully restored after the migration. Before trustees can be associated with objects, ID information needs to be created, which, for NSS objects, depends on the NDS backlink process. This ensures consistency between pointers to NDS objects. Use the following commands at the server prompt to verify backlink integrity and to manually run this process:
- set dstrace=on
- set dstrace=+blink
- set dstrace=*b
Run this as many times as it takes so that there are no more objects appearing on the dstrace screen for backlinking. When you're finished, reboot the server or run NSS /resetidcache at the server console prompt to finish.
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