Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 Implementation Manual

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Upgrading to OES—Planning and Implementation Guide

Open Enterprise Server

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December, 2009

OES 2 SP2: Upgrading to OES—Planning and Implementation Guide

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Contents

About This Guide 11

1 Frequently Asked Questions 13

1.1 Why Not Stay on NetWare?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.2 Can I Move My NetWare Disks to an OES 2 Server? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3 What About My Older NetWare Servers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.4 What’s New in OES 2?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.5 What Do Novell Customers Recommend?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.6 What Are the Differences Between NetWare and OES 2? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1.6.1 System and Administrative User and Group Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1.6.2 Comparing Services Between NetWare and OES 2 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1.6.3 Services Not Included in OES 2 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

1.7 How Much Training Is Needed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

1.7.1 What Our Customers Tell Us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

1.7.2 Conduct a Training Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

1.8 What Training Is Available? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

1.8.1 Novell Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

1.8.2 Complimentary Free Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

1.8.3 Product Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

1.9 Does Novell Have Community Support to Help Me with My Migration? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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2 Getting Started 29

2.1 Assessing Your Current Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.1.1 Running Novell Support Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.1.2 Recording Your Current Network Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.2 Identifying Needed Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

2.2.1 Server Hardware Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2.2.2 Consolidation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

2.2.3 Virtualization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

2.2.4 File System Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

2.2.5 Method Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

2.2.6 Network Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

2.2.7 eDirectory/LDAP Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

2.2.8 Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2.2.9 Cluster Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2.2.10 Application Compatibility Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2.2.11 LAN/WAN Connection Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3 Upgrading eDirectory to OES 37

3.1 About eDirectory in OES 2 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.1.1 The Role of eDirectory in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.1.2 eDirectory Version Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3.1.3 About eDirectory Management Tools in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3.2 Planning Your eDirectory Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.2.1 Deciding Whether to Redesign Your Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.2.2 Checking eDirectory Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3.2.3 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3.3 Upgrading eDirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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3.3.1 Do Not Install or Upgrade to eDirectory 8.8 Separately from OES 2 SP2 . . . . . . . . . 44

3.3.2 Choosing an Upgrade Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

3.3.3 Moving, Creating, or Importing eDirectory Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3.4 Post-Upgrade Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.5 About Domain Services for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.6 Additional eDirectory Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

4 Upgrading NSS and Data Storage to OES 51

4.1 About NSS in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.1.1 NSS Is Designed for the Enterprise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.1.2 More Reasons to Consider NSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.2 Platform Differences in NSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.3 Moving Data from NetWare to OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.3.1 Moving Devices from NetWare to OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.3.2 Moving Data from NSS on NetWare to NSS on OES 2 SP2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.3.3 Moving Data from NSS to Other Volume Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.4 Planning to Upgrade NSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.4.1 Identify NSS Coexistence and Migration Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.4.2 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4.5 Post-Upgrade Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

4.6 Upgrading Distributed File Services (DFS) to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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5 Upgrading File Services to OES 57

5.1 Upgrading AFP File Services to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5.1.1 About AFP File Services in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5.1.2 Platform Differences in AFP File Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

5.1.3 Planning to Transfer AFP Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

5.1.4 Upgrading AFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

5.1.5 Post-Upgrade Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

5.2 Upgrading CIFS File Services to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5.2.1 About CIFS File Services in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5.2.2 Platform Differences in CIFS File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

5.2.3 Planning to Upgrade CIFS Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

5.2.4 Upgrading CIFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5.2.5 Post-Upgrade Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5.3 Upgrading Novell FTP to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5.3.1 About FTP File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5.3.2 Platform Differences in FTP File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5.3.3 Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5.3.4 Transferring FTP Services to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5.3.5 Post-Upgrade Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5.4 Upgrading iFolder to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5.4.1 About iFolder on OES 2 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

5.4.2 Platform Differences in iFolder File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5.4.3 Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5.4.4 Upgrading iFolder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5.4.5 Post-Upgrade Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5.5 Upgrading NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

5.5.1 About NCP File Services in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

5.5.2 Planning to Upgrade NCP File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

5.5.3 Only Data Transfers Are Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

5.6 Upgrading NetStorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

5.6.1 About NetStorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

5.6.2 Platform Differences in NetStorage File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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5.6.3 NetStorage Is Not Transferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

6 Upgrading Print Services to OES 77

6.1 About iPrint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

6.2 Platform Differences in iPrint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

6.3 Planning to Upgrade iPrint to OES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

6.3.1 Requirements and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

6.3.2 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

6.4 Upgrading iPrint to OES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

6.5 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

7 Upgrading QuickFinder to OES 81

7.1 About QuickFinder in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.2 Platform Differences in QuickFinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.3 Planning to Upgrade QuickFinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.4 Upgrading QuickFinder to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

7.5 Post-Upgrade Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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8 Upgrading Backup Services to OES 83

