The GUID Manager lets you change an application's GUID (global unique identifier). You can randomly generate a new GUID, manually specify a new GUID, or change the GUID to match another application's GUID. You might want to change an application's GUID for the following reasons:
The Application object is accidentally deleted from Novell eDirectory™. When you re-create the Application object, it is randomly assigned a new, unique GUID. Because the new GUID causes the application to be redistributed to all users and workstations associated with the application, you use the GUID Manager to change the new GUID to the old GUID.
You have multiple Application objects for the same application to enable fault tolerance, site lists, and so forth. You want to make sure that all Application objects have the same GUID so that the application is distributed only one time regardless of the Application object that is used. You use the GUID Manager to synchronize the GUIDs.
Changing the GUID of an undistributed application has no redistribution consequences. However, before you change the GUID of a distributed application, be aware that doing so might result in Application Launcher redistributing the application. In particular, redistribution occurs in the following situations:
You give the application a new, unique GUID (one that is different from all other applications' GUIDs). A new, unique GUID always results in redistribution.
You give the application the same GUID as another application that is not distributed on the workstation. For example, App1 has GUID 1234 and App2 has GUID 5678. You synchronize App1 with App2 so that both applications now have 5678 as their GUIDs. Any workstations that had App1 but not App2 now has App1 redistributed to it.
To use the GUID Manager:
In ConsoleOne, select the Application object whose GUID you want to modify.
Click the menu > > > .
Alternately, you can access the GUID Manager by opening the Application object, clicking > to display the Options page and then clicking the button next to the field.
In the list, add the applications that will be assigned the new GUID.
The list already contains the application you selected before opening the GUID Manager.
In the box, select the method you want to use to assign the new GUID:
Randomly generate new GUID: Use this option to have the GUID Manager randomly generate a new GUID. If you've added multiple applications to the Applications to Receive New GUID list, choose from the following two options:
All selected apps share same GUID: Assigns the same randomly-generated GUID to all of the applications.
All selected apps get new GUID: Assigns different randomly-generated GUIDs to each application.
Select GUID from existing application: Use this option to synchronize the GUIDs of all listed applications with an existing application. Click the button to browse for and select the Application object whose GUID you want to share. The source application's GUID (the one you select using this option) does not change. Only the GUIDs for the applications displayed in the Application to list change.
Manually specify new GUID: Use this option to define a specific GUID for all listed applications. Click to display the Edit GUID dialog box used to define the GUID.
After you've defined the target applications and the GUID source, click .