| This book is organized into four logical parts : -
Part I, "eDirectory Fundamentals," includes an overview of Novell eDirectory basics, such as objects, partitions, and time synchronization. Part I also provides a comprehensive look at Novell Directory Services classes and how these classes are used to build objects in the directory tree. Having an understanding of NDS objects is a prerequisite to utilizing the full potential of NDS/eDirectory and the information in the rest of this book. -
Part II, "Understanding the Error Codes and eDirectory Processes," describes in great details the internal operations of eDirectory and associated error codes. -
Part III, "Troubleshooting and Resolving Problems," provides a thorough discussion of troubleshooting Novell eDirectory using various tools and utilities included with NetWare/eDirectory and available from third-party vendors . This part covers how to use the DSRepair, DSTrace, NDS iMonitor, and other utilities during troubleshooting operations. In addition, this part covers NDS/eDirectory data recovery procedures and techniques, including the combination of various tools to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve problems. This section concludes by applying the tools and techniques discussed to real-world examples. -
Part IV, "Managing eDirectory to Prevent Problems," rounds out the many day-to-day aspects of NDS that you need to know about in order to proactively prevent problems. Topics include eDirectory health checking, performance tuning, and providing a comprehensive eDirectory security plan for your network. By proactively managing your NDS tree, you can prevent many problems; this part shows you how. The four appendixes in this book include valuable information that you can use as a handy reference: -
Appendix A, "eDirectory Error Codes," provides an exhaustive listing of all the NDS/eDirectory error codes and their explanations . This list of error codes helps you identify problems and determine resolution steps. -
Appendix B, "DS Verbs," provides information on the NDS verbs used by DSTrace -
Appendix C, "eDirectory Classes, Objects, and Attributes," contains eDirectory schema information on all the object classes and attribute definitions found in eDirectory 8.7.3. -
Appendix D, "eDirectory Resources," lists resources used during the development of this book ”third-party software products, good NDS resources found on the Internet, and other publications that cover related subject matter. |