8.1 Upgrading Novell Archive and Versioning Services to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

8.1.1 About Archive and Versioning Services in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

8.1.2 Platform Differences in Archive and Versioning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

8.1.3 Planning to Upgrade Archive and Versioning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

8.1.4 Upgrading Archive and Versioning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

8.1.5 Post-Upgrade Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

8.2 About Upgrading Storage Management Services (SMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

9 Upgrading Network Services to OES 85

9.1 Upgrading DNS Services to OES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

9.1.1 About Novell DNS in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

9.1.2 Platform Differences in Novell DNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

9.1.3 Planning to Upgrade Novell DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

9.1.4 Upgrading DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

9.2 Upgrading DHCP Services to OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

9.2.1 About Novell DHCP in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

9.2.2 Platform Differences in Novell DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

9.2.3 Planning to Upgrade Novell DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

9.2.4 Upgrading DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

9.3 Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

9.3.1 About Time Synchronization in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

9.3.2 Planning to Upgrade Time Synchronization Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

9.3.3 Transferring Time Synchronization Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

9.4 Service Location Protocol (SLP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

9.4.1 About SLP in OES 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

9.4.2 Platform Differences in SLP Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

9.4.3 Setting Up SLP on OES 2 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

10 Upgrading Novell Cluster Services to OES 93

10.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

10.2 Planning to Upgrade Novell Cluster Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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10.2.1 Reviewing the Current Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

10.2.2 Upgrading Novell Cluster Services to OES 2 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

10.2.3 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

10.3 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

10.4 Caveats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

10.5 Rolling Cluster Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

11 Upgrading Other Novell Products to OES 97

11.1 GroupWise 7 and GroupWise 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

11.1.1 Source Platform Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

11.1.2 Target Platform Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

11.1.3 Preparing to Migrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

11.1.4 Caveats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

11.1.5 Tool Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

11.1.6 Migration Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

11.1.7 Migrating GroupWise as Part of a Transfer ID Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

11.1.8 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

11.2 Identity Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

11.3 ZENworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

11.3.1 Upgrading to ZENworks 10 Configuration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

11.3.2 Migrating ZENworks 7 from NetWare to Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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12 About Third-Party Applications 103

A Tools for Upgrading to OES 2 SP2 105

A.1 OES 2 SP2 Migration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

A.1.1 Consolidating Selected Data or Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

A.1.2 Transferring an Entire NetWare Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

A.1.3 More About Using the Migration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

A.2 Server Consolidation and Migration Tool (SCMT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

A.3 NetWare Migration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

A.4 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

B About the Management Tools in OES 2 SP2 109

B.1 Novell iManager 2.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

B.1.1 What's New in Version 2.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

B.1.2 Supported Web Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

B.1.3 Caveats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

B.1.4 Upgrading to iManager 2.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

B.2 Novell Remote Manager (NRM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

B.2.1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

B.2.2 About Novell Remote Manager and OES 2 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

B.3 About Other Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

C Workstation Considerations 113

D Server Consolidation 115

E Examples 117

E.1 Replica and CA Server Migration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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E.1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

E.1.2 FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

E.1.3 Preparing and Transferring Your Replica Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

E.1.4 Post-Migration Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

E.2 Cluster Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

E.2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

E.2.2 General Notes and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

E.2.3 Preparing to Migrate the Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

E.2.4 Transferring DHCP in the Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

E.2.5 Transferring DNS in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

E.2.6 iPrint Migration in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

E.2.7 Transferring AFP in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

E.2.8 Transferring CIFS in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

E.3 Server Identity Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

E.3.1 Preparing and Transferring Your Replica Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

E.3.2 Post-Migration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

F Documentation Updates 131

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10 OES 2 SP2: Upgrading to OES—Planning and Implementation Guide

About This Guide

is

running

running

onon

OES 2 SP1

• AFP

• Backup (SMS)

• Clustering (High Availability)

• DNS/DHCP

• eDirectory

• CIFS

• FTP

• iFolder 3.x

• NetStorage

• Novell Client Access

• Management Tools

• iPrint

• QuickFinder

• Novell Storage Services (NSS)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2

Novell ServicesNovell Services

Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 SP2 is the next generation of the Novell® services that have long
been valued by a wide variety of businesses and other organizations, ranging from small businesses
to multi-national enterprises.

®

When you install OES 2 SP2, you install SUSE
OS and the OES 2 SP2 components as an “add-on product.”

Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP3 as the core

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What This Guide Provides

This guide provides an overview of the planning and implementation processes involved in
upgrading from NetWare

®

links to specific implementation instructions.

What This Guide Does Not Replace

This guide does not replace the specific upgrading and planning instructions found in the regular
installation and migration guides that you should follow carefully to ensure a successful upgrade to

OES.

Audience

This guide is intended for network administrators.

to OES 2 SP2. It provides overview and planning information along with

About This Guide 11

Feedback

We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation
included with this product. Please use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page of the
online documentation to enter your comments.

Documentation Updates

For the most recent version of this guide, see the OES 2 Documentation Web site (http://

www.novell.com/documentation/oes2/upgrade_to_oes_lx/data/front.html).

Documentation Conventions

In Novell documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and
items in a cross-reference path.

®

A trademark symbol (

, TM, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-party

trademark.

When a single pathname can be written with a backslash for some platforms or a forward slash for
other platforms, the pathname is presented with a backslash. Users of platforms that require a
forward slash, such as Linux* or UNIX*, should use forward slashes as required by your software.

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1

Frequently Asked Questions

You probably have a few questions up front. Here are some answers.

