1. Prerequisites - Software

ldifde.exe, the Microsoft LDAP utility that is shipped with ADAM. Note that Windows Server includes ldifde.exe, but it's an older version that may not have the necessary features. You want the version that's in %WINDIR%\ADAM, so set your PATH accordingly.
MFDS and the cas-to-ad utility, which are supplied from version 5.0 on Windows and from 5.0 WebSync 03 on UNIX.
The following LDIF (LDAP data) files, which are in your product installation:
- mf-partition.ldf
- mf-ad-containers.ldf
- ms-user-plus-mto.ldf
- es_default_ldap.ldf and es_default_ldap_msuser.ldf (only one of these will be used)