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NOTE: The distinguished name maximum character length is 256 characters. This limitation is
particularly important when you are grafting the root of one tree into a container near the bottom of
the target tree.
The last dot following Oak_tree (Oak_tree.) indicates that the last element in the distinguished name
is the tree name. If you leave off the trailing dot, then also leave off the tree name.
9.2.2 Preparing the Source and Target Trees
Before initiating the graft operation, ensure that the state of all of the servers affected by the
operation is stable. The following table provides prerequisites for preparing the source and target
trees before grafting.
Prerequisite Required Action
WANMAN should be turned off on
all servers that hold a replica of the
source tree's Tree partition or the
target tree's Tree partition. Review your WANMAN policy so that WAN communication
restrictions do not interfere with the merge operation. If required,
turn WANMAN off before initiating the merge operation.
The source tree must have only
one server. Remove all but one server from the source tree.
No aliases or leaf objects can exist
at the source tree's Tree object. Delete any aliases or leaf objects at the source tree's Tree object.
No similar names can exist in the
graft container. Rename objects under the target tree graft container or rename
the source tree.
Move objects from one of the containers to a different container in
its tree if you don't want to rename objects, then delete the empty
container before running DSMerge. For more information, see
Chapter 3, “Managing Objects,” on page 93 .
You can have identical container objects in both trees if they are
not immediately subordinate to the same parent object. Objects
are uniquely identified by their immediate container object.
The eDirectory version for both the
source tree and target tree
container must be 8.51 SP2a or
later. DSMerge will search for the appropriate version of eDirectory. If
an acceptable version isn't found, DSMerge will return an error.
You can get the latest version of eDirectory from the
Novell
Download page (http://download.novell.com) .
The container where you will join
the target tree is in a partition that
has no replicas (a single-server
partition). If the target container has multiple replicas, do one of the
following:
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Make the partition associated with this container the master
replica and delete other replicas.
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Split the target tree graft container into a separate partition
and remove replicas.
After the graft is complete, the partition association can be re-
established.