Installation guide
Installing or Upgrading NetIQ eDirectory on Linux 25
The following sections provide information to help you upgrade your existing eDirectory installation
to the current version.
Section 2.5.1, “Server Health Checks,” on page 25
Section 2.5.2, “Upgrading on Linux Servers Other Than OES,” on page 25
Section 2.5.3, “Unattended Upgrade of eDirectory on Linux,” on page 26
Section 2.5.4, “Upgrading eDirectory on Existing OES,” on page 27
Section 2.5.5, “Upgrading the Tarball Deployment of eDirectory 8.8,” on page 27
Section 2.5.6, “Upgrading Multiple Instances,” on page 28
NOTE: The
ndsconfig upgrade
command is used to upgrade the necessary configuration of the
individual components such as HTTP, LDAP, SNMP, SAS, and NetIQ Modular Authentication
Service (NMAS).
2.5.1 Server Health Checks
With eDirectory 8.8, when you upgrade eDirectory, a server health check is conducted by default to
ensure that the server is safe for the upgrade:
Section B.3.2, “Partitions and Replica Health,” on page 121
Based on the results obtained from the health checks, the upgrade will either continue or exit as
follows:
If all the health checks are successful, the upgrade will continue.
If there are minor errors, the upgrade will prompt you to continue or exit.
If there are critical errors, the upgrade will exit.
See Appendix B, “eDirectory Health Checks,” on page 119 for a list of minor and critical error
conditions.
Skipping Server Health Checks
To skip server health checks, run
nds-install -j
or
ndsconfig upgrade -j
from the installation
folder.
For more information, see Appendix B, “eDirectory Health Checks,” on page 119.
2.5.2 Upgrading on Linux Servers Other Than OES
eDirectory upgrade is supported from eDirectory 8.8 SP2 onwards. If you have eDirectory 8.8 SP2 or
later versions installed, you can directly upgrade to eDirectory 8.8 SP8.
To upgrade, use the nds-install utility. This utility is located in the
Setup
directory of the downloaded
file for Linux platform. Enter the following command from the
Setup
directory:
./nds-install
After the upgrade to eDirectory 8.8, the default location of the configuration files, data files, and log
files are changed to
/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf
,
/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data
,
and
/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/log
, respectively.