E.3 Server Identity Migration

The following is an example of transferring a NetWare 6.5 SP7 server to an OES server, using the Transfer ID option in the OES Migration Tool.

Table E-5 Service Migration Summary

Pre-Migration (Source Server)

Post-Migration (Target Server)

A NetWare 6.5 SP7 server with the following:

  • eDirectory replicas

  • NSS volumes for home directories and shared file systems

  • An NSS volume for NDPS and iPrint

  • DHCP services

  • ZENworks for Desktops 7 SP1 IR3a HP3 (or newer update)

An OES server on new hardware with the same name and eDirectory identity

  • eDirectory replicas

  • NSS volumes for home directories and shared file systems

  • An NSS volume for iPrint

  • DHCP services

  • ZENworks for Desktops 7 SP1 IR3a HP3 (or newer update)

E.3.1 Preparing and Transferring Your Replica Server

  1. Prepare your servers by following the instructions in Preparing for Transfer ID in the OES 2015 SP1: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

    Make sure you do the following:

    • Install the OES target server in the same context as the NetWare source server, using the Novell Pre-Migration Server pattern and the patterns for all services that correspond to the services running on the NetWare server.

      This ensures that eDirectory is installed on the target server without a replica and that the target server is prepared for all of the services being migrated.

      For instructions, see Installing OES 2015 SP1 as a New Installation in the OES 2015 SP1: Installation Guide.

    • If you are moving data from NSS volumes on the NetWare source server, create corresponding NSS volumes on the OES target server. Be sure to use the same names as on the source server.

      Do not create any new volumes that will not have data migrated to them until after the Identity Transfer migration is completed.

    • Verify that the host name and DNS entries in your local /etc/hosts files and on the DNS server are correct.

    • Apply the latest SLES 11 and OES from the Novell Customer Center to the target server. For more information, see Updating (Patching) an OES 2015 SP1 Server in the OES 2015 SP1: Installation Guide.

    • If the source server is running NetWare 6.5 SP7, install the SMS patch first. If the source server is running SP8, this is not necessary.

    • If you are migrating ZENworks 7 Server Management, delete the Distributor and Subscriber objects on the NetWare servers that will be migrated to OES.

  2. Migrate your server by following the instructions in Using the Migration GUI Tool for Transfer ID in the OES 2015 SP1: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

    Make sure you do the following:

  3. After all the services above have been successfully migrated, click the button to transfer the server identity and complete the Transfer ID Wizard.

E.3.2 Post-Migration Steps

iPrint

  1. Complete the remaining iPrint instructions, starting with Migrating ZENworks iPrint Policies in the OES 2015 SP1: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

DHCP

  1. Complete the remaining iPrint instructions, starting with Post-Migration Procedures in the OES 2015 SP1: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

ZENworks 7

IMPORTANT:You need the ZENworks for Desktops 7 SP1 IR3a HP4 patch for imaging on 64bit Linux.

Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management

  1. Mount the ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Linux CD on the OES server.

  2. Install ZENworks 7 Desktop Management, selecting the features that you will use.

    You can also do the silent install by modifying the silent.properties file and copying it to your machine.

  3. Modify each NAL object to reflect the new path to the files on the OES Volume

  4. Modify the Workstation objects so that they have the correct location for the images.

  5. Open the ports in the firewall on the OES server.

    See Ports used by ZEN

Novell ZENworks 7 Server Management

  1. Install ZENworks 7 Server Management on the OES server

  2. Make sure that the Distributor and Subscriber objects are created.

    IMPORTANT:If you did not delete the objects before the migration (Step 1), you get an error and they are not created. In this case, all of the paths still point to the NetWare volumes and ZENworks 7 Server Management does not function properly.

  3. Resolve the certificates by using ConsoleOne.

  4. Right-click any of the distributions that you created and assign them to the new distributor created when you installed ZENworks 7 Server Management on the server.

  5. Access the Distributions that have paths, and modify them with the new paths.

  6. If you were using variables, access the Subscriber and re-create the variables, making sure they point to the new location on the OES server.

  7. Open the ports in the firewall on the OES server.

    See Ports used by ZEN