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Section B.3.2, “Partitions and Replica Health,” on page 143
Based on the results obtained from the health checks, the upgrade will either continue or exit as
follows:
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If all the health checks are successful, the upgrade will continue.
Š If there are minor errors, the upgrade will prompt you to continue or exit.
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If there are critical errors, the upgrade will exit.
See Appendix B, “Server Health Checks,” on page 141 for a list of minor and critical error
conditions.
Skipping Server Health Checks
To skip server health checks, use nds-install -j or ndsconfig upgrade -j.
For more information, see Appendix B, “Server Health Checks,” on page 141 .
4.6.2 Using SLP with eDirectory
In earlier releases of eDirectory, SLP was installed during the eDirectory install. But with eDirectory
8.8, you need to separately install SLP before proceeding with the eDirectory install.
If you plan to use SLP to resolve tree names, it should have been properly configured and SLP DAs
should be stable.
1 To install SLP, enter the following:
pkgadd -d filename_and_absolute_path_of_NDSslp.pkg
The SLP package is present in the setup directory in the build. For example, if you have the
build in the
/home/build
directory, enter the following command:
pkgadd -d /home/build/Solaris/Solaris/setup/NDSslp.pkg
2 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete SLP installation.
3 Start SLP.
If you don't want to (or cannot) use SLP, you can use the flat file hosts.nds to resolve tree names to
server referrals. The hosts.nds file can be used to avoid SLP multicast delays when a SLP DA is not
present in the network.hosts.nds is a static lookup table used by eDirectory applications to search
eDirectory partition and servers. For more information on hosts.nds, refer to
“Using SLP with
eDirectory” on page 46 and the hosts.nds manpage.
If you decide to use SLP to resolve the tree name to determine if the eDirectory tree is advertised,
after eDirectory and SLP are installed, enter the following:
/usr/bin/slpinfo -s "ndap.novell///(svcname-ws==[ treename or *] )"
For example, to search for the services whose svcname-ws attribute match with the value
SAMPLE_TREE, enter the following command:
/usr/bin/slpinfo -s "ndap.novell///(svcname-ws==SAMPLE_TREE)/"
If you have a service registered with its svcname-ws attribute as SAMPLE_TREE, then the output
will be similar to the following:
service:ndap.novell:///SAMPLE_TREE