Gadgets for NetWare from Down Under

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07/14/05
Today's focus: Gadgets for NetWare from Down Under

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* Useful tools from The Gadget Factory
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Today's focus: Gadgets for NetWare from Down Under

By Dave Kearns

In our continuing quest to find useful third-party utilities for
your NetWare network, we must once again dip below the equator
and visit the land Down Under. Previous dips below the equator
highlighted the tools provided by David Harris (Pegasus Mail)
and John Baird (John Baird Utilities), both of whom hail from
New Zealand.

Today, though, we look west across the Tasman Sea about 1,500
miles to the shores of Australia and the appropriately named
software house The Gadget Factory.

You know a company has been around awhile, and where its true
affections lie, when you read on its Web site that it is the
"producers of NetWare and NT management tools." But what does
The Gadget Factory have to offer?

Among the offerings for NetWare 4.x, 5.x and 6.x are:

* DSpace - Provides a high-speed summary of how much space each
  user is consuming on a volume.

* NWExplore - A "Windows Explorer"-style program focusing on the
  NetWare-specific details.

* UserSpace - Quickly checks the amount of space in each user's
  home directory.

* VGadget - Produces a disk space summary of any/all servers in
  your environment in a matter of seconds (also available for
  Windows as VgadgetNT).

* wNDIR - Windows version of NDIR (the NetWare directory
  utility). Produces output suitable for further processing or for
  use in batch files.

* WhoHasIt - Displays open file and locks on NetWare servers.
  Allows connections to be cleared or messages sent (also
  available for Windows as WhoHasItNT).

* NDSMagic - Powerful eDirectory reporting tool. Point-and-click
  interface enables detailed reports to be produced with minimal
  eDirectory knowledge.

* LogDate - Reports on the last login date and other
  login-related information across the eDirectory tree.

* SpaceCheck - A user-centric tool designed to be run at login
  or scheduled task. SpaceCheck reports on the amount of space
  used/free by that user in their home directory or shared storage
  location.

In general, the programs are designed to be run from a
workstation and query the server/eDirectory remotely. Dspace and
WhoHasIt are fairly widely known (and used), but all are useful
to a greater or lesser extent depending on your network. And all
are shareware, very inexpensive to license. A Master Site
License (allowing unlimited use of all utilities) is only $225,
but each utility can be licensed separately - a single-user
licensed for Dspace is just $25, for example.

The two Windows products (VgadgetNT and WhoHasItNT) are designed
to run on NT4, 2000 and 2003 servers. They will also work on
NT4, 2000 professional and XP when they are being used as
"peer-to-peer" servers.

Good tools, necessary tools and also good value - try them out
today!

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

Pegasus Mail
http://www.pmail.com

JRB Software
http://www.jrbsoftware.com

The Gadget Factory
http://www.gadgetfactory.com/

Who moved my folder? (About JRB Utilities)
07/01/03
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell3276
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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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