Installing or Upgrading eDirectory on NetWare

This section contains the following information on installing or upgrading to Novell eDirectory 8.7.1 on a NetWare server:

• System Requirements
• Prerequisites
• Updating the eDirectory Schema for NetWare
• Installing or Updating eDirectory

System Requirements

• You can upgrade to eDirectory 8.7.1 from the following versions of NetWare:
  • NetWare 5.1 with Support Pack 6 or later
  • NetWare 6 with Support Pack 3 or later

• If you are using RCONSOLE, you will need a ConsoleOne^® administrator workstation with the following:
  • 200 MHz or faster processor
  • 64 MB RAM minimum (128 MB recommended)
  • Novell Client^TM for Windows NT/2000/XP version 4.9 or Novell Client for Windows 95/98 version 3.4

• Administrative rights to the eDirectory tree so you can modify the schema

For information on hardware requirements, see Hardware Requirements.

Prerequisites

• If you are installing into an eDirectory tree that has NetWare and Windows NT/2000 servers, each NetWare server must be running one of the following:
  • NetWare 4.2 with Support Pack 9 or later and NDS^® 6.21 or later

    NDS 6.21 can be downloaded from the Novell Support Web site. The filename is ds621.exe.

  • NetWare 5.0 with Support Pack 6a or later
  • NetWare 5.1 with Support Pack 5 or later
  • NetWare 6 with Support Pack 2 or later
  • NetWare 6.5

  Each Windows NT/2000 server must be running NDS eDirectory 8.0 or later.

• Before installing eDirectory 8.7.1 into an existing tree, NICI 2.4.2 or later must be installed on every server in the tree. This version of NICI is not in the latest NetWare Support Packs, and must be downloaded and applied after the Support Packs are installed. You can download the latest version of NICI (Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure) from Novell Product Downloads.

Updating the eDirectory Schema for NetWare

When upgrading a NetWare server to eDirectory 8.7.1, you must update the eDirectory schema by running DSRepair on the server that has the master replica of the Tree partition if one or both of the following conditions exits:.

• Any NetWare 5 server in your eDirectory tree is running eDirectory 8
• Your first installation of eDirectory is on a NetWare 5.1 or later server that does not hold a writable replica of the eDirectory 8.7.1 root partition

IMPORTANT:  If the master replica of the Tree partition resides on an NT server, follow the instructions in Updating the eDirectory Schema for Windows NT/2000.

To update the schema:

1. Copy the appropriate dsrepair.nlm file from the product CD (or downloaded and expanded file) to the sys:\system directory of the server that contains the master replica of the Tree partition.

   For This Version of NetWare	With This Version of NDS or eDirectory	Copy
   4.11 or 4.2	6.17 or later	patches\dsrepair\ nw4x\dsrepair.nlm
   5.0 or later	NDS 7, version 7.47 or later	patches\dsrepair\ nw5x\dsrepair.nlm
   5.0 or later	8.11 or 8.17	(Not supported)
   5.0 or later	NDS eDirectory 8, version 8.51 or later IMPORTANT:  You don't need to run this version of DSRepair with Novell eDirectory 8.6, version 103xx.xx, or Novell eDirectory 8.7, version 104xx.xx.	patches\dsrepair\ nwnds8\dsrepair. nlm

2. At the server console of the master replica of the Tree partition, load dsrepair.nlm.

3. Select Advanced Options Menu > Global Schema Operations.

4. Enter the Administrator's name (for example, Admin.VMP) and password.

5. Select Post NetWare 5 Schema Update > Yes.

   Dsrepair.nlm updates the schema and posts the results to the dsrepair.log file.

   Ignore errors associated with adding object classes; dsrepair.nlm is simply applying the Post NetWare 5 Schema Update changes to each object.

6. Copy the appropriate patch version of dsrepair.nlm to each NetWare server in the eDirectory tree.

   Use the table in Step 1 as a reference. Having a correct version on each server ensures that the schema needed for eDirectory is properly maintained when dsrepair.nlm is run in the future.

   If you use an earlier version of dsrepair.nlm and select Rebuild Operational Schema, schema enhancements made by the Post NetWare 5 Schema Update will be lost. To resolve lost schema enhancements, run dsrepair.nlm according to the following table.

   If You Are Running dsrepair.nlm From	Then
   A server that holds a writable replica of the root partition	Reapply the Post NetWare 5 Schema Update to your eDirectory tree.
   Any other server	Select Advanced Options > Global Schema Operations > Request Schema from Tree.

