Overview of Viewing Server Information and Deleting a Server

This topic contains the following:

• View Information about a Server
• View of List of Servers in the Directory
• Overview of Deleting a NetWare Server Object

View Information about a Server

You can gather most of the information about a server without leaving the main view you're working from. When you select a server, its replica information is displayed in the replica pane on the right.

The most significant reason to view information about a server is to view its synchronization information.

You can view information about a server from the Tree View, the list of Partitions and Servers, or the Partition Continuity view.

View a List of Servers in the Directory

From the list of Partitions and Servers, you can view a list of the servers in and below your current context in the Directory tree. In other words, if you set your context to the root of your tree, you can view every server that exists in your tree without having to search the Directory tree by expanding containers in the Tree View.

This list takes longer to build than the Tree View.

Overview of Deleting a NetWare Server Object Warning

Deleting a NetWare^® Server object permanently removes the object from your NDS tree (the server still has SAP capabilities unless it is permanently down).

It also permanently removes the server's data and resources from the network.

Deleting a NetWare Server object may corrupt your NDS database, especially if the NetWare Server object provides NDS database services (such as storing replicas).

Use NDS Manager to remove the replicas on the NetWare server and avoid deleting a NetWare server that stores the only replica of a partition of the Directory tree.

You want to delete a server when:

• The server's hard drive goes bad and you want to reinstall the server.
• You no longer need that resource in the tree due to company downsizing.

There are several ways to delete a NetWare Server object:

One option (although we don't recommend this) is to bring a NetWare server down and delete its object. Then reinstall NDS on the server using INSTALL.NLM at the server, or recreate the object after bringing the server back up. You will have to use NetWare Administrator to delete Volume objects associated with the deleted NetWare Server object.

Do not delete a server if you just want to move it to a new context. Use the NetWare Administrator to move the NetWare Server object and its associated Volume objects to another context.

If the server is functioning properly, do the following before deleting it:

1. Change the master replicas stored on this server to read/write replicas and then delete all replicas on the NetWare server.

2. Remove NDS from the server with the INSTALL.NLM. This procedure protects your NDS database from losing services. (This procedure will also delete the NetWare Server object for you.)