 Section 1.1, “Why Not Stay on NetWare?,” on page 13

 Section 1.2, “Can I Move My NetWare Disks to an OES 2 Server?,” on page 14

 Section 1.3, “What About My Older NetWare Servers?,” on page 14

 Section 1.4, “What’s New in OES 2?,” on page 15

 Section 1.5, “What Do Novell Customers Recommend?,” on page 15

 Section 1.6, “What Are the Differences Between NetWare and OES 2?,” on page 16

 Section 1.7, “How Much Training Is Needed?,” on page 24

 Section 1.8, “What Training Is Available?,” on page 26

 Section 1.9, “Does Novell Have Community Support to Help Me with My Migration?,” on

page 27

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1

1.1 Why Not Stay on NetWare?

There are distinct advantages to moving to OES 2 SP2 over staying on NetWare®. Gartner has
issued report (http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/novell/vol2/article4/article4.html) which
you should find enlightening. Novell has also published a technical white paper (http://

www.novell.com/rc/docrepository/public/37/basedocument.2009-03-19.8740935430/
OES%20v%20WIN%20FINAL_en.pdf) on this subject.

Here are a few of the benefits of upgrading to OES 2 SP2.

 NetWare Enters Extended Support in 2010: As Novell

now, NetWare enters its extended support phase in 2010.

 Continued Hardware Support: When NetWare enters extended support, hardware vendors

will cease to certify it on new server hardware.

 Continued Third-party Solutions Support: As hardware vendors cease certification support,

third-party software solutions providers, such as anti-virus and backup software vendors, will
stop developing for the NetWare platform.

 Dynamic Storage Technology: This breakthrough Novell technology drastically reduces

storage costs and runs only on OES 2, not on NetWare.

 iFolder 3.8: NetWare supports only Novell iFolder

in the latest version, such as automatic server provisioning, multiple iFolders per user, iFolder
sharing between users, reassigning iFolder ownership, provisioning for LDAP groups, and
numerous administrative enhancements.

®

has stated for a number of years

®

2.x, which lacks important features found

 Open Source Solutions: Open source initiatives such as Apache* and Tomcat* have been

supported on NetWare only as Novell or others have ported them to the platform, but they are
automatically available on OES.

 Xen virtualization technology: This no-cost virtualization solution runs on OES 2 SP2 and

lets you create NetWare virtual machines for those services that you want to keep on NetWare
for the time being.

Frequently Asked Questions

13

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 Domain Services for Windows: This OES 2 SP2 technology integrates eDirectory

TM

and

Active Directory* users as well as Windows* and Novell file services.

 File Systems: OES 2 SP2 not only supports the Novell Storage Services

TM

(NSS) file system,

but also traditional Linux file systems, such as Ext3, XFS, and Reiser FS.

 OES Services enhancements: As Novell OES services continue to evolve, the new features

and technologies are almost always only available on OES 2 SP2.

1.2 Can I Move My NetWare Disks to an OES 2
Server?

Yes, you can.

“Moving Non-Clustered Devices From NetWare Servers to OES 2 Linux Servers” in the OES 2

SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide includes information on moving NSS volumes cross-

platform between servers in the same Novell eDirectory tree. See also “Cross-Platform Issues for

NSS.”

1.3 What About My Older NetWare Servers?

Earlier versions of NetWare should be upgraded to OES 2 SP2 as outlined in Ta ble 1-1 .

Table 1-1 Upgrade Paths from Earlier Versions of NetWare

NetWare Version Minimum DS Version Tool to Use Other Information

NetWare 4.11 SP9 NDS® 6.21 n/a You must perform a down-server

upgrade to NetWare 5.1 SP8 as an
interim step.

NetWare 4.2 NDS 6.21 n/a You must perform a down-server

upgrade to NetWare 5.1 SP8 as an
interim step.

NetWare 5.0 SP6a NDS 7.62c of 8.85c n/a You must perform a down-server

upgrade to NetWare 5.1 SP8 as an
interim step.

NetWare 5.1 SP8 eDirectory 8.7.3.7 or

later

NetWare 6.0 SP5 eDirectory 8.7.3.7 or

later

OES 2 SP2 Migration
To ol

OES 2 SP2 Migration
To ol

For more information, see “Transfer

ID Migration” in the OES 2 SP2:

Migration Tool Administration
Guide.

For more information, see “Transfer

ID Migration” in the OES 2 SP2:

Migration Tool Administration
Guide.

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1.4 What’s New in OES 2?

The “What’s New or Changed” section in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide
includes brief summaries of the new features and services in OES 2 plus a list of links to the What’s
New sections in each OES 2 guide. We recommend you take a few minutes to look at the section.
The list is quite impressive.

1.5 What Do Novell Customers Recommend?

Periodically, Novell polls customers to get a reality check. The table below summarizes customer
advice from a survey of OES 2 SP2 customers.

Table 1-2 From a Recent Novell Customer Survey

Customer Tip

Learn basic Linux skills first (before starting) or have someone handy. Make sure you:

 Understand the Linux file system and rights.

