Networking World: Migrating to OES: Where do you start?

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
06/28/05
Today's focus: Migrating to OES: Where do you start?

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* Novell's six-point plan to get you on the road to OES
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Today's focus: Migrating to OES: Where do you start?

By Dave Kearns

Let's say you've decided to stick with Novell just a bit longer.
Let's further say that you've tentatively decided to migrate at
least some servers to Open Enterprise Server. The question is
(no, not "are you crazy?") how to go about it - where do you
start, what do you do first?

Novell wants to help.

It has published a list of six fairly straight-forward,
relatively easy to implement projects that can have you working
with the various parts of OES fairly quickly. (You can download
the document here: <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell2885> .)
The six projects as defined by Novell are:

* Project One: Deploy New Stand-alone Novell iFolder 2.1 on
  Linux.
* Project Two: Upgrade Novell Queue-based Printing on NetWare to
  iPrint on Linux.
* Project Three: Move AMP [Apache, MySQL, PHP] from NetWare to
  Linux.
* Project Four: Set Up an iSCSI SAN on Linux.
* Project Five: Move eDirectory from NetWare to Linux.
* Project Six: Move Novell Storage Services from NetWare to
  Linux.

Some of you may be saying, "Wait a minute! Most of those
projects involve moving from NetWare to Linux!" Well, duh. We've
been telling you all along that the raison d'etre (that's French
for "marketing target") for OES is to get you to move from
NetWare to SuSE Linux.

What these projects can do is to allow you to familiarize
yourself with the SuSE Linux kernel of OES by running the same
applications on it that you've been running on your NetWare 6.0
or 6.5.

Each project begins with a description and a set of
prerequisites (hardware and software requirements as well as the
skills that you should be familiar with). Even before outlining
the steps to take, the document tells you what to expect and
what to look out for.

For example, the first project (installing iFolder on the Linux
kernel) points out two things you should consider before
starting the installation:

* Storage quota - "When setting the user storage quota upon
  installation, be sure you set it sufficiently high. After
  installation, you will have to increase each user's quota
  individually; this can be a time-consuming process if you have
  hundreds or thousands of users."
* Encryption - "When setting the encryption options during
  installation, you have the option of storing or not storing the
  users' passphrases on the iFolder server. (Passphrases are used
  as the encryption keys.) Not storing them provides a higher
  level of security because only the user can decrypt the
  information. However, if the user leaves the company and the
  encrypted information is business-critical, you cannot decrypt
  it without the original user's cooperation."

Very important points, and ones that can't really be salvaged
(without a complete re-install) if you make the wrong decisions
up front.

The iFolder project, in fact, is an excellent one to start with.
It shouldn't require that your users learn anything new and it
shouldn't require that you change any of your existing servers
and services. It's a very good way to learn about the new
features of OES. Give it a try. You don't even need to purchase
OES, since you can run up iFolder on the evaluation copy of OES
that you can download from Novell. What could be easier?
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To contact: Dave Kearns

Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's
written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
"Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be
found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.

Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these

respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.

Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books,
manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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