Novell guides transition to OES

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
06/30/05
Today's focus: Novell guides transition to OES

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Novell releases documents to help you migrate to OES
* Links related to Novell NetWare Tips
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Today's focus: Novell guides transition to OES

By Dave Kearns

Last issue, I told you about Novell's "Where to Start: Open
Enterprise Server Migration Guide" which outlines six fairly
easy and straightforward projects to help you begin to explore
OES and the wonders of familiar NetWare utilities and services
running on Linux.

After you've gotten your feet wet with these demonstration
projects, Novell hopes you'll be ready to plunge right in and go
for a full-fledged move to OES. To help you plan a successful
migration, Novell has made available a deployment guide (
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell2946> ).

The guide has quick links to the documentation for the tools
you'll need to perform the following "move to OES" tasks:

* Installing a new OES-on-NetWare server.
* Installing a new OES-on-Linux server.
* Consolidating NetWare/Windows NT/Windows 2000/Windows 2003
  servers onto OES (either NetWare or Linux).
* Migrating data from a NetWare server to OES.
* Upgrading SuSE Linux Enteprise Server 9 to OES.
* Upgrading NetWare 4, 5 or 6 to OES.

But even before doing that, there's a very helpful guide to help
you get the network right the first time. The Getting Started
guide is in five parts: assessment, design, implementation,
training and support. Each section talks about why you need that
step and then outlines a methodology to follow to help you reach
the goals you have for the network. The assessment phase, for
example, asks you to consider (among other things):

* How well a migration to OES fits your corporate strategy.
* What your stakeholder and business requirements are.
* What open source services and applications are available to
  meet your needs.
* Whether regulatory policies and requirements need to be taken
  into account.

The Guide then goes on to point you to specific white papers (as
well as "beige papers" - documents written by the team that did
Novell's own OES deployment) that will help you implement what
the assessment has told you that you need to do.

There's a lot at stake for Novell in OES, possibly the fate of
the company. It's going to do whatever it can to see that your
first venture into OES-land is as pleasant an experience as
possible. You should at least explore the possibility of doing
this migration.
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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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customers to boost the quantity and quality of customer
interactions? By creating a standardized customer-data model via
an "information grid." IDC analyst Stephen Hendrick explains how
to achieve a "360-degree view" of customers for better selling
and marketing.
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