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Recreating Certificates on OES, migrating to a new server, and checking status (in a nutshell)
Shawn Iverson responded to our OES Open Call with this nice piece about migration. His meditative approach underscores the importance of personal tranquility when approaching delicate IT procedures. Put down that Red Bull, clear your mind, and let Shawn guide you to migration nirvana. [Which Wikipedia defines as "the imperturbable stillness of mind after the fires of desire, aversion, and delusion have been finally extinguished." Please let us know when you get there.]
Submitted by: shawniverson2 on Wed. 10.03.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Certificates, Migration, OES Migration
Product: Open Enterprise Server
OPEN CALL: How to re-create a certificate in OES2/OES11
We just heard from a customer who is looking for step-by-step instructions about how to re-create a certificate in OES2/OES11. He'd like specifics about migrating services to a new server, re-creating certificates, test scripts to find status of your system, and whatever else you think he should know about OES administration. Anyone interested? We're offering double points if you can fill this order.
Submitted by: coolguys on Wed. 09.12.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Certificates, Migration
Product: Open Enterprise Server
Open Enterprise Server 11 Support Pack 1 has shipped!
Find out what's new in OES11SP1 - now shipping.
Submitted by: gldavis on Fri. 08.31.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Data Center, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Migration, OES Migration, Supported, Upgrading to OES
Product: NetWare, Open Enterprise Server, Open Workgroup Suite
DSfW Installation Simplified in OES11SP1
In OES11SP1 we have made major changes in DSfW configuration during new server installation. The changes have impacted YaST configuration screens for new forest, new domain in existing forest, and new domain controller in existing domain.
Here is an overview of the changes that we made, the benefits they offer, and how they have changed the overall look.
Submitted by: grohin on Thu. 08.30.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Configuration, Domain Services for Windows, Installation
Product: Open Enterprise Server
iPrint Driver Migration script
The iPrint Driver Migration script takes drivers from any NetWare driver repository and converts and uploads them to a Linux driver store automatically.
Submitted by: jmeldrum on Thu. 08.16.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: OES Migration, Printers, Printing
Product: iPrint, Open Enterprise Server, Open Workgroup Suite
Create iPrint Printers From a CSV File
The Create Printers From CSV script is powerful tool to allow you to specify your printers easily in an excel spreadsheet and then create them without the use of iManager.
Submitted by: jmeldrum on Thu. 08.16.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Printers, Printing
Product: iPrint, Open Enterprise Server
Domain Services for Windows - we need your feedback!
Give your input on the Domain Services for Windows roadmap.
Submitted by: gldavis on Wed. 08.08.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Data Center, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Active Directory
Product: Open Enterprise Server
Why People Love Novell
We recently asked Cool Solutions readers to tell us what they love about Novell, and how they've managed to keep Novell in their organization over the years, despite fierce competition and changes in fashion.
The results revealed a unique loyalty to the classic Novell product lines, and a highly pragmatic line of reasoning: if it works, why replace it?
Here is a nice sampling of responses, from people who have come to rely on Novell's technologies to make life easier for end users and IT alike.
Submitted by: coolguys on Mon. 07.02.2012
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Supported
Pointspin Brings Back the Power of Web Publishing to Novell Networks
Many organizations running Novell networks have transitioned from NetWare to OES and have subsequently lost the ability to publish Websites using the Apache MOD_EDIR module. Pointspin from Condrey Corporation restores the capability to allow Novell OES network users to publish Websites—only now it's even easier!
Submitted by: buckgashler on Wed. 06.20.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: 3rd Party Products, Active Directory, Announcements, eDirectory, Especially for School Administrators, NetWare, Partners
Product: eDirectory, Linux, NetWare, Open Enterprise Server
Novell releases Kanaka for Mac 2.7
Got Macs? Novell has a great soluton for you! Kanaka 2.7 is now available.
Submitted by: gldavis on Wed. 06.13.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Macintosh, Supported, Upgrading to OES, Workgroup
Product: eDirectory, NetWare, Open Enterprise Server, Open Workgroup Suite, Workgroup
Novell OES Clustering with NSS on vSphere 4.x
For those IT shops wanting to enjoy the advantages of Novell clustering in their VMware environments, Victor Gehring pulls together information from various sources, along with personal experience, for what is intended be a complete configuration guide for this platform. The article assumes a working knowledge of SLES/OES, SAN's and VMware.
