3.1 What Services Are Included in OES 2?

Table 3-1 summarizes the services and technology support available on each platform and the differences in the way these services are provided.

Although extensive, this list is not exhaustive. If you are interested in a service or technology not listed, or for documentation for listed services, see the OES Documentation Web site.

Table 3-1 Service Comparison Between NetWare 6.5 SP8 and OES 2 SP1 Linux

Service

NetWare 6.5 SP8

OES 2 Linux

Platform Differences / Migration Issues

Access Control Lists

Yes

Yes

In combination with NCP™ Server, Linux supports the Novell® trustee model for file access on NSS volumes and NCP volumes on Linux.

AFP (Apple* File Protocol)

Yes - NFAP

Yes - Novell AFP

AFP services on NetWare and OES Linux are proprietary and tightly integrated with eDirectory™ and Novell Storage Services (NSS).

Apache Web Server

Yes - NetWare® port of open source product

Yes - Standard Linux

Administration Instance vs. Public Instance on NetWare.

What’s Different about Apache on NetWare .

Archive and Version Services (Novell)

Yes

Yes

Setup varies slightly, but there are no functional differences.

Backup (SMS)

  • SMS

  • NSS-Xattr

Yes

Yes

SMS provides backup applications with a framework to develop complete backup and restore solutions. For information, see the NW 6.5 SP8: Storage Management Services Administration Guide.

NSS provides extended attribute handling options for NSS on Linux. For information, see Using Extended Attributes (xAttr) Commands (Linux) in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide.

CIFS (Windows File Services)

Yes - NFAP

Yes - Novell CIFS

and

Novell Samba

Both NFAP and Novell CIFS are Novell proprietary and tightly integrated with eDirectory and Novell Storage Services (NSS). For a feature comparison by platform, see Comparing CIFS on NetWare and CIFS on Linux in the OES 2 SP2: Novell CIFS for Linux Administration Guide.

Samba is an open source product distributed with SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).

Novell Samba is enhanced by Novell with configuration settings for eDirectory LDAP authentication via Linux User Management (LUM). Novell Samba is not tightly integrated with NSS on Linux and works with any of the supported file systems.

Clustering

Yes

Yes

Product Features in the OES 2 SP2: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.7 for Linux Administration Guide.

Product Features in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration Guide.

DFS (Novell Distributed File Services)

Yes

Yes

In combination with NCP Server, DFS supports junctions and junction targets for NSS volumes on Linux and NetWare. DFS also supports junction targets for NCP volumes on non-NSS file systems such as Reiser and Ext3. The VLDB command offers additional options to manage entries in the VLDB for NCP volumes.

DHCP

Yes

Yes

For a comparison between what is available on OES 2 Linux and NetWare, see Section 12.2.2, DHCP Differences Between NetWare and OES 2 Linux.

To plan your DHCP implementations, see Planning a DHCP Strategy in the OES 2 SP2: Novell DNS/DHCP Administration Guide for Linux and Planning a DHCP Strategy in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell DNS/DHCP Services Administration Guide.

DNS

Yes

Yes

For a comparison between what is available on OES 2 Linux and NetWare, see Section 12.2.1, DNS Differences Between NetWare and OES 2 Linux.

See Planning a DNS Strategy in the OES 2 SP2: Novell DNS/DHCP Administration Guide for Linux and Planning a DNS Strategy in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell DNS/DHCP Services Administration Guide.

Dynamic Storage Technology

No

Yes

DST runs on OES 2 Linux. An NSS volume on NetWare is supported only as the secondary volume in a shadow pair. When using DST in a cluster, each of the NSS volumes in a shadow pair must reside on OES 2 Linux. DST also supports NCP volumes as shadow pairs and Linux POSIX* volumes as shadow pairs.

eDirectory 8.8

Yes

Yes

No functional differences.

eDirectory Certificate Server

Yes

Yes

No functional differences.

eGuide (White Pages)

Yes

No

This functionality is now part of the Identity Manager 3.6 User Application. For more information, see the Identity Manager 3.6 Documentation Web Site..

FTP Server

Yes

Yes

Support for eDirectory LDAP authentication has been added to PureFTP on OES 2 Linux. The FTP/SFTP gateway available on NetWare is not currently available on Linux. See Section 17.1.2, FTP Services.

See Features of the NetWare FTP Server in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell FTP Administration Guide.

Health Monitoring Services

Yes

Yes

The Health Monitoring Server, which was included in OES 1, has been removed in OES 2.

This is now available in various Novell Remote Manager dialog boxes on both platforms.

For more information, see Health Monitoring Services.

Identity Manager 3.5 Bundle Edition

Yes

Yes

No functional differences.

iPrint

Yes

Yes

See Overview in the OES 2 SP2: iPrint for Linux Administration Guide, and Overview in the NW 6.5 SP8: iPrint Administration Guide.

IPX™ (Internetwork Packet Exchange™) from Novell

Yes

No

Novell has no plans to port IPX to OES Linux.

iSCSI

Yes

Yes

The iSCSI target for Linux does not support eDirectory access controls like the NetWare target does. Nor is the iSCSI initiator or target in OES 2 Linux integrated with NetWare Remote Manager management. You use YaST management tools instead.

On the other hand, the iSCSI implementation for Linux is newer and performs better.

See Linux-iSCSI Project on the Web.

See Overview in the NW 6.5 SP8: iSCSI 1.1.3 Administration Guide.

LDAP Server for eDirectory

Yes

Yes

No functional differences.

Multipath Device Management

Yes

Yes

NetWare uses NSS multipath I/O. Linux uses Device Mapper - Multipath that runs underneath other device management services.

