Schema installer

Bundled with the schema installer are one or more .xml files. These files contain the schema that will be added to the directory. Typically, one of these files will contain core schema that is common to all the supported directory services. Additional files contain only product-specific schemas. The schema installer requires the use of the .NET framework.

The installer includes three important screens:

Schema Preview

Setup

Results

Schema Preview

The Schema Preview screen enables the user to view the proposed extensions to the schema. This screen reads the selected schema files, parses the XML, and displays it as a tree view. It lists all of the details of the attributes and classes that will be installed.

Setup

The Setup screen is used to enter the appropriate information before extending the schema.

The Directory Server section of the Setup screen enables you to select whether you will be using Active Directory or eDirectory, and to set the computer name and the port to be used for LDAP communications.

IMPORTANT: Extending the schema on Active Directory requires that the user be an authenticated Schema Administrator, that the schema is not write protected, and the directory is the FSMO role owner in the tree. The installer will attempt to make the target directory server the FSMO Schema Master of the forest.

To get write access to the schema on Windows® 2000 requires a change to the registry safety interlock. If the user selects the Active Directory option, the schema extender will attempt to make the registry change. It

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HP 232664-006 manual Schema installer, Schema Preview, Setup