   This action resynchronizes the schema from the root of the tree.

7. Close dsrepair.nlm before installing eDirectory on the server.

   If dsrepair.nlm is loaded, the server might not restart.

Schema Extension in a Mixed Tree

On NetWare, the schema for the native HTTP stack is not extended at the time of installation. But on Windows NT and UNIX platforms, schema extension is done during the installation using httpstk.sch.

If the tree contains NetWare servers and other platforms, use NWConfig on the NetWare server to extend the schema, using the \nt\I386\NDSonNT\ndsnt\nds\httpstk.sch file.

1. At the server console, load nwconfig.nlm.

2. Select Directory Options > Extend Schema.

3. Enter an administrator name and password.

4. Press F3 (F4 if you're using RCONSOLE) and specify the path to the \nt\I386\NDSonNT\ndsnt\nds\httpstk.sch file (on CD, or downloaded from the Web).

5. Press Enter.

Installing or Updating eDirectory

This section contains the following information:

• Installing or Upgrading Novell eDirectory 8.7.1 on NetWare
• Installing NMAS Server Software
• Installing NMAS Client Software
• Installing into a Tree with Dotted Name Containers

Installing or Upgrading Novell eDirectory 8.7.1 on NetWare

1. At the server console, load nwconfig.nlm.

2. Select Product Options > Install a Product Not Listed.

3. Press F3 (F4 if you're using RCONSOLE) and specify the path to the NW directory where the installation program can find the nds8.ips file.

   • If you downloaded eDirectory from the Web, enter the path to the NW directory you extracted from the downloaded file (for example, sys:\edir\nw).
   • If you are installing from a CD, mount the CD as a volume and enter volume_name:NW (for example, edir_871:NW).

     For information on mounting a CD as a volume, see "CD-ROMs as Logical Volumes" in the Novell Storage Services Administration Guide.

4. Follow the on-screen prompts concerning license agreements, the Readme file, and tips.

5. Enter the administrator's login name (for example, Admin.VMP) and password.

   IMPORTANT:  This window might close before you enter this information. If it does, toggle (Alt+Esc) to the screen and enter the information. Otherwise, the installation will not be complete.

6. In the LDAP Configuration screen, specify which LDAP ports to use, then click Next.

   For more information, see Communicating with eDirectory through LDAP.

7. Select the NMAS^TM login method you want to install, then click Next.

   See Installing NMAS Server Software and Installing NMAS Client Software for more information.

8. Select a language for the installation, then click Next.

9. Select the ConsoleOne components you want to install, then click Next.

10. Click Finish to start the eDirectory installation.

    ConsoleOne 1.3.6 is installed as part of the eDirectory installation.

11. To complete the installation, remove any diskettes or CDs when prompted, then click Yes to restart the server.

Installing NMAS Server Software

Novell Modular Authentication Service^TM (NMAS) server components are installed automatically when you run the eDirectory installation program. You will need to select the login methods you want to install.

Select the login methods that you want to install into eDirectory by checking the appropriate check boxes. When you select a login method, a description of the component appears in the Description box. For more information on login methods, see "Managing Login and Post-Login Methods and Sequences" in the Novell Modular Authentication Service Administration Guide.

Click Select All if you want to install all the login methods into eDirectory. Click Clear All if you want to clear all selections.

The NDS login method is installed by default.

Installing NMAS Client Software

The NMAS client software must be installed on each client workstation where you want to use the NMAS login methods.

1. At a Windows client workstation, insert the Novell eDirectory 8.7.1 CD.

2. From the NMAS directory, run nmasinstall.exe.

3. Check the NMAS Client Components check box.

   Optionally, you can check the NICI check box if you want to install this component.

4. Click OK, then follow the on-screen instructions.

5. Reboot the client workstation after the installation completes.

Installing into a Tree with Dotted Name Containers

You can install a NetWare server into an eDirectory tree that has containers with dots in the names (for example, O=novell.com or C=u.s.a). Using containers with dotted names requires that those dots be escaped with the backslash character. To escape a dot, simply put a backslash in front of any dot in a container name. For example:

O=novell\.com

You cannot start a name with a dot. For example, you cannot create a container named ".novell" because it starts with a dot ('.').

IMPORTANT:  If your tree has containers with dotted names, you much escape those names when logging into utilities such as iMonitor, iManager, and DHost iConsole. For example, if your tree has "novell.com" as the name of the O, enter username.novell\.com in the Username field when logging in to iMonitor (see iMonitor Login Screen).

Figure 1
iMonitor Login Screen