3.1 Preparing for Driver Installation

Before installing the driver, ensure that you perform the following actions:

  • After upgrading Identity Manager engine to Identity Manager 4.5 Service Pack 2, you need to manually extend the eDirectory schema to introduce the two new attributes DirXML-MDADContext and DirXML-MDADAliasName. You must perform an eDirectory heath check to ensure that the tree is ready to accept the new schema.

    To extend the schema, use the ndssch utility.

    For example,

    /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndssch -h <engine server> <admin.sa.system> ../lib/nds-schema/dvr_ext.sch

    novell-DXMLsch-<version>.rpm contains the above dvr_ext.sch schema file with the necessary changes for the Multi-Domain Active Directory driver.

    On Windows, the schema file can be found at the following location:

    cd-image\patch\Windows\engine\64-bit\dvr_ext.sch

  • Upgrade the .NET Remote Loader Windows Server that will host the driver to Identity Manager 4.5 Service Pack 2.

  • Ensure that you have installed all the prerequisites for the Windows Server before installing the Multi-Domain Active Directory driver. For more information, see Section 2.1, Driver Prerequisites.