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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.
The Access Control List (ACL) for the Tree object of the source tree is preserved. Therefore, the
rights of the source tree's user Admin to the Tree object are still valid.
After the merge is complete, both admin users still exist and are uniquely identified by different
container objects.
For security reasons, you might want to delete one of the two Admin User objects or restrict the
rights of the two objects.
9.2 Grafting a Single Server Tree
The Graft Tree option lets you graft a single server source tree's Tree object under a container
specified in the target tree. After the graft is completed, the source tree receives the target tree's
name.
During the graft, DSMerge changes the object class of the source tree's Tree object to Domain and
makes a new partition. The new Domain object is the partition root for the new partition. All the
objects under the source tree's Tree object are located under the Domain object.
The target tree's administrator has rights to the resulting tree's root container and, therefore, has
rights to the source tree's grafted root.
NOTE: It might take up to several hours for the inherited rights to be recalculated and become
effective. This time will vary based on the tree's complexity, size, and number of partitions.
The source tree's administrator has rights only in the newly created Domain object.
Figure 9-3 and Figure 9-4 on page 231 illustrate the effects of grafting a tree into a specific
container.