HP B6960-90078 NOTE, Chapter, Backing Up NDS, Backing Up Novell NetWare Systems, Backing Up NetWare Directory Services (NDS), Adding NDS Objects to a Backup Specification

Backup

Backing Up Novell NetWare Systems

Backing Up NetWare Directory Services (NDS)

Data Protector backs up NDS using Novell NetWare Storage Management Services (SMS). Data Protector backs up and restores all extensions to the NDS Schema.

NOTE	Incremental backup of the NDS database is not possible. A full backup of
	the NDS database is always performed.

To successfully back up NDS, follow the instructions in the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Installation and Licensing Guide and ensure that:

•TSANDS.NLM is loaded

•HPLOGIN.NLM is loaded and access information is given to Data Protector

Backing Up NDS Back up NDS as you would a UNIX or Windows filesystem, except that

the mountpoint has to be the CONFIGURATION item.

Adding NDS Objects to a Backup Specification

Data Protector offers advanced functionality to back up only a part of NDS. However, unless you understand why some parts can be excluded, it is advisable to back up everything.

Each object in the NDS tree has its own fully distinguished name. For example, leaf object CN=Admin, which resides in the container object O=HSL, has its fully distinguished name as seen by the SMS (TSANDS.NLM):

.CN=Admin.O=HSL.[Root]

Data Protector uses the fully distinguished name to build the tree structure of the NDS as follows:

•The fully distinguished name is reversed.

•The dot-symbol (.) separator is replaced with the slash-symbol separator (/).

For example, the fully distinguished name

.CN=Admin.O=HSL.[Root]

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