| I n 1993 Novell became the first company to integrate directory services ”NetWare Directory Services (NDS), later renamed Novell Directory Services because of its cross-platform support, and now known as eDirectory ”with its NetWare server operating system. Since then, NDS has been ported to the major enterprise server platforms, and today eDirectory remains a dominant leader as a general-purpose enterprise directory in the LAN market, deployed worldwide in 80% of Fortune 500 companies, such as CNN, Yahoo!, and Lufthansa Airlines. Novell eDirectory is a multiple-platform, distributed database that stores information about the hardware and software resources available on your network. It provides network users, administrators, and application developers seamless, global access to all network resources. eDirectory also provides a flexible directory database schema, unmatched network security, and a consistent cross-platform development environment. eDirectory uses objects to represent all network resources and maintains them in a hierarchical directory tree. By pointing, clicking, and dragging, you can make changes to directory trees without downing network servers. You can easily manage multiple trees, maintain and repair the networkwide directory from a client workstation, and automatically update distributed eDirectory replicas on all supported operating system platforms, including NetWare, Windows, Solaris, Linux, AIX, and HP/UX. NDS/eDirectory is the core of NetWare-based networks and is also widely used in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory implementations for identity management on both NetWare and non-NetWare server platforms. No matter what your purpose is, if you implement NDS/eDirectory in your networking environment, you need to have a firm handle on how it works and know what actions to take in the event of a problem. What's more, good network administrators take proactive actions to prevent trouble from developing in the first place. This book is a comprehensive troubleshooting guide for Novell eDirectory. You'll find this book to be a rich and definitive source of information for eDirectory troubleshooting methodologies. No matter the size of your NDS tree, you'll find this book to be indispensable . Topics covered in this book range from the fundamentals of Novell eDirectory and its new features, to troubleshooting, to proactively managing the internal operations of eDirectory. The information presented in this book will help you maintain and troubleshoot all aspects of Novell eDirectory. |
