To Upgrade 32–bit Server Instances

There is no direct way to upgrade Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6 32–bit server instances that are running on 64–bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition operating system. Even though the server instances cannot be upgraded fully automatically, the dsadm upgrade and dpadm upgrade commands upgrade the server configuration successfully.

Refer to the following procedure to upgrade such instances:

1. If your Directory Server instance is configured to use non-default directories for databases, note the following paths:

   • For databases:

     DSEE_6_INSTALL_PATH/ds6/bin/dsconf get-server-prop -p port-number db-env-path db-log-path

   • For each suffix:

     DSEE_6_INSTALL_PATH/ds6/bin/dsconf get-suffix-prop -p port-number SUFFIX_DN db-path

2. Export your data using version 6 installation.

   DSEE_6_INSTALL_PATH/ds6/bin/dsadm export INSTANCE_PATH SUFFIX_DN LDIF_FILE

3. Take a backup of all the instances.

   $ tar cf BACKUP_INSTANCE INSTANCE_DIRECTORY

4. Upgrade your legacy server instances.

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   Note –

   If you have a customized schema, that needs to be manually upgraded as well. See the respective product documentation to know how to upgrade customized schema.

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   • For Directory Server instances:

     DSEE_7_INSTALL_PATH/bin/dsadm upgrade INSTANCE_PATH

   • For Directory Proxy Server instances:

     DSEE_7_INSTALL_PATH/bin/dpadm upgrade INSTANCE_PATH

5. If your Directory Server instance was configured to use non-default directories for databases, the configuration has been reset but files have not been deleted. Before reconfiguring your instance to use non-default directories, you must delete all old databases, caches, and transaction logs.

6. Import your data in version 7 server instance.

   For each suffix:

   INSTALL_PATH/bin/dsadm import INSTANCE_PATH LDIF_FILE SUFFIX_DN

See Also

Migrating User Data Manually