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2 Click eDirectory Maintenance > Schema Maintenance .
3 Specify the server that will perform the operation, then click Next .
4 Specify a user name, password, and context for the server where you will be performing the
operation, then click
Next .
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Click Optional Schema Enhancements , then click Start .
6 Follow the online instructions to complete the operation.
8.2.3 Grafting the Source and Target Tree
After you ensure that prerequisites are met, use DSMerge to perform the graft.
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In Novell iManager, click the Roles and Tasks button .
2 Click eDirectory Maintenance > Graft Tree .
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Specify which server will run Graft (this will be the source tree), then click Next .
4 Authenticate to the server, then click Next .
5 Specify the source tree Administrator name and password and the target tree name,
Administrator name, and Password.
6 Click Start .
A Graft Tree Wizard Status window appears, showing the progress of the graft. A “Completed”
message finally appears with information returned from the graft process.
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Click Close to exit.
8.3 Renaming a Tree
You must rename a tree if the two trees you want to merge have the same name.
You can rename only the source tree. To rename the target tree, run the Rename Tree Wizard in
Novell iManager against a server on the target tree.
If you change a tree name, the bindery context does not automatically change. Because the bindery
context set in the autoexec.ncf file also contains the tree name (for example, SET Bindery Context =
O=n.
test_tree_name ), a server with a recently changed tree name does not use the context that it
used before the tree name change.
Therefore, after you change a tree's name, you might need to change your client workstation
configurations. For the Novell Client for DOS/Windows, check the Preferred Tree and Preferred
Server statements in the
net.cfg
files. For Novell Client for Windows, check the Preferred Tree
and Preferred Server statements on the client Property Page.
If Preferred Server is used, the client is unaffected by a tree merge or rename operation because the
client still logs in to the server by name. If Preferred Tree is used and the tree is renamed or merged,
then that tree name no longer exists. Only the target tree name is retained after the merge. Change
the preferred tree name to the new tree name.
When you merge two trees, to minimize the number of client workstations that need to be updated,
designate the tree with the most client workstations as the target tree because the final tree retains
the name of the target tree.