Contents


List of Figures

About This Guide

Who Should Read This Book
What You Need to Know
How This Book is Organized
Typographical Conventions
Directory and File Conventions
Where to Find Related Information

Chapter 1 SIMS 4.0 and Netscape Messaging Server 4.x Changes, Regressions, and Transitions to the iPlanet Messaging Server

Evolution of Messaging Components
Changes in Directory Support

Directory Servers
Directory Information Trees
Netscape Messaging Server 4.x Directory Namespace Limitations
iPlanet Messaging Server Schema

SIMS 4.0 Regressions/Changes/Transitions

SIMS 4.0 MTA Regressions and Changes

Vacation Functions
imta startup
Allowing or Blocking Access to a Mailing List
Adding SMTP Relaying

SIMS 4.0 Message Store Regressions/Changes

Netscape Messaging Server 4.x Regressions/Changes/Transitions

Netscape Messaging Server 4.x MTA Regressions/Changes

Plug-ins
Sending Notifications Regarding Bad Mailing List ErrorsTo Addresses to the Postmaster
Group Attribute Migration Issues
Setting Authorized Senders
SMTP Relay Function
DNS Lookups Including RBL Checking
Unauthorized Bulk Email (UBE) Filtering

Netscape Messaging Server 4.x Message Store Regressions/Changes

Migrating SIMS/Netscape Messaging Server on a High-Availability Cluster

Chapter 2 Migration Overview

Migration Prerequisites
Migration Toolkit
Migration Process
Choosing a SIMS Message Store Migration Method

Off-line Message Store Migration
On-line Message Store Migration
Incremental Message Store Migration

Chapter 3 Scenarios and Procedures for Migrating a Single-Server System to the iPlanet Messaging Server

Upgrading from a Single-Server SIMS System Using the Offline Message Store Migration Method
Upgrading from a Single-Server SIMS System Using the On-line Message Store Migration Method
Upgrading from a Single-Server SIMS System Using the Incremental Message Store Migration Method

SIMS Incremental Migration—Addendum

Migrating from a Single-Server Netscape Messaging Server System

Netscape Messaging Server Migration Procedures for UNIX
Netscape Messaging Server Migration Procedures for Windows NT

Chapter 4 Scenarios and Procedures for Migrating a Multi-Server System to the iPlanet Messaging Server

Multi-Server Migration Overview

Topology for Multiple Server Scenarios

Installing a Configuration Server
Migrating from a SIMS Multi-Server Deployment

Upgrading SIMS Domain Entries to iPlanet Messaging Server Domain Entries
Upgrading SIMS SMTP Relay Servers
Upgrading SIMS POP/IMAP Proxy Servers
Migrating Backend SIMS Mail Store Servers to the iPlanet Messaging Server Using the Off-line Migration Method
Migrating Backend SIMS Mail Store Servers to the iPlanet Messaging Server Using the On-line Migration Method

Migration Procedures for Multi-Server, On-line, No Extra Hardware:
Migration Procedures for Multi-Server, On-line, Extra Hardware

Migrating SIMS Message Store Servers to the iPlanet Messaging Server Using the Incremental Migration Method

Addendum

Upgrading a Netscape Messaging Server Multi-Server Deployment

Adding the Required Naming Contexts
Upgrading Netscape Messaging Server SMTP Relay Servers
Upgrading Netscape Messaging Server MMP Servers
Migrating Netscape Messaging Server Backend Message Stores

Migration Procedures for UNIX
Migration Procedures for Windows NT

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting iPlanet Messaging Server Migrations

Backout Strategy
Errors During Directory Migration

Appendix A Command-Line Interface

imsdirmig

Synopsis
Options
Example

imsdaaci

Synopsis
Options
Example

Appendix B Common Migration Procedures

Upgrading SIMS/Netscape Messaging Server to Netscape Directory Server 4.12
Supporting a Multiple Schemas

Enabling Multi-schema Support On SIMS
Enabling Multi-schema Support On Netscape Messaging Server 4.x

Using Existing Directory Information Trees in the iPlanet Messaging Server

Mapping an Netscape Messaging Server Namespace with a Single Domain to an iPlanet Messaging Server Namespace
Mapping a Netscape Messaging Server Namespace with Multiple Domains to an iPlanet Messaging Server Namespace
Using SIMS Directory Namespaces

Glossary

Index