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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+) |
Part I About Naming and Directory Services
Part II NIS+ Setup and Configuration
4. Configuring NIS+ With Scripts
5. Setting Up the NIS+ Root Domain
8. Configuring an NIS+ Non-Root Domain
10. NIS+ Tables and Information
12. Administering NIS+ Credentials
14. Administering Enhanced NIS+ Security Credentials
15. Administering NIS+ Access Rights
16. Administering NIS+ Passwords
18. Administering NIS+ Directories
20. NIS+ Server Use Customization
Backing Up Your NIS+ Namespace With nisbackup
Maintaining a Chronological Sequence of NIS+ Backups
Backing Up Specific NIS+ Directories
Backing Up an Entire NIS+ Namespace
NIS+ Backup Directory Structure
Restoring Your NIS+ Namespace With nisrestore
Prerequisites to Running nisrestore
Using NIS+ Backup/Restore to Set Up Replicas
How to Use NIS+ Backup/Restore to Set Up Replicas
23. Information in NIS+ Tables
Common NIS+ Namespace Error Messages
You can use nisbackup and nisrestore to quickly replace a machine that you are using as a server with another machine. For example, you want to improve network performance by replacing an older server with a newer, faster machine.
To replace a machine being used as an NIS+ server with another machine, you must:
Assign the new machine the same IP address as the older machine it is replacing.
Assign the new machine the same machine name as the older machine it is replacing.
Connect the new machine to the same subnet as the older machine it is replacing.
To replace a server machine, follow these steps:
See Backing Up an Entire NIS+ Namespace. (Note that the old server you are replacing could be the master server for the domain, in which case you would run nisbackup on this old master server.)