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For help, see “Understanding Directory Structures in Linux POSIX File Systems” in the OES 2 SP2:

File Systems Management Guide and “Aligning NCP and POSIX File Access Rights” in the OES 2
SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide

 Know Linux command line tools for the equivalent NetWare commands (DSTrace, DSRepair, etc.).

Learn the commands by setting up a test server and playing out the scenario you want to see on
your production server.

For help, see the OES2 SP2: Linux Tips for NetWare Administrators guide.

 Understand that in-house Linux expertise is a necessary prerequisite. (The good news is that fully

89% of survey respondents who have deployed OES 2 SP2 discovered that they already had Linux
expertise on their deployment teams.)

For help, see Section 1.7, “How Much Training Is Needed?,” on page 24 and Section 1.8, “What

Training Is Available?,” on page 26.

Plan ahead and know your NetWare, OES, and eDirectory environments very well:

 Make sure eDirectory is clean and that you are current on all patches.

 Plan the deployment scenario and find the holes and gotchas.

 Plan data locations, file systems, and LUM configuration objects.

 Perform a complete inventory of all applications (and their dependencies) before you get too far into

planning in case they or their dependencies can't be moved to OES/SLES.

Upgrade slowly and cautiously, but start now

 Start in small scale (a couple of servers) or just move DHCP for a couple of weeks, then DNS for a

couple of weeks, then GroupWise

 Be careful; you can harm your OES production environment if you don't understand what you are

doing; don't start with your most important servers.

Test, test, test.

®

, WebAccess, etc.

Frequently Asked Questions 15

Customer Tip

 Test everything multiple times, including third-party products like backup solutions, before full

deployment.

 Create an initial test box if you don't have previous Linux experience.

For help, see the OES 2 SP2: Lab Guide for Linux and Virtualized NetWare.

 Use VMware* (or other virtualization products) and install many times to get the feel for it, then test,

test, test.

Give it a try.

 Moving to OES 2 SP2 is easy and relatively painless.

Start your upgrade in a lab environment first and play with the product.

 Try installing Linux at home and use it as your primary OS.

 Make sure you have a test environment that mimics your production installation.

It works the same as NetWare.

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 The Novell management Interfaces look the same. iPrint, iManager, etc.—all of the benefits of

NetWare are available on OES 2 SP2.

Don't freak out about service and management differences

 Learn the iMonitor and iManager Web tools for service and server management.

 Become familiar with the basic management commands, such as ndsconfig for eDirectory

management.

Do your homework and read everything you can find.

 Scour the discussion forums and see what problems others are having and how they solved them,

ask questions, and make notes.

Avoid mixing OES 2 and NetWare, if possible.

 Create separate servers providing other services such as DNS, DHCP, etc., on OES first to gain

familiarity with Linux as a whole.

YaST is your friend.

 It's not always the answer, though. Learn which things are best configured in the configuration files

and which things you really should use YaST for.

Find out how well your hardware vendor supports Linux.

 Make sure your hardware vendor not only “supports Linux,” but also provides regular driver updates

for the version of SLES you are planning to deploy.

1.6 What Are the Differences Between NetWare
and OES 2?

 Section 1.6.1, “System and Administrative User and Group Differences,” on page 17

 Section 1.6.2, “Comparing Services Between NetWare and OES 2 SP2,” on page 17

 Section 1.6.3, “Services Not Included in OES 2 SP2,” on page 24

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1.6.1 System and Administrative User and Group Differences

Because OES 2 services run on Linux rather than on NetWare, there are noticable differences
between the system and administrative users and groups on OES 2 servers. For example, many OES
2 services, such as Novell AFP and Novell CIFS require proxy users to retrieve service-related
information, such as user passwords and service attributes, and in some cases to write service
information in eDirectory.

For more information, see “System User and Group Management in OES 2 SP2” and
“Administrative Users in OES 2 SP2” in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide.

1.6.2 Comparing Services Between NetWare and OES 2 SP2

Table 1-3 Service Comparison Between NetWare 6.5 SP8 and OES 2 SP2 Linux

Service NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues

Access Control Lists Yes Yes In combination with NCPTM Server, Linux

supports the Novell® trustee model for file
access on NSS volumes and NCP volumes
on Linux.

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AFP (Apple* File
Protocol)

Apache Web Server Yes - NetWare

Archive and Version
Services (Novell)

Backup (SMS)

Yes - NFAP Yes - Novell

port of open
source product

Yes Yes Setup varies slightly, but there are no

Yes Yes SMS provides backup applications with a

 SMS

 NSS-Xattr

AFP

®

Yes - Standard
Linux

AFP services on NetWare and OES are
proprietary and tightly integrated with
eDirectory
(NSS).

Administration Instance vs. Public Instance
on NetWare (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/oes2/web_apache_nw/data/
aipcu6x.html#aipcu6x).

What’s Different about Apache on NetWare
(http://www.novell.com/documentation/
oes2/web_apache_nw/data/ail8hvj.html) .

functional differences.

framework to develop complete backup and
restore solutions. For information, see the

OES 2 SP2: Storage Management Services
Administration Guide.

NSS provides extended attribute handling
options for NSS on Linux. For information,
see “Using Extended Attributes (xAttr)

Commands (Linux)” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS

File System Administration Guide.

