Directory Technologies Part 2

This is the second course in a three part series that teaches the purpose features and benefits of eDirectory. It covers how to install and configure eDirectory. It also covers common eDirectory management and troubleshooting tasks. It also discusses the relationship between NDS eDirectory and the Full Service Directory model.

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Duration: 4 hours Training Presented in: English

Audience

The intended audience for this course includes Technical Managers System Administrators Software Engineers and Network Administrators. They should be experienced IT professionals who are experts with Novell NetWare 4 or NetWare 5 and have prior knowledge of Novell Directory Services (NDS). Additionally learners should have taken the first part of this series.

Objective

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Understand the concept of NDS eDirectory 8.5.
• Understand how to install NDS eDirectory 8.5 on NetWare 5.0 Windows 2000 and Linux operating systems.
• Identify the tasks involved in configuring and managing NDS eDirectory 8.5.
• Identify the ways to troubleshoot NDS eDirectory and the way in which eDirectory supports the features of the FSD model.

Topics Include

Unit 1: eDirectory: Setting Up

• Match the purposes of eDirectory with the situations in which they are applicable.
• Match the benefits of eDirectory with the situations in which they are applicable.
• Identify the utilities of eDirectory.
• Run DSREPAIR on a NetWare 5.0 server to prepare the server for installing eDirectory on the server console.
• Install NetWare 5.0 Support Pack on a NetWare 5.0 server on the server console.
• Install eDirectory on a NetWare 5.0 server on the server console.
• Sequence the phases to install eDirectory on a Windows 2000 server.
• Identify the tasks to be performed before installing eDirectory on a Linux server.
• Sequence the steps to install eDirectory on a Linux server.

Unit 2: eDirectory: Configuring and Managing

• Identify the command to configure NDS cache size to a specific value.
• Configure the LDAP Server object by using ConsoleOne.
• Configure the LDAP Group object by using ConsoleOne.
• Locate an object in a container by using ConsoleOne.
• Create a user account by using ConsoleOne.
• Modify the properties of a user account by using ConsoleOne.
• Create a group by using ConsoleOne.
• Create an OU for a group of users by using ConsoleOne.
• Create a class in an existing schema by using Schema Manager.
• Create an attribute by using Schema Manager.
• Create an auxiliary class by using Schema Manager.
• Create a partition by using the menu bar in ConsoleOne.
• Merge a partition with its parent partition by using the menu bar in ConsoleOne.
• Move a partition by using the menu bar in ConsoleOne.
• Add a replica to a specific server by using the menu bar in ConsoleOne.
• Delete a replica from a server by using the menu bar in ConsoleOne.
• Change the replica type on a server by using the menu bar in ConsoleOne.
• Identify the sequence of the components to recover eDirectory services on NetWare and Windows 2000 servers.
• Identify the commands used to recover eDirectory services on a Linux server.

Unit 3: Troubleshooting and FSD Model Support

• Match NDS error codes with the operations during which they are generated.
• Identify the solutions of common LDAP Services problems.
• Identify the code to solve a problem encountered during a PKI operation.
• Identify the corrective action to be taken if the NDS tree cannot be browsed.
• Match the discovery component features of the FSD model supported by eDirectory with their eDirectory uses.
• Match the security component features of the FSD model supported by eDirectory with their eDirectory uses.
• Match the storage component features of the FSD model supported by eDirectory with their eDirectory uses.
• Match the relationship component features of the FSD model supported by eDirectory with their eDirectory uses.

Duration

4 Hours

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

• Directory Technologies Part 1
• Directory Technologies Part 3