Environment
Novell GroupWise 6.5
Novell GroupWise 7
Novell GroupWise 5.0Novell GroupWise 5.1
Novell GroupWise 5.2
Novell GroupWise 5.5
Novell NetWare 4.11
Novell NetWare Administrator
Situation
Secondary domain is in a different
NDS tree than the primary
How to merge NDS trees and bring a secondary domain in to the same tree as the primary
How to merge NDS trees and bring a secondary domain in to the same tree as the primary
Resolution
To merge NDS trees and then graft
a secondary domain into an existing NDS tree:
- Connect to the primary domain
- Select the secondary domain, select Tools | GroupWise Utilities | System Maintenance | Release Secondary Domain
- Select Tools | GroupWise Utilities | Link Configuration
- Change "Link Type" for the external domain (was the secondary) to "Undefined"
- Delete the "External Domain" reference from GroupWise view
- Merge NDS trees
- Connect to the external domain.
- Graft it into the NDS tree following KB 10084509 (How to Graft GroupWise Objects).
- Connect to the primary domain and create an external domain referencing the external domain
- Highlight the external domain in GroupWise view, select Tools | GroupWise Utilities | System Maintenance | Merge
- Top-down rebuild the GroupWise system, see Doing a Top Down Rebuild on GroupWise 5, 6, 6.5 or 7 (KB 3347260)
Additional Information
Formerly known as TID#
10008198