TM

and Novell Storage Services

Frequently Asked Questions 17

Service NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues

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CIFS (Windows File
Services)

Yes - NFAP Yes - Novell

CIFS

and

Novell Samba

Both NFAP and Novell CIFS are Novell
proprietary and tightly integrated with
eDirectory and Novell Storage Services
(NSS).

Samba is an open source product
distributed with SUSE

®

Linux Enterprise

Server (SLES).

Novell Samba is enhanced by Novell with
configuration settings for eDirectory LDAP
authentication via Linux User Management
(LUM). Novell Samba is not tightly
integrated with NSS on Linux and works
with any of the “File Systems Available on

OES 2 Servers.” (See the OES 2 SP2:

Planning and Implementation Guide.)

Clustering Yes Yes “Product Features” in the OES 2 SP2:

Novell Cluster Services 1.8.7 for Linux
Administration Guide.

“Product Features” in the NW6.5 SP8:

Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration
Guide.

DFS (Novell Distributed
File Services)

Yes Yes In combination with NCP Server, DFS

supports junctions and junction targets for
NSS volumes on Linux and NetWare. DFS
also supports junction targets for NCP
volumes on non-NSS file systems such as
Reiser and Ext3. The VLDB command
offers additional options to manage entries
in the VLDB for NCP volumes.

DHCP Yes Yes For a comparison between what is available

on OES 2 and NetWare, see “DHCP

Differences Between NetWare and OES 2”

in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and

Implementation Guide.

To plan your DHCP implementations, see
“Planning a DHCP Strategy” in the OES 2

SP2: Novell DNS/DHCP Administration
Guide for Linux and “Planning a DHCP
Strategy” in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell DNS/
DHCP Services Administration Guide.

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Service NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues

DNS Yes Yes For a comparison between what is available

on OES 2 and NetWare, see “DNS

Differences Between NetWare and OES 2”

in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and

Implementation Guide.

See “Planning a DNS Strategy” in the OES

2 SP2: Novell DNS/DHCP Administration
Guide for Linux and “Planning a DNS
Strategy” in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell DNS/
DHCP Services Administration Guide.

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Dynamic Storage
Technology

No Yes DST runs on OES 2. An NSS volume on

NetWare is supported only as the
secondary volume in a shadow pair. When
using DST in a cluster, each of the NSS
volumes in a shadow pair must reside on
OES 2. DST also supports NCP volumes as
shadow pairs and Linux POSIX* volumes as
shadow pairs.

eDirectory 8.8 Yes Yes No functional differences.

eDirectory Certificate

Yes Yes No functional differences.

Server

eGuide (White Pages) Yes No This functionality is now part of the Identity

Manager 3.6 User Application. For more
information, see the Identity Manager 3.6

Documentation Web Site. (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/idm36/
index.html).

FTP Server Yes Yes Support for eDirectory LDAP authentication

has been added to PureFTP on OES 2. The
FTP/SFTP gateway available on NetWare is
not currently available on Linux. See “FTP

Services”.

See “Features of the NetWare FTP Server”
in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell FTP

Administration Guide.

Health Monitoring

Yes Yes The Health Monitoring Server, which was

Services

Identity Manager 3.6.1

No Yes IDM 3.6.1 is not available on NetWare.

Bundle Edition

included in OES 1, has been removed in
OES 2.

This is now available in various Novell
Remote Manager dialog boxes on both
platforms.

For more information, see “Health

Monitoring Services” in the OES 2 SP2:

Planning and Implementation Guide.

Frequently Asked Questions 19

Service NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues

iPrint Yes Yes See “Overview” in the OES 2 SP2: iPrint for

Linux Administration Guide, and “Overview”

in the NW 6.5 SP8: iPrint Administration

Guide.

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IPXTM (Internetwork
Packet Exchange

TM

Yes No Novell has no plans to port IPX to OES.

)

from Novell

iSCSI Yes Yes The iSCSI target for Linux does not support

eDirectory access controls like the NetWare
target does. Nor is the iSCSI initiator or
target in OES 2 integrated with NetWare
Remote Manager management. You use
YaST management tools instead.

On the other hand, the iSCSI
implementation for Linux is newer and
performs better.

See Linux-iSCSI Project on the Web (http://

linux-iscsi.sourceforge.net).

See “Overview” in the NW 6.5 SP8: iSCSI

1.1.3 Administration Guide.

LDAP Server for

Yes Yes No functional differences.

eDirectory

Multipath Device
Management

Yes Yes NetWare uses NSS multipath I/O. Linux

uses Device Mapper - Multipath that runs
underneath other device management
services.

MySQL* Yes - NetWare

port of open
source product

Yes - Standard
Linux

See MySQL.com on the Web (http://

www.mysql.com).

See “Overview: MySQL” in the NW 6.5 SP8:

Novell MySQL Administration Guide.

NCP Volumes No Yes NCP Server on Linux supports creating

NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems
such as Reiser and Ext3.

For information, see “Managing NCP

Volumes” in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server

for Linux Administration Guide.

NCP Server Yes Yes NCP services are native to NetWare 6.5

and NSS volumes; to have NCP services on
OES, the NCP Server must be installed.

