2.8 What’s New (NetWare 6.5 SP1)

The following features have been added or changed in NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 1:

Area of Service

Functionality

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Access

Contextless login

Changing the Default eDirectory Login Contexts Option

Diagnose Server, Health Monitor

Server reports are sent as an attachment rather than in the body of the e-mail message.

Disk Space for the volume sys: entry that shows statistics separate from the rest of the server volumes.

Added the following health checks to the default health monitor:

  • DS Status

  • DS Thread Usage

  • LAN Traffic

  • Cache Performance

  • Virtual Memory Performance

  • Connection Usage

  • Disk Throughput

Configuring E-Mail Notification for Server Health Status

Monitoring Overall Server Health or the Health of a Specific Item

Diagnose Server, Reports/Logs

View and edit the files that you normally edit for changing the configuration of the server from the Reports/Log files page under the Configuration File Management heading.

Changing Server Configuration Files

Manage > Server, Volumes

When a USB storage device is plugged or unplugged at the server, the information is displayed on the Volume Management page without unloading and reloading Novell Remote Manager. The layout and efficiency of the volume information displayed on this page is more compact and easier to use.

You can edit text files on local partitions. When you save files, you can save them with an ANSI or UTF-8 encoding. For volume disk space usage, you can sort the disk space usage information by clicking the headings on the disk space usage table.

Specify user space restrictions.

Salvage deleted files.

Accessing and Managing Server Volumes and Partitions

Viewing Details of Directories or Files and Performing Specific Actions on Them

Monitoring Disk Space Usage

Salvaging Deleted Files

Manage Server, Console Screens

Access each dynamic server screen as well as each HTML screen.

Running the Server Console Screens from the Dynamic Java Applet Pages

Manage Server, Connections

Sort connections from least to most active

Connection information includes licensed and peak license connections

Clear connections and view security equivalences

Viewing Connection Information

Manage Applications, List Modules

Modules with an asterisk have no dependent modules

Search path information reflects search order

Viewing and Managing Loaded NLM Programs

Viewing the Search Path for Loading Modules or NCF Files

Manage Hardware, Connections

Hardware information including node address, driver name, version and date, hardware settings, and board name

Viewing Hardware Resource Information