Upgrade servers as you replace. We still have some NetWare boxes in with SLES10/OES2 along with a SLES 11. And then throw in a few Windows Application servers. We have GroupWise clustered on SLES10 right now. That will support the next patch upgrade of 8.0. By the next major release we should be ready for new hardware so will go with 64bit at that time.
Sorry, no inplace upgrades from NetWare to SLES. We migrated our user servers from NetWare to SLES and users never knew the difference. Running NSS volumes for their data. You can do an NCP mount of your data volumes but NSS is very stable and I would go that way. eDirectory does NOT require NSS. My primary eDir server is a SLES10/OES box and the NetWare boxes talk to it just fine. eDir portion isn't on the NSS volumes. It's actually gotten really easy to migrate. The tools have improved a lot since I did my first server. Get a hold of an unused desktop, download the software and play. All the services you know and love are still there. It's only what's under the hood that's changed. You can do a patterned install now that takes a lot of the guesswork out of the equation until you get more comfortable with linux. >>> <[email protected]> 7/29/2010 1:15 PM >>> So that means I need to upgrade all of my servers. The netware servers right now are on a 64 bit machine. You can*t do an inplace upgrade to the Linux side can you? I guess I may have to budget for a new server for GroupWise for the next release. Now I have been reading about NSS volumes. It looks like I need to partition using ELVM to do this or setup my system on one drive and then that NSS on the rest. Or what about users? Can I operate users without using NSS? Does e-Dir require NSS? Thanks, Daniel Zobel Director of Technology Heyworth CUSD#4 Direct Phone 309-473-2250 Grade School 309-473-2822 High School 309-473-2322 Unit Office 309-473-3727 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christel Powell Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 12:00 PM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Adding SUSE Novell If you want OES services then you need to use SLES10 sp3 OES2 sp1 (?). OES has not yet been released for SLES 11. If this is just for GroupWise, go with SLES 11 64-bit. The next major release of GroupWise will be SLES only, and 64 bit only. You do not need OES installed on the GroupWise server as long as you have eDirectory out there somewhere. You can download SLES 10 or 11 free, but there are no patch updates available after 30 days. So, the O/S is free, you are paying for support. If you have an SLA with Novell for NetWare, SLES and OES is covered. Christel Powell Manager of Information Systems Danville School District 118 202 E Fairchild Danville, Il 61832 Office (217) 444-1585 Fax (217) 444-1590 [email protected] >>> <[email protected]> 7/29/2010 11:44 AM >>> So then which is the better way to go? I have all of my Netware servers up and running on OES2. If I wanted to make sure that everything was the same across the board I would just install the SLES OES 2 right? For right now I am just going to me testing and making it my GroupWise server. Then over Christmas or next summer move everything to it. Dan Daniel Zobel Director of Technology Heyworth CUSD#4 Direct Phone 309-473-2250 Grade School 309-473-2822 High School 309-473-2322 Unit Office 309-473-3727 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Hawk Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:26 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Adding SUSE Novell Last I knew OES 2 was only on SUSE 10? That's all the netware services running on SLES. >>> "Daniel Zobel" <[email protected]> 7.29.2010 11:19 AM >>> I want to add SUSE to my Netware environment, but there seems to be a couple of choices that I need to make first. There is SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and then there is SLES 10 sp3 in the Novell OES2 list. I am running on a 32 bit platform and I only see for the version 11 the 64 bit version. Which one is everyone else running? Also for licenses what do I need as I thought I read that I need a Novell license code for Novell stuff and then a Linux code. Dan Daniel Zobel Director of Technology Heyworth CUSD#4 Direct Phone 309-473-2250 Grade School 309-473-2822 High School 309-473-2322 Unit Office 309-473-3727 | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | --- Scanned by M+ Guardian Messaging Firewall ---
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