About the Book
Novell eDirectory (formerly
Novell Directory Services- NDS) is employed by system administrator to
define users on the network and links those same users to their access
rights with corporate resources, devices like printers and security policies.
Novell eDirectory is comparable to Microsoft's Active Directory and is
designed for large-scale, high-end directory deployments. Its strengths
are scalability and reliability, a flexible yet strong security architecture,
compatibility with key industry standards and operating systems.
Novell's Guide to Troubleshooting eDirectory
is the definitive source for information on eDirectory troubleshooting
techniques. It is the single stop reference covering topics from good design
to proactive/reactive problem resolution. All of the information presented
in this book has been gathered from hands-on, real world experiences of
the authors.
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Table ofContents
Introduction.
Who This Book Is For.
How This Book Is Organized.
Special Features in This Book.
I. Edirectory Foundations.
1. The Four Basics of eDirectory
Troubleshooting.
Don’t Panic.
Understanding the Error Codes and
eDirectory Processes.
Troubleshoot and Resolve the Problem.
Proactively Manage eDirectory to Prevent
Problems.
Summary.
2. eDirectory Basics.
A Brief History of NDS/eDirectory
and Its Versioning.
The eDirectory Database Structure.
Partition and Replica Types.
Bindery Services.
Time Synchronization.
DHost.
SAP and SLP.
The LDAP Server for NDS.
Object Attribute Names Versus Schema
Attribute Names.
Summary.
3. The Directory Information Base.
The NDS 6 DIB.
NDS 7 DIB.
NDS 8 and eDirectory DIB.
Locating the DIB.
Backing Up the DIB.
Summary.
4. Don’t Panic.
Dealing with People.
Dealing with Stress.
Summary.
II. UNDERSTANDING THE ERROR CODES
AND EDIRECTORY PROCESSES.
5. eDirectory/NDS Error Codes Explained.
Types and Causes of DS Errors.
Operating System-Related DS Error
Codes.
DS Client API Library Error Codes.
DS Server-Based Client Library Error
Codes.
DSA Error Codes.
Summary.
6. Understanding Common eDirectory
Processes.
NDS Name Resolution and Tree-Walking.
Obituaries.
Background Processes.
Manual Object-Related Processes.
Manual Partition and Replication Processes.
Summary.
III. TROUBLESHOOTING AND RESOLVING
PROBLEMS.
7. Diagnostic and Repair Tools.
Server Tools.
Workstation Tools.
Information Tools.
Summary.
8. eDirectory Data Recovery Tools.
SMS Backup and Restore.
Server Recovery Using Server-Specific
Information Data.
Creating SSI Files.
eDirectory Backup eMTool.
Third-Party Data Recovery Utilities
Summary.
9. Diagnosis and Recovery Techniques.
Look Before You Leap.
Troubleshooting Tools.
Combining Diagnostic Tools.
Combining Recovery Tools.
Using Diagnostic Tools with Recovery
Tools.
Bridging Gaps Between Tools.
Diagnosing Performance Issues.
Summary.
10. Programming for eDirectory.
Using awk.
Using C or C++.
Other Programming and Scripting Languages.
Obtaining the NDK.
Summary.
11. Examples from the Real World.
Bindery Services—related Issues.
Security Issues.
Schema Problems.
Data Inconsistencies.
Synthetic Time.
Server and Data Recovery.
Summary.
IV. MANAGING EDIRECTORY TO PREVENT
PROBLEMS.
12. eDirectory Management Tools.
NetWare Administrator.
ConsoleOne.
iManager and NDS iMonitor.
The UImport Utility.
The NList Utility.
The LDAP ICE Utility.
Third-Party Tools.
Summary.
13. eDirectory Health Checks.
Why, When, and How Often Should You
Do Health Checks?
Health Check Prerequisites.
Recommended Health Check Procedures.
Health Monitoring Using SNMP.
Summary.
14. eDirectory Management Techniques.
Strategies for Managing eDirectory.
Designing for Fault Tolerance.
Single-Object Management.
Multiple-Object Management.
Administration Tips and Tricks.
Summary.
15. Effectively Setting Up eDirectory
Security.
Physical Security.
Console Security.
Security Policies.
Principles of Good Security.
Keeping Hackers Out.
Hidden Objects.
Setting Up eDirectory Security Access
for a Help Desk.
Setting Up a Proxy User for LDAP.
Summary.
16. Tuning eDirectory.
Reducing Replication Latency.
Cache Memory Considerations for NDS
7.
Cache Memory Considerations for NDS
Version 8.
Cache Memory Considerations for eDirectory.
eDirectory Indexes and Predicate Stats.
Changing Database Block Size.
Unix-Specific Tuning Considerations.
Summary.
V. APPENDIXES.
A. eDirectory Error Codes.
B. DS Verbs.
C. eDirectory Classes, Objects,
and Attributes.
Class Definitions.
Base Attributes.
D. eDirectory Resources.
Novell Resources.
Third-Party Tools.
Third-Party NDS/eDirectory Resources.
Books.
Humor.
Index. |
