Environment
Novell NetWare 4.11
Novell NetWare 5.0
Novell NetWare 5
Novell NetWare 6
Novell NetWare 6.5
Novell NetWare 5.0
Novell NetWare 5
Novell NetWare 6
Novell NetWare 6.5
Situation
Merge partition in to parent
Container is partitioned and it should not be
How to delete/merge a partition
Container is partitioned and it should not be
How to delete/merge a partition
Resolution
A partition, as such, cannot be deleted as long as it is still a partition. To delete a partition, the partition needs to be merged into the parent partition, which will "delete" it as a partition. At this point, it is an OU (Organizational Unit) within the parent partition and can be deleted.
To merge a child partition into a parent partition, complete the following steps:
1. Follow TID #10024971 - What happens when I merge a partition? to prepare both the parent partition and the child partition for the merge.
2. Perform a health check on both the parent partition and the child partition using TID #3564075 - NDS Health Check Procedures - Cross Platform
3. NDS Manager Instructions:
a. Launch NDS Manager.
b. In the NDS tree window of NDS Manager, navigate to and select the child partition to merge.
c. Select Object | Partition | Merge.
d. Select the parent partition.
e. Select YES.
d. Click YES to confirm the operation.
4. ConsoleOne Instructions:
a. Launch ConsoleOne
b. Right-click the root container of the child partition (it should have an 
icon next to it) > click Views > click Partition and Replica View.
c. Make sure the child partition's root container is still selected in the left pane
d. On the toolbar, click Merge Partition > OK. Or Click on File > Merge Partition > Verify information > OK.
9. To confirm the operation has completed, on the server holding the Master replica of the parent partition type the following at the server console:
SET DSTRACE = OFF
SET DSTRACE = NODEBUG
SET DSTRACE = ON
SET DSTRACE = +S
SET DSTRACE = *H
Navigate to the Directory Service screen and wait until ALL PROCESSED = YES is displayed.
10. In NDS Manager, the child partition should not show in the PARTITION AND SERVER view as a partition.
To merge a child partition into a parent partition, complete the following steps:
1. Follow TID #10024971 - What happens when I merge a partition? to prepare both the parent partition and the child partition for the merge.
2. Perform a health check on both the parent partition and the child partition using TID #3564075 - NDS Health Check Procedures - Cross Platform
3. NDS Manager Instructions:
c. Select Object | Partition | Merge.
d. Select the parent partition.
e. Select YES.
d. Click YES to confirm the operation.
icon next to it) > click Views > click Partition and Replica View.9. To confirm the operation has completed, on the server holding the Master replica of the parent partition type the following at the server console:
SET DSTRACE = OFF
SET DSTRACE = NODEBUG
SET DSTRACE = ON
SET DSTRACE = +S
SET DSTRACE = *H
Navigate to the Directory Service screen and wait until ALL PROCESSED = YES is displayed.
10. In NDS Manager, the child partition should not show in the PARTITION AND SERVER view as a partition.
Additional Information
Formerly known as TID# 10056678