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Thomas Saupe explains how to use Multipath on SLES 10 to help avoid system downtime due to failing I/O.

Even though the majority of Novell users are concerned with migrating NetWare to Open Enterprise Server 2 Linux, there are those users who migrated their NetWare servers to OES 1 Linux. This guide from Mike Faris was written to help those with OES 1 Linux migrate their servers to OES 2 SP1 Linux.

Once you have the IDM product up and running, you’re always looking for ways to simplify and automate various maintenance tasks. This is particularly true when you have implemented IDM on the Linux platform, since Linux administrators tend to rely heavily upon using scripts to automate the day-to-day management tasks that are required. This ability to automate complex tasks with scripts is one of the strengths of the Linux operating system...

Shreyas Rao and Suresh Kumar GP explain how to configure and access the clustered NSS Volume on a DSfW server, and access the volumes from Windows without using the Novell client.

Ivan Vari shares an excellent document focusing on a design where XEN virtual machines (domU) are centrally managed according to a set policy and highly available. What is written here is the real thing not a demo and has been working in production for over 18 months. They use this technology for hosting many UNIX services including DNS, Web proxy, SMTP, NFS, VPN, CUPS, etc. and traditional NetWare services with OES2.

Frequent-contributor Mike Faris has rewritten one of his most popular articles, so you don't have to know about previous software packages to follow his steps. He has plans to write additional migration articles as well, which you will find here. This is what makes Cool Solutions so cool. Smart people, sharing. Thanks Mike!