D.0 Comparing Clustering Support for OES 2 Services on Linux and NetWare

Table D-1 compares clustering support for Novell® Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 services when using Novell Cluster Services™ 1.8.5 on OES 2 Linux and NetWare® 6.5 SP7 or later.

NSS pool cluster resources can be cluster migrated from NetWare to Linux as part of a cluster conversion. If the resource contains data only, no additional steps are required. However, clustered services can require special handling. For information, see Section 6.3, Guidelines for Converting Service Cluster Resources from NetWare to Linux.

Table D-1 Comparison of Clustering Support for OES 2 Services on Linux and NetWare

Service	OES 2 NetWare	OES 2 Linux	Comments
AFP (Apple Filing Protocol)	Yes See Setting Up for Macintosh in the NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS, and NFS (NFAP) Administration Guide.	Yes; for OES 2 SP1 Linux and later See Configuring AFP with Novell Cluster Services for an NSS File System in the OES 2 SP2: Novell AFP For Linux Administration Guide.	For information about cluster migrating an AFP service cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.3, Apple Filing Protocol (AFP).
Apache Web Server	Yes See Apache with Novell Cluster Services in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Resource Configuration Guide.	Yes; use the standard Apache Web Server for Linux.	For information about cluster migrating an Apache service cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.2, Apache Web Server.
Archive and Version Services (Novell)	Yes See Installing and Configuring New Archive Servers in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Archive and Version Services 2.1 Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring Archive and Version Service for Novell Cluster Services in the OES 2 SP2: Novell Archive and Version Services 2.1 for Linux Administration Guide.	On NetWare, it uses the MySQL database. On Linux, it uses PostgreSQL instead of MySQL. The archive database must reside on a Linux POSIX file system. For information about cluster migrating an Apache service cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.4, Archive and Version Services.
CIFS (Windows File Services)	Yes; Novell CIFS See Setting Up for Windows in the NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS, and NFS (NFAP) Administration Guide.	Yes; Novell CIFS See Configuring CIFS with Novell Cluster Services for an NSS File System in the OES 2 SP2: Novell CIFS for Linux Administration Guide.	For information about converting a cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.5, CIFS.
DFS (Novell Distributed File Services) Volume location database (VLDB)	Yes See Clustering Novell Distributed File Services in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Distributed File Services Administration Guide.	Yes See Clustering Novell Distributed File Services in the OES 2 SP2: Novell Distributed File Services Administration Guide.	For information about converting a cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.6, DFS VLDB.
DHCP	Yes See Clustering in NetWare 6.5 in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell DNS/DHCP Services Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring DHCP with Novell Cluster Services for the Linux File System in the OES 2 SP2: Novell DNS/DHCP Administration Guide for Linux.	DHCP for Linux supports using a shared Linux POSIX file system or a shared NSS (Novell Storage Services™) pool (supported as of OES 2 SP1) for the cluster resource. For information about converting a cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.7, DHCP Server.
DNS	Yes See Creating a Cluster-Enabled DNS Server in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell DNS/DHCP Services Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring DNS with Novell Cluster Services in the OES 2 SP2: Novell DNS/DHCP Administration Guide for Linux.	The association of the DNS Server object with the NCP™ Server must be changed manually after the cluster conversion. It is not done as part of the simple cluster migration. For information about converting a cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.8, DNS Server.
Dynamic Storage Technology service	Not available	Can be used in a cluster, but the service is not clustered. See also Storage, DST shadow volume pairs.	DST runs on each OES 2 Linux node and you set the global server-level parameters to be the same on each one.
eDirectory™ 8.8	No	No	eDirectory has its own redundancy built in (multiple replicas) and would not benefit from being clustered.
eDirectory Certificate Server	Yes See Server Certificate Objects and Clustering in the Novell Certificate Server 3.3.1 Administration Guide.	Yes See Server Certificate Objects and Clustering in the Novell Certificate Server 3.3.2 Administration Guide.	For information about converting a cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.9, eDirectory Server Certificates.
exteNd™ Application Server and MySQL	Yes; NetWare 6.5 SP2 or earlier. See Configuring Novell exteNd Application Server and MySQL with Novell Cluster Services in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Resource Configuration Guide.	Not available on Linux.	This install option was discontinued beginning in NetWare 6.5 SP3. See MySQL.
