Installation guide
Installing or Upgrading NetIQ eDirectory on Linux 27
ndsconfig upgrade -a <user name> -w passwd -c --config-file <nds.conf with absolute
path>
Passing the password through environment variable:
ndsconfig upgrade -a <user name>
-w env:<environment variable> -c --config-file <nds.conf with absolute path>
Passing the password through file:
ndsconfig upgrade -a <user name> -w
file:<filename with absolute/relative path> -c --config-file <nds.conf with
absolute path>
Any of the above can be used in the automated script for the eDirectory upgrade. For example:
ndsconfig upgrade -a admin.novell -w n -c -–config-file /etc/opt/novell/
eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
ndsconfig upgrade -a admin.novell -w env:ADM_PASWD -c --config-file /etc/opt/
novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
ndsconfig upgrade -a admin.novell -w file:/Builds/88SP8/adm_paswd -c --config-
file /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
2.5.4 Upgrading eDirectory on Existing OES
This version is not supported on OES. For more information on upgrading eDirectory on an existing
OES installation, refer to the Updating (Patching) an OES 11 SP2 Server (https://www.novell.com/
documentation/oes11/inst_oes_lx/data/bxlu3xc.html) section in the OES Installation Guide.
2.5.5 Upgrading the Tarball Deployment of eDirectory 8.8
If you want to upgrade the tarball deployment from eDirectory 8.8 to eDirectory 8.8 SP8, perform the
following steps:
1 Download the tarball build.
2 Take backup of the following configuration files:
$NDSHOME/eDirectory/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/ndsimon.conf
$NDSHOME/eDirectory/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/ice.conf
$NDSHOME/eDirectory/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/ndsimonhealth.conf
$NDSHOME/eDirectory/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/ndssnmp/ndssnmp.cfg
$NDSHOME
is the location where eDirectory is installed.
3 For upgrade of eDirectory versions lower than 8.8 SP1, do the following:
Perform disk space check using
ndscheck -D --config-file conf_file_path
Create an empty file
upgradeDIB
under the DIB location of each server instance.
The list of instances can be obtained using the
ndsmanage
utility.
4 Run pre upgrade health check for the all instances using
ndscheck
and check the
ndscheck.log
file for any errors before proceeding with the upgrade.
5 Stop all instances using
ndsmanage
.
6 Untar the tarball in the same location (
$NDSHOME
) where eDirectory is installed. By untarring the
tarball in the same location, you are overwriting the binaries and libraries.
7 Upgrade the following package if necessary.