See “Benefits of NCP Server” in the OES 2

SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration
Guide.

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Service NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues

NetStorage Yes Yes NetStorage on Linux offers connectivity to

storage locations through the CIFS, NCP,
and SSH protocols. NetWare uses only
NCP.

These and other differences are
summarized in “NetStorage” in the OES 2

SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide.

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NetWare Traditional
File System

NetWare Traditional

Yes No Novell has no plans to port the NetWare

Traditional File System to Linux.

Yes N /A

Vol um es

NFS Yes - NFAP Yes - native to

Linux

For NetWare, see “Working with UNIX

Machines” in the NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS,

and NFS (NFAP) Administration Guide.

NICI (Novell

Yes Yes No functional differences.
International
Cryptography
Infrastructure)

TM

NMAS

(Novell

Yes Yes No functional differences.
Modular Authentication
Services)

Novell Audit Yes No Novell Audit is not included with OES.

However, the Novell Audit 2.0 Starter pack
is available for download at no cost on

Novell.com (http://www.novell.com/
downloads).

Novell Client
Windows and Linux

TM

for

Yes Yes Novell Client connectivity to OES 2 requires

that the NCP Server be installed.

support

Novell Cluster
Services

TM

Novell iFolder

®

2.x Yes No For migration information, see “Migrating

Yes Yes See “Product Features” in the OES 2 SP2:

Novell iFolder 3.8 No Yes OES 2 SP2 includes Linux, Macintosh*, and

Novell Licensing

Yes No See “OES 2 Doesn’t Support NLS” in the
Services

Novell Cluster Services 1.8.7 for Linux
Administration Guide.

See “Product Features” in the NW6.5 SP8:

Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration
Guide.

iFolder 2.x” in the OES 2 SP2: Migration
Tool Administration Guide

Windows clients.

OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation
Guide.

Frequently Asked Questions 21

Service NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues

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NSS (Novell Storage

TM

Services

)

Yes Yes Most NSS services are available on both

platforms. For a list of NSS features that are
not used on Linux, see “Cross-Platform

Issues for NSS” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File

System Administration Guide.

NTPv3 Yes Yes The

ntpd.conf

file on NetWare can
replace an OES server’s NTP configuration
file without modification.

OpenSSH Yes Yes Netware includes a port of the open source

product. Linux includes the open source
product itself.

See “Functions Unique to the NetWare

Platform” in the NW 6.5 SP8: OpenSSH

Administration Guide.

PAM (Pluggable
Authentication
Modules)

No Yes PAM is a Linux service that Novell

leverages to provide eDirectory
authentication. eDirectory authentication is
native on NetWare.

Pervasive.SQL* Yes No Pervasive.SQL is available for Linux from

the Web (http://www.pervasive.com/
support/technical/online_manuals.asp).

PKI (Public Key

Yes Yes No functional differences.

Infrastructure)

Printing Yes Yes See “iPrint” in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and

Implementation Guide.

QuickFinder

TM

Yes Ye s

RADIUS Yes Yes See the information on forge.novell.com

(http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/
project/?edirfreeradius).

Samba No Yes Samba is an open source technology

available on OES. Novell provides
automatic configuration for authentication
through eDirectory. For more information,
see the OES 2 SP2: Samba Administration

Guide.

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Service NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues

Search (QuickFinder) Yes Yes When indexing a file system, the

QuickFinder engine indexes only what it has
rights to see.

On NetWare, it has full access to all
mounted volumes. On Linux, it has rights to
only the files that the novlwww user in the
www group has rights to see.

For more information, see “Security

Characteristics” and “Generating an Index
For a Linux-Mounted NSS Volume” in the

OES 2: Novell QuickFinder Server 5.0
Administration Guide.

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SLP Yes - Novell

SLP

Software RAIDS (NSS
volumes)

Storage Management

TM

Services

(SMS)

Yes (0, 1, 5, 10,

15)

Yes Yes No functional differences, except that the

Yes -
OpenSLP

For OES 2, see “SLP Services in the

Network” (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/sles10/sles_admin/data/
cha_slp.html) in the SLES 10 SP3:
Installation and Administration Guide (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/
sles_admin/data/sles_admin.html) and

“Implementing the Service Location

Protocol” (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/edir87/edir87/data/
a2iiimc.html).

NetWare uses Novell SLP, which provides
caching of Directory Agent scope
information in eDirectory. This provides for
sharing of scope information among DAs.

Novell SLP is not available on Linux.
OpenSLP on Linux is not customized to
provide DA synchronization. Therefore, DA
synchronization is only available for
eDirectory on NetWare.

Yes (0, 1, 5) See “Understanding Software RAID

Devices” in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File

System Administration Guide.

SBCON backup engine is not supported on
Linux.

TCP/IP Yes Yes No functional differences.

Timesync NLM

TM

Yes No Timesync will not be ported to Linux.

The nbackup engine is available for
exploring SMS capabilities, but in a
production environment, you should use a
third-party, full-featured backup engine.

However, NTPv3 is available on both Linux
and NetWare.

See “Time Services” in the OES 2 SP2:

Planning and Implementation Guide.

