16.15 Updating eDirectory for Shared Pool

To update eDirectory for Shared Pool from iManager, perform the following steps:

  1. Make the cluster resource offline.

    1. In iManager, click Clusters > My Clusters, select the name link of the cluster to open the Cluster Manager page. If the cluster does not appear in the My Clusters list, you can add it. Click Add, browse for the cluster, then click OK.

    2. Select the check box next to the resource that you want to take offline, then click Offline.

  2. Delete the cluster resource.

    1. In iManager, click Clusters > My Clusters, select the name link of the cluster, then click the Cluster Options tab.

    2. Select the check box next to the resource that you took offline in Step 1, click Delete.

      IMPORTANT:When you delete (or delete and replace) a Pool object in eDirectory, the attributes for that pool is removed in the User objects for any users that reference that pool. When that pool object is deleted, eDirectory needs to clean up all references to the object being deleted.

  3. Activate the Pool.

    1. In iManager, click Storage > Pools.

    2. Select the server where the pool exists.

    3. Select the pool from the pools list that you want to activate.

    4. Click Activate.

  4. Update the eDirectory.

    1. Select the pool and click on Update eDirectory.

      IMPORTANT:Updating a pool's eDirectory object might delete the pool's existing volumes' eDirectory objects.

    2. (Conditional) If the pool's existing volumes' eDirectory objects are not available, update the eDirectory objects for existing volumes.

  5. Cluster enable the pool. For more information, see Cluster-Enabling an Existing NSS Pool and Its Volumes in the OES 2015 SP1: Novell Cluster Services for Linux Administration Guide.

  6. Bring the cluster resource online.

    1. In iManager, click Clusters > My Clusters, select the name link of the cluster to open the Cluster Manager page.

    2. Select the check box next to the cluster resource that you want to bring online, then click Online.

To update eDirectory for Shared Pool from command prompt, perform the following steps:

  1. Make the cluster resource offline.

    Run the command, cluster offline <resource name>.

  2. Delete the cluster resource from iManager. For more information, see Step 2.

  3. Activate the Pool.

    1. Go to NSSMU.

    2. Select the pool you want to activate.

    3. Press F7.

  4. Update the eDirectory.

    1. Press F4 to NDS Update the pool.

      IMPORTANT:Updating a pool's eDirectory object might delete the pool's existing volumes' eDirectory objects.

    2. (Conditional) If the pool's existing volumes' eDirectory objects are not available, update the eDirectory objects for existing volumes.

  5. Cluster enable the Pool. For more information, see Cluster-Enabling an Existing NSS Pool and Its Volumes in the OES 2015 SP1: Novell Cluster Services for Linux Administration Guide.

  6. Bring the cluster resource online.

    Run the command, cluster online <resource name>.