| Sun ONE Meta-Directory 5.1.1 Installation Guide |
Preface
The Sun ONE Meta-Directory Installation Guide describes how to install Sun ONE Meta-Directory 5.1.1 and related components.
This preface contains these sections:
What You Are Expected to KnowThis guide is for system administrators who want to install Sun ONE Meta-Directory 5.1.1 on a single machine. It is assumed that the administrator has experience working with directory servers and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) as well as knowledge of either or both of the Windows Operating System and Solaris Operating System.
Sun ONE Meta-Directory 5.1.1 Documentation SetRead through the documentation set for Sun ONE Meta-Directory TM 5.1.1before installing the software. The set, which is available at the Meta-Directory documentation web site, see http://docs.sun.com/prod/S1_MetaDir_511.
It contains the following titles:
- Sun ONE Meta-Directory Deployment Guide describes how to plan and implement a Meta-Directory solution to meet the requirements of your organization.
- Sun ONE Meta-Directory Installation Guide (this guide) tells how to install Meta-Directory software on machines running either the Windows Operating System or the Solaris Operating System.
- Sun ONE Product Brief documents key concepts of the Sun ONE Meta-Directory.
- Sun ONE Meta-Directory Administration Guide documents how to configure and administer the Meta-Directory system from both the Meta-Directory console and the command-line.
- Sun ONE Meta-Directory Release Notes include information about what is new in this release, last minute installation tips, known software limitations, and how to report problems.
In order to use Meta-Directory, a Sun ONE Directory Server must be installed and configured. Therefore, it is recommended that you see the Sun ONE Directory Server Deployment Guide and Sun ONE Directory Server Installation Guide before beginning the installation process for Meta-Directory.
Organization of This GuideSun ONE Meta-Directory Installation Guide (this guide) contains instructions on how to install Sun ONE Meta-Directory on servers using either the Windows or the Solaris Operating System. It consists of the following chapters:
- Chapter 1, "Preparing for Installation" describes what you need prior to beginning installation.
- Chapter 2, "Installing on Solaris Systems" describes the installation process on a machine using the Solaris Operating System.
- Chapter 3, "Installing on Windows Systems" describes the installation process on a machine using the Windows operating system.
- Chapter 4, "Performing Silent Installation" describes the process for installing Meta-Directory on multiple machines or from a remote terminal.
- Chapter 5, "Upgrading to Meta-Directory 5.1.1" describes the process of upgrading from the previous version of Meta-Directory to the present version.
- Chapter 6, "Uninstalling Meta-Directory" describes the process for uninstalling Meta-Directory from the system.
- Chapter 7, "Performing Backup and Restore Operations" descibes the process of backing up or restoring Meta-Directory.
Documentation ConventionsIn all of Meta-Directory documentation, certain typographic conventions and terminology are used to simplify discussion and to help better understand the material.
Typographic Conventions
This book uses the following typographic conventions:
- Italic type is used within text for book titles, new terminology, emphasis, and words used in the literal sense.
- Monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), filenames, pathnames, directory names, HTML tags, and any text that must be typed on the screen.
- Italic serif font is used within code and code fragments to indicate variable placeholders. For example, the following command uses filename as a variable placeholder for an argument to the gunzip command:
gunzip -d filename .tar.gz
Terminology
Below is a list of the general terms that are used in the Meta-Directory documentation set:
- Meta-Directory refers to iPlanet Meta-Directory or Sun ONE Meta-Directory and any installed instances of the Sun ONE Meta-Directory software.
- Sun ONE Meta-Directory 5.1.1 is certified with Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 (formerly iPlanet Directory Server 5.1) and Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2.
- Meta-Directory components refers to the collective set of Sun ONE Meta-Directory components and software you have installed and running on your system, including the Join Engine and any external data source connectors.
- External data source refers to any user data that originates outside of the core Meta-Directory components, whether the data is coming from another database, directory server, data file, or other source of data.
- Directory Server refers to an installed instance of Sun ONE Directory Server.
Sun ONE Meta-Directory can synchronize data using any LDAPv2 and LDAPv3-compliant directory server, as long as the LDAP server supports a change log mechanism similar to the one implemented in Netscape Directory Server 4.1x. The term Directory Server refers to the instances of iPlanet Directory Server, Sun ONE Directory Server and Netscape Directory Server that you have installed to work with Sun ONE Meta-Directory.
- Similarly the term Administration Server refers to an installed instance of Netscape Administration Server, Sun ONE Administration Server or iPlanet Administration Server, whether it be used with the Meta-Directory components or another Sun ONE server.
- NETSITE_ROOT is a variable placeholder for the home directory where you have installed Sun ONE Meta-Directory and any other Sun ONE servers installed into the same server group.
- The term flow is used rather loosely to refer to the process of synchronizing data between an external data source and the Meta View. You ‘flow’ data through a connector to the Connector View and then ‘flow’ it to the Meta View. The contrary is also true, you ‘flow’ data from the Meta View back to the Connector Views and out to the external data sources.
Related Third-Party Web Site References
Where to Find Additional InformationIn addition to Sun ONE Meta-Directory documentation set, you should be familiar with the documentation for products that are used in conjunction with it. Of particular interest are the Sun ONE Console and Sun ONE Directory Server documentation sets. This section lists additional sources of information you may find helpful as you use Sun ONE Meta-Directory.
Sun ONE Console Documentation
You can find the Sun ONE Console documentation at the following site:
http://docs.sun.com/prod/s1.ipconsole.2
Sun ONE Directory Server Documentation
You can find the Sun ONE Directory Server documentation at the following site:
http://docs.sun.com/db/prod/2121#hic
Directory Server Developer Information
In addition to the Directory Server documentation, you can find information on Meta-Directory, LDAP, the Sun ONE Directory Server, and associated technologies at the following Sun ONE developer sites:
Other Sun ONE Product Documentation
Documentation for all Sun ONE servers and technologies can be found at the following web site:
http://docs.sun.com/prod/sunone
Sun ONE Support
Other useful Sun ONE information can be found at the following locations:
Sun ONE Training
http://www.sun.com/trainingSun ONE Support information
http://www.sun.com/supportSun ONE Product Information
http://www.sun.com/products
Your Feedback on the DocumentationSun Microsystems is interested in improving this documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. Use the following web-based form to provide feedback to us:
http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback/
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