Frequently Asked Questions 23

Service NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2 Platform Differences / Migration Issues

Tomcat Yes Yes NetWare includes Tomcat 4 and a Tomcat 5

servlet container for iManager 2.7. OES 2
includes Tomcat 5. There is no impact to
any of the OES 2 administration tools, which
are tested and supported on both platforms.

See “Administration Instance vs. Public

Instance on NetWare” (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/oes2/
web_tomcat_nw/data/
ahdyran.html#ahdyran)

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Virtual Office
(Collaboration)

WAN Traffic Manager Yes No

Xen Virtualization
Guest

Xen Virtualization Host
Server

Yes No Virtual Office has been replaced by Novell

Teaming + Conferencing. A separate
purchase is required. For more information,
see the Novell Teaming + Conferencing

Web Site (http://www.novell.com/products/
teaming/index.html).

Yes Yes NetWare 6.5 SP8 (and NetWare 6.5 SP 7)

can run on a paravirtualized machine. OES
2 can run on a paravirtualized machine or
fully virtualized machine.

N/A Yes

1.6.3 Services Not Included in OES 2 SP2

See “eGuide, IFolder 2, and Virtual Office Are Still Available on Netware” in the NW 6.5 SP8:

Planning and Implementation Guide.

1.7 How Much Training Is Needed?

 Section 1.7.1, “What Our Customers Tell Us,” on page 24

 Section 1.7.2, “Conduct a Training Assessment,” on page 25

1.7.1 What Our Customers Tell Us

Some customers have found that their administrators need Linux training. Novell provides several
training courses to help bring administers up to speed with administering OES services on Linux.
Familiar tools, such as iManager and Novell Remote Manager (NRM), and utilities such as NSSMU
are also used to administer Novell services on OES 2 SP2. Many administrators are pleasantly
surprised when they see that their knowledge and skills apply very well to managing Novell services
on OES 2 SP2.

We recognize that time and resources are a problem for customers, and we recommend following
the example of one of our customers: Four months prior to rollout, Novell provided OES and SLES
training for their administrators at their site and on their hardware and software.

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When we survey customers, they consistently tell us they want training that addresses:

 Differences in day-to-day support and management versus NetWare

 How to install and upgrade existing NetWare servers to OES 2 SP2

 Differences between NetWare and OES: services, features, and interoperability

 Troubleshooting

1.7.2 Conduct a Training Assessment

Novell recommends that you conduct a training needs assessment. You should determine whether
current skill sets are absent, adequate, or proficient, so that you can recommend a training package.
Three levels of Linux expertise are recommended:

Table 1-4 Recommended Linux Training Levels

Level of Expertise Training Needed Qualities of Potential Candidates

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Certified Linux Expert You will probably want at least some of

your technical staff to be Linux certified
(LPI level1 and/or LPI level 2). Many
third-party Linux certification courses
are available to meet this need.

Linux Administrator Novell recommends SUSE Linux-

specific training.

Novell offers a variety of instructor-led
and self-study certification and training
options including Novell Advanced
Technical Training (ATT), which is
highly recommend.

The comprehensive courses address a
wide range of advanced topics
including support issues, in-depth
architectural reviews, and enterprise
solutions. ATT classes provide real­world expertise that can be put to
immediate use.

 Are typically already UNIX (AIX*,

Solaris*, etc.) experts.

 Have some Linux experience.

 Are willing to attend additional

class and lab sessions.

 Are willing to serve as trainers

and mentors.

 Have accredited certifications.

 Are currently UNIX or NetWare

administrators who are willing to
expand skills

 Have data center and server farm

administrative experience. Deep
technical skills are less important.

 Have expertise in services above

the OS level. OS knowledge is
necessary.

Linux Support Staff Support staff need to be

knowledgeable about how specific
network services (eDirectory, edge
services, iPrint, etc.) work on Linux.

Novell offers service-specific courses
for most major services.

 Support current file, print, and

other network systems.

 Will need to move to more Linux

support, but system focus will
remain the same.

Frequently Asked Questions 25

1.8 What Training Is Available?

Here are some of the avenues you can use to get the training you need:

 Section 1.8.1, “Novell Training Services,” on page 26

 Section 1.8.2, “Complimentary Free Training,” on page 26

 Section 1.8.3, “Product Documentation,” on page 26

1.8.1 Novell Training Services

Novell certification and training options change periodically as new needs are identified and courses
are developed. To learn more about these and other training options, visit the OES Novell training
Web s i te at www.novell.com/training (http://www.novell.com/training/courseware/

catalog.jsp?pl=7660).

 To find the dates and local availability of the Novell Advanced Technical Training and other

Novell offerings, go to: www.novell.com/training/pep/map.html (http://www.novell.com/

training/att/map.html).

 To request additional information on Novell Advanced Technical Training, send an e-mail to

[e-mail] (mailto:[e-mail])

 To subscribe to the Technical Training Newsletter, see http://www.novell.com/info/list (http://

www.novell.com/company/subscribe/)

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1.8.2 Complimentary Free Training

For a good introduction to OES, see Bridging NetWare Skills to Novell Open Enterprise Server for

Linux (http://www.novell.com/training/promotions/netwaretolinux/modules.html)

To help you get started with OES and Linux, Novell also provides some training material at no cost

on the Web (http://www.novell.com/training/complimentary/).

