How removing a server object affects associations
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Q:
If I remove the server object from NDS, will all the objects that are referenced by this server lose their associations?
A:
I would recommend reading the Cool Solutions article at:
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15748.html
for information on saving server references in a crashed server situation.
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