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November 15, 2000
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ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
QuickStart Rev 99a29 22 June 00
Backlinks keep track of external references to objects on other servers. For each external
reference on a server, the backlink process ensures that the real object exists in the
correct location and verifies all backlink attributes on the master of the replica. The
backlink process occurs two hours after the database is open and then every 780 minutes
(13 hours). The interval is configurable from 2 minutes to 10,080 minutes (7 days).
After migrating to NDS, we recommend that you force the backlink to run by issuing a
SET DSTRACE=*B command from the server console. Running the backlink process is
especially important on servers that do not contain a replica.
Installing NDS eDirectory on NetWare
If your NDS tree does not have a Novell Certificate Server
TM
, the NDS installation
program does the following:
! Creates a Security container object for the entire NDS tree
This object is created at the top of the NDS tree and must remain there.
! Creates an Organizational Certificate Authority (CA) object
! Places the Organizational CA object in the Security container
Only one Organizational CA object can exist in an NDS tree. Because you must not move
this object from one server to another, ensure that the first NDS server is the one that you
intend to permanently host the Organizational CA object.
PREREQUISITES
If you are installing NDS eDirectory for NetWare into an NDS tree that has NetWare and
NT servers, each NetWare server must be running NetWare 5.0 with Support Pack 4 or
later. Each NetWare 5.1 server must be running NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 1 or later.
UPDATING THE NDS SCHEMA
To upgrade an existing NetWare 5.x server to NDS eDirectory into an existing tree,
update the NDS schema by running DSREPAIR on the server that has the master replica
of the Tree partition.
NOTE: The [Root] object, used in earlier versions of NDS, has been renamed to Tree in
NDS eDirectory 8.5.
IMPORTANT: If the master replica of the Tree partition resides on an NT server, follow
the instructions in “Updating the NDS Schema” on page 19.