1.8.3 Product Documentation

Yes, the old adage is true: “If all else fails, read the documentation.” This document contains
numerous cross-references to sections relative to a specific topic or service. If you can't find what
you need on Novell's documentation site, add a comment, tell us what we missed, and we'll see that
you get the answer you need. Open Enterprise 2 documentation is available at the following URL:

http://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2/index.html (http://www.novell.com/documentation/
oes2/index.html).

One especially useful guide for those who are transitioning from NetWare to OES and Linux is the

OES2 SP2: Linux Tips for NetWare Administrators guide. Novell partner BrainStorm, Inc. (http://

www.brainstorminc.com/oes) provides a printed Administrator’s Command Reference card based

on the tips guide; it shows common NetWare commands and their OES/Linux counterparts. This
reference card is nicely formatted and very helpful in bridging the gap between NetWare and OES/
Linux commands.

And finally, Novell also publishes all of the SLES 10 documentation on the Web (http://

www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/index.html).

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1.9 Does Novell Have Community Support to
Help Me with My Migration?

There are a two good places to connect with other administrators, ask questions, and find answers to
your specific migration questions.

 Novell Forums (http://forums.novell.com/)

 Cool Solutions Upgrade to OES Community Page (http://www.novell.com/communities/

coolsolutions/upgradetooes)

There is a list of the top TIDs (http://www.novell.com/communities/node/8781/top-oes-upgrade-

tids) to help you troubleshoot and deal with migration issues.

Finally, you can get OES information from Twitter by following NovellOES (http://

www.twitter.com/novelloes), and there’s a FaceBook Page (http://www.facebook.com/
desktopapp.php?api_key=97e8a45d27cbe2bd96a957cb9cd22f10#/pages/I-Upgraded-to-Novell­Open-Enterprise-Server-on-SUSE-Linux-Enterprise/154405544072?ref=ts) as well.

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2

Getting Started

TIP: You can move storage devices directly from NetWare to OES 2.

“Moving Non-Clustered Devices From NetWare Servers to OES 2 Linux Servers” in the OES 2

SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide includes information on moving NSS volumes cross-

platform between servers in the same Novell eDirectory tree. See also “Cross-Platform Issues for

NSS”.

You can ensure a successful upgrade by

 Section 2.1, “Assessing Your Current Network,” on page 29

 Section 2.2, “Identifying Needed Improvements,” on page 31

2.1 Assessing Your Current Network

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2

 Section 2.1.1, “Running Novell Support Advisor,” on page 29

 Section 2.1.2, “Recording Your Current Network Information,” on page 29

2.1.1 Running Novell Support Advisor

To ensure you are equipped with the latest pre-upgrade information and are aware of known issues,
we recommend that you validate your OES upgrade readiness using the Novell Support Advisor 1.1
(or later) tool. For more information and to obtain this free tool, access the Novell Support Advisor

Web page (http://support.novell.com/advisor).

2.1.2 Recording Your Current Network Information

Whether you will be upgrading on your own, using Novell® Global Services, or working with
another consulting firm, you need a complete and accurate record of your current network setup.

1 If you don’t already have one, create one or more diagrams of your network, including the

following information:

 Router/switch/subnet/firewall diagrams; note particularly any blocked ports

 Current WAN configuration, including link speeds for all sites running NetWare

Duplicate the following tables or use a spreadsheet, as necessary, to accommodate
multiple sites.

®

.

Getting Started

29

Table 2-1 Sample WAN Environment Overview

Site Location WAN Speed # of Servers Server Breakdown

Home Office Local 25 3-NW4.11

3-NW5.0
4-NW5.1
3-NW6.0
3-NW6.5
5-W2K3
2-W2K
2-RHEL3

Table 2-2 Sample WAN Location Environment Overview

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Site Location

Southwest
Office

# of
NetWare
Servers

62-NW4.11

NetWare
Versio ns

1-NW5.1
3-NW6.5

Server Notes

All NetWare are
being retired.
Users will be
moved to OES 2
SP2 servers

# of
Clients

30 4–Win98

Client
Breakdown

6-W2K
20-WinXP

Client Notes

Win9x clients will
be migrated to
Windows XP
Professional SP2

2 If you don’t already have a current directory design document, create one that includes:

 NDS

®

/eDirectoryTM tree diagrams.

 Partition and replication diagrams.

 NDS versions, such as NDS v6, v7, and/or v8.

 Versions of NDS/eDirectory that are installed on non-NetWare operating systems.

 Other Novell applications that are directly dependent on eDirectory, such as Novell

®

Account Management, DirXML

, and Identity Manager.

 Any bindery contexts currently in use, including a brief description of how they are used.

3 List all of the NetWare servers in your tree along with their context, IP address information,

and any other information you might need as you plan to migrate them.

4 Identify any NetWare traditional (non-NSS) volumes being used on your NetWare servers.

5 Identify the file services provided by NetWare servers, including AFP, CIFS, iFolder,

NetStorage, FTP, and NCPTM (Novell ClientTM), then list the servers that provide them and the
contexts of the users that use them.

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