MySQL*

Yes - NetWare port of open source product

Yes - Standard Linux

See MySQL.com on the Web.

See Overview: MySQL in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell MySQL Administration Guide.

NCP Volumes

No

Yes

NCP Server on Linux supports creating NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems such as Reiser and Ext3.

For information, see Managing NCP Volumes in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

NCP Server

Yes

Yes

NCP services are native to OES NetWare and NSS volumes; to have NCP services on OES Linux, the NCP Server must be installed.

See Benefits of NCP Server in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.

NetStorage

Yes

Yes

NetStorage on Linux offers connectivity to storage locations through the CIFS, NCP, and SSH protocols. NetWare uses only NCP.

These and other differences are summarized in NetStorage.

NetWare Traditional File System

Yes

No

Novell has no plans to port the NetWare Traditional File System to Linux.

NetWare Traditional Volumes

Yes

N/A

NFS

Yes - NFAP

Yes - native to Linux

For NetWare, see Working with UNIX Machines in the NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS, and NFS (NFAP) Administration Guide.

NICI (Novell International Cryptography Infrastructure)

Yes

Yes

No functional differences.

NMAS™ (Novell Modular Authentication Services)

Yes

Yes

No functional differences.

Novell Audit

Yes

No

Novell Audit is not included with OES Linux. However, the Novell Audit 2.0 Starter pack is available for download at no cost on Novell.com.

Novell Client™ for Windows and Linux support

Yes

Yes

Novell Client connectivity to OES 2 Linux requires that the NCP Server be installed.

Novell Cluster Services™

Yes

Yes

See Product Features in the OES 2 SP2: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.7 for Linux Administration Guide.

See Product Features in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration Guide.

Novell iFolder® 2.x

Yes

No

For migration information, see Migrating iFolder 2.x in the OES 2 SP2: Migration Tool Administration Guide

Novell iFolder 3.7

No

Yes

OES 2 SP1 Linux includes Linux, Macintosh*, and Windows clients.

Novell Licensing Services

Yes

No

See Section 4.5.4, OES 2 Linux Doesn’t Support NLS.

NSS (Novell Storage Services™)

Yes

Yes

Most NSS services are available on both platforms. For a list of NSS features that are not used on Linux, see Cross-Platform Issues for NSS in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide.

NTPv3

Yes

Yes

The ntpd.conf file on NetWare can replace an OES Linux server’s NTP configuration file without modification.

OpenSSH

Yes

Yes

Netware includes a port of the open source product. Linux includes the open source product itself.

See Functions Unique to the NetWare Platform in the NW 6.5 SP8: OpenSSH Administration Guide.

PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)

No

Yes

PAM is a Linux service that Novell leverages to provide eDirectory authentication. eDirectory authentication is native on NetWare.

Pervasive.SQL*

Yes

No

Pervasive.SQL is available for Linux from the Web.

PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

Yes

Yes

No functional differences.

Printing

Yes

Yes

See iPrint.

QuickFinder™

Yes

Yes

See Search.

RADIUS

Yes

Yes

See the information on forge.novell.com.

Samba

No

Yes

Samba is an open source technology available on OES Linux. Novell provides automatic configuration for authentication through eDirectory. For more information, see the OES2 SP2: Samba Administration Guide.

OES NetWare provides CIFS connectivity through NFAP. See Section 17.1.3, Native File Access Protocols.

Search (QuickFinder)

Yes

Yes

When indexing a file system, the QuickFinder engine indexes only what it has rights to see.

On NetWare, it has full access to all mounted volumes. On Linux, it has rights to only the files that the novlwww user in the www group has rights to see.

For more information, see Security Considerations for QuickFinder Server and Generating an Index For a Linux-Mounted NSS Volume in the NW 6.5 SP8 Novell QuickFinder Server 5.0 Administration Guide.

SLP

Yes - Novell SLP

Yes - OpenSLP

For OES 2 Linux, see “SLP Services in the Network” in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 Installation and Administration Guide and “Implementing the Service Location Protocol”.

NetWare uses Novell SLP, which provides synchronization between Directory Agents (DAs) that are in the same eDirectory context. This provides service information beyond the local network.

Novell SLP is not available on Linux. OpenSLP on Linux is not customized to provide DA synchronization. Therefore, DA synchronization is only available for eDirectory on NetWare.

Software RAIDS (NSS volumes)

Yes (0, 1, 5, 10, 15)

Yes (0, 1, 5)

See Understanding Software RAID Devices in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide.

Storage Management Services™ (SMS)

Yes

Yes

No functional differences, except that the SBCON backup engine is not supported on Linux.

The nbackup engine is available for exploring SMS capabilities, but in a production environment, you should use a third-party, full-featured backup engine.

TCP/IP

Yes

Yes

No functional differences.

Timesync NLM™

Yes

No

Timesync will not be ported to Linux. However, NTPv3 is available on both Linux and NetWare.

See Time Services.

Tomcat

Yes

Yes

NetWare includes Tomcat 4 and a Tomcat 5 servlet container for iManager 2.7. OES 2 Linux includes Tomcat 5. There is no impact to any of the OES 2 administration tools, which are tested and supported on both platforms.

See “Administration Instance vs. Public Instance on NetWare”

Virtual Office (Collaboration)

Yes

No

Virtual Office has been replaced by Novell Teaming + Conferencing. A separate purchase is required. For more information, see the Novell Teaming + Conferencing Web Site.

WAN Traffic Manager

Yes

No

Xen Virtualization Guest

Yes

Yes

OES 2 NetWare (NetWare 6.5 SP 7) can run on a paravirtualized machine. OES 2 Linux can run on a paravirtualized machine or fully virtualized machine.

Xen Virtualization Host Server

N/A

Yes