The Novell® NetWare® Migration Wizard lets you copy file system data and the NDS®/eDirectoryTM database from one NetWare server to a faster, more reliable NetWare server on your network. When the migration is complete, the destination server replaces and assumes the identity of the source server on the network.
NetWare Migration Wizard version 8.0 supports migrations from NetWare 5.x, NetWare 6.0, or NetWare 6.5 source servers. Destination servers must be running NetWare 6.0 or 6.5. It also supports NetWare-based Open Enterprise Server (OES) as a source and destination server.
IMPORTANT: To perform a migration from a NetWare 3 or NetWare 4 source server, or to perform a migration to a NetWare 5 destination server, use the NetWare Migration Wizard version 6.5 that is available on the Novell product download site. Type "Migration Wizard" in the Search field, click Search, and select version 6.5 from the results list.
If you want to migrate data from Microsoft* Windows* domains to NetWare, or consolidate data from one or more NetWare servers to an existing NetWare server or Novell NterpriseTM Branch OfficeTM Appliance,
use the Novell Server Consolidation Utility that is available on the Novell product download site. Type "Server Consolidation Utility" in the Search field, click Search, and select the latest version of the Novell NetWare Server Consolidation Utility from the results list.
This chapter describes what NetWare Migration Wizard is and how you can use it to migrate data from an existing NetWare server to a new NetWare 6.x or OES NetWare server.
For a version history of new features in each release of NetWare Migration Wizard, see What's New.