This Migration Guide describes how to migrate the components of Directory Server Enterprise Edition to version 7.0. The guide provides migration instructions for Directory Server, Directory Proxy Server, and Identity Synchronization for Windows.
This guide is intended for directory service administrators who are migrating to Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0. The guide might also be useful to business planners who are considering migrating to the new version.
If you are not yet familiar with this version of Directory Server Enterprise Edition, you might want to start by evaluating the new features and capabilities of the product. For more information, see the Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Evaluation Guide and Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Release Notes.
Part I, Upgrading Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6 to Version 7.0 contains the information that covers how to upgrade version 6 server instances.
Part II, Migrating Directory Server Enterprise Edition 5.2 to Version 7.0 contains multiple chapters that cover how to migrate from version 5.2 installations.
This documentation set explains how to use SunTM Directory Server Enterprise Edition to evaluate, design, deploy, and administer directory services. In addition, it shows how to develop client applications for Directory Server Enterprise Edition. The Directory Server Enterprise Edition documentation set is available at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1819.1.
The following table lists all the available documents.
Table P–1 Directory Server Enterprise Edition Documentation
Document Title |
Contents |
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Contains the latest information about Directory Server Enterprise Edition, including known problems. |
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Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Documentation Center |
Contains links to key areas of the documentation set that help you to quickly locate the key information. |
Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Evaluation Guide |
Introduces the key features of this release. Demonstrates how these features work and what they offer in the context of a deployment that you can implement on a single system. |
Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Deployment Planning Guide |
Explains how to plan and design highly available, highly scalable directory services based on Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Presents the basic concepts and principles of deployment planning and design. Discusses the solution life cycle, and provides high-level examples and strategies to use when planning solutions based on Directory Server Enterprise Edition. |
Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Installation Guide |
Explains how to install the Directory Server Enterprise Edition software. Shows how to configure the installed software and verify the configured software. |
Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Upgrade and Migration Guide |
Provides upgrade instructions to upgrade the version 6 installation and migration instructions to migrate version 5.2 installations. |
Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Administration Guide |
Provides command-line instructions for administering Directory Server Enterprise Edition. For hints and instructions about using the Directory Service Control Center, DSCC, to administer Directory Server Enterprise Edition, see the online help provided in DSCC. |
Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Developer’s Guide |
Shows how to develop directory client applications with the tools and APIs that are provided as part of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. |
Introduces technical and conceptual foundations of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Describes its components, architecture, processes, and features. |
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Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Man Page Reference |
Describes the command-line tools, schema objects, and other public interfaces that are available through Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Individual sections of this document can be installed as online manual pages. |
Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Troubleshooting Guide |
Provides information for defining the scope of the problem, gathering data, and troubleshooting the problem areas by using various tools. |
Sun Java System Identity Synchronization for Windows 6.0 Deployment Planning Guide |
Provides general guidelines and best practices for planning and deploying Identity Synchronization for Windows. |
Sun Java System Identity Synchronization for Windows 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide |
Describes how to install and configure Identity Synchronization for Windows. |
Additional Installation Instructions for Sun Java System Identity Synchronization for Windows 6.0 |
Provides additional installation instructions in context of Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0. |
For an introduction to Directory Server Enterprise Edition, review the following documents in the order in which they are listed.
The SLAMD Distributed Load Generation Engine is a JavaTM application that is designed to stress test and analyze the performance of network-based applications. This application was originally developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. to benchmark and analyze the performance of LDAP directory servers. SLAMD is available as an open source application under the Sun Public License, an OSI-approved open source license. To obtain information about SLAMD, go to http://www.slamd.com/. SLAMD is also available as a java.net project. See https://slamd.dev.java.net/.
Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) supports accessing the Directory Server using LDAP and DSML v2 from Java applications. For information about JNDI, see http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/. The JNDI Tutorial contains detailed descriptions and examples of how to use JNDI. This tutorial is at http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/.
Directory Server Enterprise Edition can be licensed as a standalone product, as part of a suite of Sun products, such as the Sun Java Identity Management Suite, or as an add-on package to other software products from Sun.
Identity Synchronization for Windows uses Message Queue with a restricted license. Message Queue documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1307.2.
Identity Synchronization for Windows works with Microsoft Windows password policies.
Information about password policies for Windows 2003, is available in the Microsoft documentation online.
Information about the Microsoft Certificate Services Enterprise Root certificate authority, is available in the Microsoft support documentation online.
Information about configuring LDAP over SSL on Microsoft systems, is available in the Microsoft support documentation online.
Directory Server Enterprise Edition does not provide any files that you can redistribute.
This section explains the default paths used in documentation, and provides locations of commands on different operating systems and deployment types.
The table in this section describes the default paths that are used in this document. For complete descriptions of the files installed, see Chapter 1, Directory Server Enterprise Edition File Reference, in Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Reference.
Table P–2 Default Paths
The table in this section provides locations for commands that are used in Directory Server Enterprise Edition documentation. To learn more about each of the commands, see the relevant man pages.
Table P–3 Command Locations
Command |
Native Package Distribution |
Zip Distribution |
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cacaoadm |
/usr/sbin/cacaoadm |
Solaris, Linux, HP—UX — install-path/bin/cacaoadm |
Windows - install-path\bin\cacaoadm.bat |
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certutil |
/usr/sfw/bin/certutil |
install-path/bin/certutil |
install-path/bin/dpadm |
install-path/bin/dpadm |
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install-path/bin/dpconf |
install-path/bin/dpconf |
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install-path/bin/dsadm |
install-path/bin/dsadm |
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install-path/bin/dsccmon |
install-path/bin/dsccmon |
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install-path/bin/dsccreg |
install-path/bin/dsccreg |
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install-path/bin/dsccsetup |
install-path/bin/dsccsetup |
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install-path/bin/dsconf |
install-path/bin/dsconf |
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install-path/bin/dsmig |
install-path/bin/dsmig |
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install-path/bin/dsutil |
install-path/bin/dsutil |
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install-path/bin/entrycmp |
install-path/bin/entrycmp |
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install-path/bin/fildif |
install-path/bin/fildif |
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Not provided |
At the root of the unzipped zip distribution |
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install-path/bin/insync |
install-path/bin/insync |
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/opt/SUNWdsee/dsee6/bin |
install-path/dsrk/bin |
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install-path/bin/repldisc |
install-path/bin/repldisc |
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–4 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
aabbcc123 |
Placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online. |
The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–5 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
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C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser |
# |
The following table shows default system prompts and superuser prompts.
Table P–6 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
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C shell on UNIX and Linux systems |
machine_name% |
C shell superuser on UNIX and Linux systems |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell on UNIX and Linux systems |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser on UNIX and Linux systems |
# |
Microsoft Windows command line |
C:\ |
The following table explains symbols that might be used in this book.
Table P–7 Symbol Conventions
Symbol |
Description |
Example |
Meaning |
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[ ] |
Contains optional arguments and command options. |
ls [-l] |
The -l option is not required. |
{ | } |
Contains a set of choices for a required command option. |
-d {y|n} |
The -d option requires that you use either the y argument or the n argument. |
${ } |
Indicates a variable reference. |
${com.sun.javaRoot} |
References the value of the com.sun.javaRoot variable. |
- |
Joins simultaneous multiple keystrokes. |
Control-A |
Press the Control key while you press the A key. |
+ |
Joins consecutive multiple keystrokes. |
Ctrl+A+N |
Press the Control key, release it, and then press the subsequent keys. |
-> |
Indicates menu item selection in a graphical user interface. |
File -> New -> Templates |
From the File menu, choose New. From the New submenu, choose Templates. |
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