Create a Project File

1. Launch the Server Consolidation Utility by clicking Start > Programs > Novell Server Consolidation Utility > Novell Server Consolidation Utility.

2. Click Create a New Project > OK.

3. Click Microsoft Windows Domain > OK.

4. The next screen reminds you about the system requirements and lets you check for software updates.

   Click the View Online Documentation button to view the Server Consolidation Utility documentation in your default Web browser. Make sure you have completed the system and software requirements outlined in the documentation. Then close your browser.

   Click the Check Latest Updates button to launch the Novell Downloads page in your default Web browser. You can search to see if a newer version of the Server Consolidation Utility is available to download. Then close your browser.

   Click Next to continue.

5. Name your consolidation project, select a place to save it, then click Next.

   By default, the Server Consolidation Utility saves your project in c:\Program Files\Novell Server Consolidation Utility.

6. Verify that the Windows domain that appears in the grayed-out text field is the domain that you want to migrate.

   The Server Consolidation Utility automatically displays the domain that your workstation or server is a member of.

   You can change the domain that the workstation running the utility is registered in. To do this, exit the utility and follow the instructions in Register the Workstation.

7. Select your destination eDirectory tree from the drop-down list, then click Next.

   The destination eDirectory tree is the eDirectory tree that you want to migrate your Windows server data to.

   If you are not logged in to your eDirectory tree, the eDirectory tree name will not appear in the drop-down list. If this is the case, click the Browse button to log in to your eDirectory tree. After you are logged in, the eDirectory tree name automatically appears in the drop-down list.

8. Decide whether you want Server Consolidation to find any User objects in your Windows domain and in the destination eDirectory tree that have the same name, click Yes or No, then click Next.

9. To create and save your consolidation project, click Create.

   When a project is created and saved, the Server Consolidation Utility creates a file that contains the success and error logs of your project; these logs contain the details of what took place during the consolidation.

10. (Conditional) If you clicked Yes in Step 8, continue with Step 10.a. If you clicked No, skip the rest of the steps in this section and go to Model Your Consolidation Project.

    1. To select an eDirectory container on the destination eDirectory tree, click the Browse button.

    2. Browse the tree and select an eDirectory container, then click OK.

    3. To begin searching for duplicate usernames, click Next.

    4. Decide what you want to do with Windows users that have the same name as eDirectory users.

       You have the following options for each listed Windows user:

       • Merge the Windows user with the displayed eDirectory user. Simply leave that user as it is displayed in the table and continue with the next listed Windows user.
       • Merge a Windows user with a different eDirectory user. Click the arrow by the eDirectory username to view a drop-down list containing all the eDirectory users that have the same username (including contexts) as this Windows user. Select one of the eDirectory names and continue with the next listed Windows user.
       • Do not merge the Windows user with any of the matching eDirectory users. Click the arrow by the eDirectory username to view a drop-down list, then select Don't Merge. Select this option only if you know that none of the listed eDirectory users represents the same person as the adjacent Windows user.

    5. After you have made a decision for each listed Windows user, click Finish.

       The Project Window will now appear and the Windows users that you chose to merge with eDirectory User objects appear automatically as dropped objects in the destination eDirectory tree.