Moving container objects using NETADMIN

The following list describes the prerequesites:

• A workstation running DOS 3.30 or later and NETADMIN

• The Create object right to the destination container

1. At the DOS prompt, type

   NETADMIN
   

   For information on moving around in NETADMIN and selecting objects, press <F1> after starting the utility.

2. From the NetAdmin Options menu, choose Manage Objects.

   Your current context appears in the upper left corner.

3. Select the object that you want to move.

   • If the object you want to move appears on the list, select it and press <F10>.

   • If the object is not on the list, browse the Directory tree by selecting container objects and pressing <Enter> until you see the object you want. Select it and press <F10>.

4. From the Actions menu, choose Move.

   You can move a container object only if it is the root of an NDS partition, and only if it contains no subordinate partitions.

   In NETADMIN, when you select a container object that is a partition, the context-sensitive help at the bottom of the screen reads ``This is a partition''.

   If the container you want to move is not a partition, you must first use a partition management utility (PARTMGR or NetWare Administrator) and create the container as a new partition.

5. Using the down-arrow key to reach the field, highlight the ``New Context'' field.

6. Assign a new context to the object you want to move.

   • If you know the new context that you want the object to be in, type it in the highlighted field.

   • If you do not know the new context that you want the object to be in, press <Ins> twice to browse the Directory for the destination container; then select the destination container and press <F10>.

7. To accept the new context as the destination container, press <Enter>.

8. To confirm that you want to move the object listed in the ``Old Context'' field to the container listed in the ``New Context'' field, press <F10>.

9. To create an alias in place of the moved container, choose ``Yes''.

   The Alias object will point to the partition's new location.

   The selected object is moved to the destination container.

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   NOTE: You need to wait for processes throughout the Directory tree to be completed before you can move this object again.

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   If you moved a container and created an alias in its place, you should use the NCUPDATE utility to update the name context of users in the moved container. See ``NCUPDATE'' for details.

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   NOTE: If you do not create an alias, users who are unaware of the object's new location cannot easily find the object in the Directory tree, since they will look for it in its original Directory location.

   Also, users might not be able to log in if the name context in their configuration file (NET.CFG) references the moved container.

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