5.2 Determining Which Services Need Additional Configuration

Depending on the products you have installed, there might be some tasks that you must complete before you can use individual service components.

Refer to the following sections in the Novell OES SP2 Planning and Implementation Guide:

Table 5-1 Information in the OES Planning and Implementation Guide

For Information About

Review

Getting started with the services that you have installed

The following sections apply to the services that you have installed:

  • Management Interfaces and Services for information about Using the OES Welcome Site and OES Utilities and Tools

  • Identity and Directory Services for information about eDirectory, Identity Management Services, and LDAP (eDirectory)

  • Infrastructure Services for information about Auditing, Authentication, Backup, Clustering and Failover, Databases, DNS, DHCP, and OpenSLP, and TCP/IP, iSCSI, Licensing, Search, Security, Storage for File Services, Time Synchronization, and Web and Application Services

  • End User Services for information about Access Control, Novell Client™ Utilities, File Services, Print Services, and White Pages (eGuide)

Caveats that you should know before starting to use your new server

Implementation Caveats

IMPORTANT:If you use Novell® Storage Services™ (NSS) on OES Linux, after installing the first OES Linux server in a tree, there are some procedures you need to follow for every subsequent OES Linux server you install in the tree. See Always Check for an nssid.sh File in the Novell OES SP2 Planning and Implementation Guide.