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This chapter covers features that have been deprecated or removed from Directory Server Enterprise Edition component products. This chapter also covers features that are susceptible to removal, and functionality that is susceptible to deprecation for Directory Server Enterprise Edition component products.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Classifications of interface stability are provided per manual page entry in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Man Page Reference.
In Directory Server Enterprise Edition, support for Windows 2000, Red Hat Advanced Server 3.0, and J2SE platform 1.4 has been removed. Support for the native install package releases for platforms other than the Solaris operating system has been removed. Support for 32–bit versions of the software might be discontinued for some platforms. To be prepared, plan the transition to 64–bit versions of the software and to newer versions of the supported operating systems. See Operating System Requirements for details of the newer versions of supported operating systems.
JDK versions 1.5 and 1.6 are supported in this release.
Identity Synchronization for Windows 6.0 Service Pack 1 can synchronize with Windows Active Directory 2008.
Directory Server Enterprise Edition Bundle Patch 6.3.1.1.1 supports Logical Domains, (LDoms), on the SPARC platform for Solaris 10 Update 3 and later versions. For more information about LDoms, see the Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0.1 Administration Guide.
System virtualization is a technology that enables multiple operating system (OS) instances to execute independently on shared hardware. Functionally, software deployed to an OS hosted in a virtualized environment is generally unaware that the underlying platform has been virtualized. Some testing has been performed on selected system virtualization and OS combinations to help validate that the products continue to function on properly sized and configured virtualized environments as they do on non-virtualized systems.
For this release, support is provided for any OS running on the Oracle VM technology provided that the OS is already supported natively for the Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 software. Certification is not provided for every combination of OS and hardware, and support relies on the underlying Oracle VM technology implementation. Production deployment of the Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 software on the Oracle VM technology has not been extensively tested. Directory Server Enterprise Edition also supports Solaris Zones and Logical Domains (LDoms), which are part of Oracle VM technology.
Note - Installation of Identity Synchronization for Windows in a virtualized environment is not supported.
For details on supported hardware platforms for this release of Directory Server Enterprise Edition, see Hardware Requirements.
For details on supported operating systems and OS versions for this release of Directory Server Enterprise Edition, see Operating System Requirements.
The legacy command-line tools for managing Directory Server instances are deprecated.
The following tools might be removed from a future release.
bak2db
db2bak
db2ldif
ldif2db
restart-slapd
start-slapd
stop-slapd
New command line tools, dsadm and dsconf, and other commands replace the functionality provided by the tools listed. See “Command Line Changes” in the Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Migration Guidefor details.
For a detailed discussion of administration related Directory Server changes, see “Chapter 5, Architectural Changes in Directory Server” in the Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Migration Guide.
Before migrating a replicated server topology, see “Chapter 4, Migrating a Replicated Topology” in theSun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Migration GuideSupport for legacy replication with Directory Server 4 has been removed from this release. Sun Microsystems ended support for Directory Server 4 in January 2004.
Note - Migration from Directory Server 5.x to 6.3.1.1.1 is not supported. For best results, migrate Directory Server 5.x installations directly to Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11g R1. For detailed information, see Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition Upgrade and Migration Guide 11 g Release 1 (11.1.1.5.0).
When you create a Directory Server instance, password policy is configured initially backwards-compatible. After upgrading, you change the compatibility mode to enable richer password policy configuration. Directory Server manages the conversion. In a future release, the backwards-compatible password policy configuration might be removed.
Also, when you create a Directory Server instance, support for the modify DN operation is disabled. After upgrade all server instances in your replication topology, the modify DN operation can be replicated properly. At that point, you can enable support for the modify DN operation on each server instances. Use the dsconf set-server-prop moddn-enabled:on command for this purpose.
Directory Server chaining is deprecated and might be removed in a future release. Chaining is not configurable through Directory Service Control Center, nor is chaining configurable through the new command line tools. Most deployments enabled by chaining are now enabled using features of Directory Proxy Server. For example, data distribution, global account lockout across an entire replication topology, and merging directory information trees can be done with Directory Proxy Server. For legacy applications that continue to rely on chaining, you can configure the chained suffix plug-in with the ldapmodify command to set attributes for chaining. The attributes are listed in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Man Page Reference.
Chapter 2, Changes to the Plug-In API Since Directory Server 5.2, in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Developer’s Guide and Chapter 3, Changes to the Plug-In API From Directory Server 4 to Directory Server 5.2, in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Developer’s Guide detail plug-in API changes. Interfaces identified there as deprecated might be removed in a future release.
Directory Server Enterprise Edition Bundle Patch 6.3.1.1.1 can manage any 6.x instances of Directory Proxy Server; no migration is required. You must migrate all Directory Proxy Server 5.x instances before using with the Directory Proxy Server 6.3.1.1.1 commands. See “Chapter 6, Migrating Directory Proxy Server” in the Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Migration Guidefor details.
Directory Server Enterprise Edition Bundle Patch 6.3.1.1.1 does not provide any changes to Identity Synchronization for Windows. Refer to the Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Release Notes for any needed information.
The Identity Synchronization for Windows product is still at version 6.0. However, for best results, install Identity Synchronization for Windows 6.0 Service Pack 1. For detailed information, see Installation Instructions for Identity Synchronization for Windows 6.0 Service Pack 1.
Note - Installation of Identity Synchronization for Windows in a virtualized environment is not supported.
Future releases of Identity Synchronization for Windows might discontinue support for all versions and service packs of Microsoft Windows NT. Microsoft ended support for Windows NT in June 2004.
Before upgrading Identity Synchronization for Windows, read “Migrating Identity Synchronization for Windows,” in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Migration Guide.
Directory Server Enterprise Edition Bundle Patch 6.3.1.1.1 does not provide any changes to Directory Server Resource Kit. See Chapter 7, Directory Server Resource Kit Bugs Fixed and Known Problems for further information.
The LDAP utility manual pages on Sun Solaris systems do not document the version of the LDAP utilities ldapsearch, ldapmodify, ldapdelete, and ldapadd delivered with Directory Server Enterprise Edition. The commands might no longer be delivered separately on Solaris systems, but instead integrated with the commands provided by the operating system in a future version. See Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Man Page Reference for the manual pages for the LDAP client tools.
The following components are deprecated in Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 and later versions:
Agent for Sun Cluster support
Directory Editor
Directory Server Enterprise Edition Bundle Patch 6.3.1.1.1 does not provide any changes to Directory Editor. Chapter 6, Directory Editor Bugs Fixed and Known Problems explains more about this release of Directory Editor. See the Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Release Notes for further information.
The Sun Java Web Console (Lockhart) is no longer supported for deploying the DSCC console in Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7 and Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11g R1.
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