ou move

[terry712]

i need to juggle our ds around a bit to allow a mirror sync for a part with AD via idm
in order to do this i need to move an ou
the ou is a partition and has three copies of the replica
the ou contains the usual stuff

users
groups
groupwise postoffice
ndps broker
ndps manager
ndps / iprint printers

can you forsee any problems moving this. the clients are contextless and we are going to force a nal first to fix any reg or dodgey client settings

 

[Novelli]

Hi,

independed of a needed NDS Health Check before such a huge action, i would remove the replicas temporaly and merge them back to the partition above and after the move place the partition again on it.

Andreas

Cheers Novelli
Novell Master CNE + CDE

http://www.eckertweb.de

 

[terry712]

oh yes also the server is in the ou
the server has the master of the replica

i thought you can only move a ou if it has a partition ?

not something i have ever done before but it's purely for the comparitive structures and not the whole nds will need to sync with the idm

 

[marvhuffaker]

Why are you changing NDS to accomodate AD? Should be the other way around.

Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[terry712]

it's an ad site that i'm hooking in
but the sctructure is a bit screwed

any thoughts on issues ?

 

[marvhuffaker]

I hate to do this so boldly, but I completely disagree with Andreas. If you are moving the whole container, you DO need to have a partition defined at that container level. Merging the partition will prevent you from moving it. I guess if you just moved the objects OUT of the partition into a newly created container that matches your needed structure, that would be different.

I also would NOT remove the replicas. What if something really bad happens - with one replica you're in pretty bad shape (Dealt with a customer last week that did this very thing - we were lucky the tree didn't blow to bits). Moving a partition is a pretty major operation, but if your tree is healthy, it can handle it just fine.

I would make sure things are synched as normal. And if you do a DSREPAIR -RC and get a DIB set before you make any changes .... Do this on each replica ring, and on every server in your tree if feasible.. If somethign goes really bad you can get it back to where you were before you started.

You also might need to regraft the groupwise objects.. but I'm not 100% sure on that. Other objects should move just fine.


Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[terry712]

yep that pretty much my feelings

i cant remeber if the gw would move ok and a slight kick would do or if it would be a regraft

it's just something i have never done as i normally define the structure

get the feeling i'm going to have to slap in a quick test tree

 

[Novelli]

@ marvhuffaker

Hi,

i think there was a missanderstanding..i did not say to remove the partition compleatly..i said it should be merged in to the upper partition for this step.

Andreas

Cheers Novelli
Novell Master CNE + CDE

http://www.eckertweb.de

 

[terry712]

fudge around say moving it