OES 2 (Linux) and NetWare 6.0 in Same Tree

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sinnwellr wrote:


To add to the others...

> I've got a project that is really tempting me to put my first OES 2
> server in our tree. Up to this point, we have all NetWare 6.0 and 6.5
> servers running eDirectory 8.7.3.9. From the research I've done, OES
> 2 installs eDirectory 8.8 and all the advice I've seen says not to run
> these mismatched directory versions in the same tree.

Incorrect, as AB and David already stated, eDir 8.7.3 and 8.8 work fine
together.

> My question is, what will happen if I do? We want to use iFolder 3.7
> and have our existing eDirectory users authenticated to it. We are
> likely on a path that will lead to replacing all of our NetWare 6.0
> servers with OES 2 (Linux) by the end of next year, but nothing is in
> stone yet. Given that time frame, what bad things could come of this
> or is there any reason to even worry?

None

>
> One thing that could be important is we currently only have one
> partition in our tree at the root. We haven't seen a need to divide
> any further because in general we are a pretty low change environment
> with only about 25 servers. Does that change the response?

All depends on how your tree is designed.

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Cheers,
Edward