Migrating to eDirectory 8.7.3.10

This document guides you to migrate your Novell^® eDirectory servers to eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 when you have to upgrade your operating system also.

eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 supports the following platforms:

Platform	Supported Versions
Linux*	OES Linux SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86_64 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x86_64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.x Red Hat* Advanced Server 4.0 x86_64 Red Hat* Enterprise Server 3.0 Red Hat* Advanced Server 3.0 and Red Hat* Advanced Server 4.0
Solaris	Solaris 8 and 9 on Sun* SPARC
AIX	AIX 5L Version 5.2
NetWare®	NetWare 6.5 (OES) with Support Pack 6 and NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 7
Windows*	Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

With the change in the operating systems supported in eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10, there are certain versions that eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 does not support that were earlier supported with eDirectory 8.7.3.x. It is also advisable that you upgrade your older versions of eDirectory/NDS to eDirectory 8.7.3 before trying to migrate to eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10.

There are two scenarios while migrating to eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10:

• Migrating to eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 when platform upgrade is possible.

  Here, you upgrade your operating system to a supported version and then upgrade eDirectory to eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10.

• Migrating to eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 when platform upgrade is not possible.

  Here, you cannot upgrade your operating system to a supported version as the operating system migration path is not possible.