Submitted by: vgehring on Fri. 06.01.2012
Filed Under:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: All-Tech OES, Best Practices, Clustering, Concepts, Configuration, Linux, Novell Storage Services (NSS), Tips for Administrators, Virtualization, VMware
Product: iManager, Open Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
iPrint Backup
The iPrint Backup script will monitor the backup process for iPrint into eDirectory and create an XML backup in the /var/opt/novell/iprint/[PSM Name.psm] folder.
Submitted by: jmeldrum on Wed. 05.02.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: iPrint
Product: iPrint
Printer Driver Auto Association Tool for iPrint
The Printer Driver Auto Association Script for iPrint allows you to automatically associate a driver to either a specific manufacturer or make/model of multiple printers quickly and easily.
Submitted by: jmeldrum on Mon. 04.30.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: All-Tech OES, iPrint, IT Management
Product: iPrint
OES Nagios Plugins ( Monitor Open Enterprise Server )
Submitted by: gldavis on Wed. 04.18.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Identity and Security, Technology Partners, End-User Computing, Data Center, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: eDirectory, File Management, Linux, Open Source, Tools and Utilities
Product: Open Enterprise Server, Open Workgroup Suite
Solving NRM Language Problem on OES 2 SP3 (Linux) - Reloaded
When you log in Novell Remote Manager on OES2 SP3 and you have a Czech or Hungary locale, you get the wrong translation. Here's a solution from davidkrotil.
Submitted by: davidkrotil on Fri. 03.02.2012
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Patches
Product: Open Enterprise Server
Resolving DDNS Updates Failure After DHCP Migration from NetWare to OES
After migrating DHCP from NetWare to Open Enterprise Server (OES) Linux, Dynamic DNS (DDNS) fails to update forward (A) and reverse (PTR) records. This is due to some of the default differences between Novell DNS/DHCP on NetWare and the open source implementation of DNS/DHCP on OES Linux.
Submitted by: akarthikeyan on Wed. 02.22.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Migration
Product: Open Enterprise Server
Upgrade automatically and unattended to OES11
Just released - a new automated way to upgrade from OES2 to OES11.
Submitted by: gldavis on Thu. 02.16.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Data Center, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: OES Migration, Upgrade, Upgrading to OES, Virtualization
Product: Open Enterprise Server
Certificate Re-creation Script for OES1, OES2 and OES 11
Updated: The Certificate Re-creation script recreates the certificates on OES1 and OES2 servers using a Personal Information Exchange File.
Submitted by: jmeldrum on Thu. 02.02.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: All-Tech OES, Certificates, eDirectory, iPrint
Product: eDirectory, iPrint, Linux, Open Enterprise Server, Open Workgroup Suite
Why You'll Want To Be At ATT Live 2012
The main reason you'll want to attend ATT Live 2012 is: you get 4 days of intense, hands-on training geared specifically for people like you--system administrators, network engineers and IT specialists--who actually do the job of administering Novell, SUSE and NetIQ products. You get the real world, day-to-day administration, usability, troubleshooting, and tips & tricks training you need to succeed on the job.
Submitted by: dcoughanour on Thu. 01.26.2012
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Identity & Security Management Cool Solutions, SUSE Linux Enterprise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: Training
Product: GroupWise, Identity Manager, Open Enterprise Server, Sentinel, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, ZENworks
Novell delivers to Mac Users
It's a great day for businesses that run Mac desktops - access to network file shares, and mobile file sharing just got easier and better. Novell Open Enterprise Server just released Novell Kanaka for Mac. OES customers entitled to software upgrades can download it now for free at www.novell.com/center.
Submitted by: gldavis on Wed. 01.18.2012
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Data Center, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Topic: All-Tech OES, Especially for NUI Presidents, Especially for School Administrators, Login, Macintosh, NetWare, Upgrading to OES
Product: NetWare, Novell Client, Open Enterprise Server










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