20.2 Migration Scenarios

The CIFS migration scenarios are explained in this section:

20.2.1 Consolidate - Same Tree

Only CIFS shares and contexts of the source servers are consolidated. The remaining server configuration information is not consolidated. The target server configuration is overwritten with the source server configuration. For details on consolidation migration, see Section 1.3, Migration Scenarios.

20.2.2 Consolidate - Different Tree

CIFS consolidation for Different Tree is not supported. However, it can be achieved by using the following procedure:

  1. Migrate the file system by using the Different Tree scenario. For details, see Section 16.5.2, Migrating Data to a Server in a Different Tree.

  2. Re-configure CIFS on the target server. For details on configuring CIFS, see Setting the CIFS Server and Authentication Properties in the OES 2 SP3: Novell CIFS for Linux Administration Guide.

20.2.3 Transfer ID - Same Tree

In this scenario, the target is installed into the same tree with a temporary name and IP address. At the end of the procedure, the source server name and IP address are swapped for the target server name and IP address. For details on Transfer ID migration, see Section IV, Transfer ID Migration.

20.2.4 What Is Migrated

The following table gives you a quick overview of what is migrated from NetWare CIFS to OES 2 Linux CIFS for the different scenarios:

Table 20-1 Migration Support for CIFS service

Service supported

Consolidation

Transfer ID

Same Tree

Different Tree

Same Tree

Different Tree

Migrating CIFS shares

Yes

No

Yes

No

Migrating CIFS contexts

Yes

No

Yes

No

Migrating server configuration information

No

No

Yes

No