FTP Server	Yes See Cluster-Enabling NetWare FTP Server in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell FTP Administration Guide.	No; standard Linux solution
Identity Manager 3.6 Bundle Edition	Can be used in a cluster, but is not clustered. Requires Identity Manager 3.5.	Can be used in a cluster, but is not clustered.	In OES 2 SP1 Linux, it is 32-bit only and requires a 32-bit operating system.
iPrint	Yes See the NW 6.5 SP8: iPrint Administration Guide.	Yes See the OES 2 SP2: iPrint for Linux Administration Guide.	For information about converting a cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.10, iPrint.
MySQL	Yes See Configuring MySQL on Novell Clustering Services in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell MySQL Administration Guide.	Yes; use the standard MySQL service for Linux. MySQL 5.0.x on OES2 Linux is offered under the GPL.	For Linux, use a procedure similar to the one on NetWare. Use the Linux commands for MySQL in the load and unload scripts. Use a Linux path on a shared Linux POSIX file system for the MySQL database.
NCP Server	Can be used in a cluster, but is not clustered.	Can be used in a cluster, but is not clustered. See also Storage, NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems.	NCP Server runs on each server node in the cluster. It should have the same configuration on each node of the cluster.
NetStorage	Yes See Configuring NetStorage with Novell Cluster Services in the NW 6.5 SP8: NetStorage Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring NetStorage with Novell Cluster Services in the OES 2 SP2: NetStorage for Linux Administration Guide.	No known issues.
NFS	Yes See Cluster-Enabling Native File Access for UNIX in the NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS, and NFS (NFAP) Administration Guide.	No; native to Linux
Novell iFolder® 2.1.x	Yes See Configuring iFolder on Novell Cluster Services in the OES 2 SP1: Novell iFolder 2.1 Installation and Administration Guide.	Not applicable	iFolder 2.1x is replace by iFolder 3.6 and later in OES 2 Linux.
Novell iFolder 3.6	Not applicable	Yes	See Clustering iFolder 3.7 and Later Servers with Novell Cluster Services for Linuxin the Novell iFolder 3.8 Administration Guide.
Printing	Yes	Yes	See iPrint.
QuickFinder™	Yes	Yes	See Search.
Search (QuickFinder)	Yes; requires QuickFinder 4.2.0. Install QuickFinder on each server in your cluster, and use virtual search servers. See Configuring QuickFinder Server for Novell Cluster Services in the NW 6.5 SP8 Novell QuickFinder Server 5.0 Administration Guide.	Yes; requires QuickFinder 5.0.1. Install QuickFinder on each server in your cluster, and use virtual search servers. See Configuring QuickFinder Server for Novell Cluster Services in the OES 2: Novell QuickFinder Server 5.0 Administration Guide.	For information about converting a cluster resource from NetWare to Linux, see Section 6.3.11, QuickFinder Server.
Storage, DST shadow volume pairs	Not applicable	Yes See Configuring DST Shadow Volumes with Novell Cluster Services for Linux in the OES 2 SP2: Dynamic Storage Technology Administration Guide.	DST shadow volumes are on shared NSS pools that are created separately, then managed in the same load/unload scripts.
Storage, NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems	Not applicable	Yes For information, see Configuring NCP Volumes with Novell Cluster Services in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.	The NCP Server service is not clustered; its volumes can be clustered.
Storage, NetWare Traditional volumes	No	Not applicable
Storage, NSS pools and volumes	Yes See Setting Up Cluster Resources for Novell Cluster Services in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration Guide.	Yes See Section 10.0, Configuring Cluster Resources for Shared NSS Pools and Volumes.	NSS itself is not clustered. The NSS service must be installed and running on each server node where you want to load the shared pools. Server-level NSS parameter changes must be made manually on each node. Shared NSS pools and volumes that were created on NetWare can be migrated or failed over from a NetWare server to a Linux server during a cluster conversion. For information, see Section 6.0, Converting NetWare 6.5 Clusters to OES 2 Linux. Most NSS features are available on both platforms. For information see Cross-Platform Issues for NSS in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide.
Tomcat	Yes See Configuring Tomcat and Novell Cluster Services in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Resource Configuration Guide.	Yes; native to Linux Use a similar procedure to the one outlined for Tomcat on NetWare, but use the Linux locations and files.	You cannot convert the NetWare Tomcat configuration for a Linux server.
Xen guest servers as nodes in a cluster	Virtualized NetWare nodes can be used in NetWare clusters. Nodes can be any combination of virtual and physical servers.	Virtualized OES 2 Linux nodes can be used in OES 2 Linux clusters. Nodes can be any combination of virtual and physical servers.	See Section 12.0, Configuring Novell Cluster Services in a Xen Virtualization Environment.
Xen virtual machines on the host server	Not applicable	Yes; use the Xen and XenLive templates.	See Section 12.2, Virtual Machines as Cluster Resources.