Generate GUIDs on NetWare 4 Servers

If you have NetWare* 4/NDS* 6 servers in your tree, you should generate GUIDs before upgrading to NetWare 6.5 or OES NetWare.

This step requires you to update NetWare 4/NDS 6 servers to be compatible with eDirectory and to extend the core schema of your tree, as described in the two previous steps. The update step copied a new DS.NLM and a new SGUID.NLM file that support GUID generation to each selected NetWare 4.11 or 4.2 server. (The GUID Generator does not work for NetWare 4.10 servers.) With these updated files in place, and with the core schema extended and synchronized, when DS.NLM is restarted on a NetWare 4/NDS 6 server it automatically generates GUIDs for objects in master replicas on that server.

If you want to generate GUIDs now, click on the following link to check for NetWare 4.11 and 4.2 servers in your tree that have the updated NDS files that support GUID generation and optionally restart DS.NLM to trigger the GUID generation:

Even though the GUID generator for NetWare 4.11 and 4.2 helps to avoid GUID compatibility issues, problems still may occur. Make sure to always back up all file system trustees before any upgrade or migration to NetWare 6. If a problem does occur, see TID# 10078892 - Trustee assignments appear to no longer work after NetWare 4.x to NetWare 6.x upgrade or the AppNote entitled NetWare 6 Trustee Rights: How They Work and What to Do When It All Goes Wrong for more information.

 

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