Netscape NETSCAPE CONSOLE 6.0 - MANAGING SERVERS, Manual

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Working with Netscape Servers
Chapter 4 Servers in Netscape Console 77
Uninstalling a Netscape Server
If you no longer want to create or use any instances of a particular server, you can
uninstall the server. This is different from removing a server instance since all
program files will be deleted. For more information on uninstallation, see
“Uninstallation” on page 36.
Merging Configuration Data from Two Directory
Servers
You can use Netscape Console’s Merge Configuration Directory utility to merge
the contents of two configuration directories. During a merge operation, the
contents of a server group in one configuration directory are copied into a new
server group in another configuration directory. No files are transferred during a
Merge Configuration Directory operation; the destination configuration directory
is simply updated to include information from the source.
The Merge Configuration Directory utility is useful if you’ve installed and
deployed a number of Netscape servers, and now find it necessary to merge new
data into an existing configuration directory.
For example, you may wish to test out a new product before deployment. Rather
than make major changes to an existing configuration directory, you can try the
product with a pilot instance of Directory Server, using just the new data required
to configure the pilot.
This way, you can make adjustments to the new instance’s configuration without
impacting other server instances or the existing directory. Once you’re satisfied
with the settings in the pilot configuration directory, you can merge its
configuration data into the configuration directory that’s already deployed.
When merging configuration information, you copy from a source to a destination.
In the example just described, the source is the pilot Directory Server with the new
configuration data, and the destination is the existing Directory Server with current
configuration data.
Figure 4-3 shows what two configuration directories might contain before you
merge them.