What's New

This part describes the new features included in Novell^® Small Business Suite 6.5 and 6.6.

Updated Products in the Suite

The initial release of Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 included the following products:

NetWare^® 6.5 Support Pack 1 that includes many new benefits and features. The following might be of interest for implementation for small businesses:
- Virtual Office
- Clustering with two nodes enabled
- iSCSI for NetWare
- Nterprise^TM Branch Office^TM
- OpenSSH ported to NetWare
GroupWise^® 6.5 Support Pack 1 with an integrated installation
Novell BorderManager^® 3.8
ZENworks^® for Desktops 4.0.1 that includes support for NetWare 6.5
DirXML^® StarterPack with licensed synchronization of information held in NT Domains, Active Directory, and eDirectory^TM. These drivers are preactivated.

With the release of Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 the following products have been updated:

Open Enterprise Server (OES) NetWare 6.5 with the following important changes that might be of interest to small business implementations:
- Virtual Office 1.5 (installation and management is no longer integrated with iManager)
- iManager 2.5
- OES NetWare 6.5 (NetWare Support Pack 3 is integrated)
- Novell QuickFinder^TM Server 4.0 replaces WebSearch
- OpenWBEM
- Nterprise Branch Office (NBO) is not available as part of the NetWare installation. You can upgrade an existing NBO Central Office Server, but you cannot install a new one.
- Novell Nsure^® UDDI Server was installed with exteNd J2EE Web Application Server, Apache/Tomcat SErver, and Novell Nsure Audit Starter Pack Server patterns. This UDDI Server component has been removed from these patterns.
GroupWise 6.5 Support Pack 4 with an integrated installation
Novell BorderManager 3.8, Support Pack 3 files are also included on the CD but the installation is not integrated.
ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management.
DirXML StarterPack software is available on ZENworks 6.5 Companion CD 2 rather than on its own CD.

Server Installation Changes

The server installation matches the NetWare installation. The NetWare installation has three major server pattern options to choose from plus an option to install servers preconfigured for a specific setup.

Preconfigured Server Patterns Options

In the Preconfigured Server Patterns options, we have added two options to the existing options offered by NetWare.

Novell Small Business Collaboration Server with Virtual Office: This pattern installs all components for setting up and managing a Novell Small Business server plus components for GroupWise and Virtual Office.

This pattern allows both client-based and Web-based access to file, print, directory, and e-mail services. Local users can access collaboration services through GroupWise and Novell clients; remote users can access those same services through a Virtual Office Web interface.

For more information, see Novell Small Business Collaboration Server with Virtual Office (Recommended).
Novell Small Business Collaboration Server: This pattern installs all components for setting up and managing a Novell Small Business server with GroupWise.

This pattern allows GroupWise and Novell client-based access to files, printing, and e-mail (both local and Internet).

For more information, see Novell Small Business Collaboration Server.

Customized NetWare Server Pattern

The Customized NetWare Server pattern gives you the flexibility to install any of the NetWare components and GroupWise files needed for setting up a server. If you select this pattern, see Customized NetWare Server for recommended components to install.

Other Suite Product Installations

The BorderManager and ZENworks file copies, installations, and configurations must still be performed after installing NetWare.

Small Business Setup in iManager

The Small Business Setup tasks in iManager replace some of the setup functionality that was included in the Novell Easy Administration Tool (NEAT) and the Novell Internet Connection Expert (NICE) found in previous versions of Novell Small Business Suite and also adds some new functionality. The new Small Business Setup tasks in iManager include configuring the following:

Internet connectivity via broadband methods, phone dial-up, and ISDN.
Basic DNS setup.
DHCP setup.
Basic setup of e-mail, instant messaging, and collaboration.
Printing, including local printer support.

Using these tasks helps you to get your network set up quickly and gives you the flexibility to perform more advanced configurations with the additional utilities provided in NetWare and GroupWise.

Functionality Provided Elsewhere

User and Group Management

If you were used to using NEAT to manage users and groups, you can now easily perform these tasks using iManager.

Storage Services

OES NetWare 6.5 provides

Local file sharing for UNIX, Linux, Windows*, and Macintosh*.
Cluster services and iSCSI for NetWare
Internet file sharing with Novell iFolder^® and NetStorage.
Backup provided by Storage Management Services^TM (SMS) and the SBCON utility.

For more information about the features in OES NetWare 6.5, see OES NetWare 6.5: Reliable Networking Foundation.

Firewall, VPN, Proxy Caching

Novell BorderManager 3.8 provides the firewall. For more information about the features in BorderManager, see BorderManager 3.8: Secure Connection to the Internet.

Fax, Virus Protection, Backup, Line of Business Applications

You can download fax software, virus protection software, third-party backup solutions, and other lines of business applications that work well with Novell Small Business Suite. For a list of recommended solutions, see the Novell Small Business Suite Application Partner Portal Web site.

Licensing

Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 supports up to 100 users.Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 uses a User Access License model like NetWare. In a User Access License model, User objects gain access to network services by connecting to the network instead of to servers. These User objects receive a permanent license unit that lets them access network services at any time and from any workstation attached to the network. One user can log in to as many workstations as desired and still use only one connection.

In Novell Small Business Suite 6, a Concurrent User Access license was used where a server would support up to a maximum number of concurrent users. When a user logged out, the user license was immediately released for the next user who logged in. In earlier versions, a concurrent connection licensing model was used where a license unit was consumed when a user-like object connected to a server.

In Novell Small Business Suite 6.6, the User Access model grants users access to the network, allowing them access to all network services that they have rights to. This means a user obtains only one license regardless of the number of servers he logs in to. With the User Access Licensing model, you purchase licenses for the total number of User objects that will log in to the network. When a User object initially logs in to the network, it obtains a license unit. That license unit is reserved for that user. If the user does not log in for more than 90 days, then the license is automatically released and made available to the next user that needs it.

Because managing the network usage is now a network administrator's priority, Novell has released a new NetWare Usage tool that lets you see a statistic of the total number of licenses consumed and generate a report of users' last network access. For more information, see "Metering Network and Product Usage" in the OES Licensing Services Administration Guide for NetWare.

In the User Access Model, non-User objects like printers and ZENworks do not consume user licenses.

Feature	User Access Licensing Model (Novell Small Business Suite 6.6)	Concurrent User Access Licensing Model (Novell Small Business Suite 6	Concurrent Connection Licensing Model (Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 and earlier
License packaging	Server and user license certificates available together or separately.	Server and user license certificates available together or separately.	Server and user license contained in same license envelope.
Search	Search starts at the user's context and goes up the tree.	Search starts at the user's context and goes up the tree.	Server and user license contained in same license envelope.
Context of licenses	Install license certificates relative to users' contexts.	Install license certificates relative to users' contexts.	Install license certificates relative to servers' contexts.
License released when user logs out	No.	Yes.	Yes.
Connection-oriented objects (like Printer and ZENworks objects) consume a user or connection license	No.	No.	Yes, until the current Support Pack is installed. To download a Support Pack, see Novell Support Connection.