This section lists the new features and enhancements in recent versions of the Server Consolidation Utility.
Server Consolidation Utility 4.11 includes the following new and enhanced features:
Enhanced support for copying double-byte character set data
NDPS® printers no longer need to be iPrint-enabled before being migrated to OES Linux
iPrint printer migration supports printers in all support pack versions of NetWare 6.5, not just SP3 and SP4
Server Consolidation Utility 4.1 includes the following new and enhanced features:
The new unattended server-based processing feature gives you the flexibility of running the file copy process in unattended mode from the server, instead of having the Server Consolidation Utility monitor the process from your workstation.
The functionality of Linux enabling users in bulk has been removed from the Server Consolidation Utility. The utility no longer generates lists of users and groups to be used as parameters in the nambulkadd command. The ability to Linux enable multiple users at once is now available in the Novell iManager 2.5 utility.
The Server Consolidation Utility now supports filenames, folder names, and usernames containing double-byte or extended ASCII characters encoded via UTF-8.
You can use the Server Consolidation Utility to migrate iPrint Print Managers and Printers from a NetWare 6.5 environment to an Open Enterprise Server for Linux environment.
Server Consolidation Utility 4.0 adds two significant new features:
You can consolidate data from NetWare and Windows servers to Open Enterprise Server (OES) servers running on either NetWare 6.5 or SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9. Destination Linux servers must have the NCP™ Server component installed, and destination volumes must be Novell Storage Services™ (NSS) volumes.
When consolidating file system data from NT servers, the Server Consolidation Utility now copies ownerships for NTFS files and folders in addition to copying the permissions.
Version 3.0 includes two new features.
A new command line option is available for scheduling the utility to run at a predetermined date and time. Adding an N after the passwords instructs the utility to skip the Error and Success Log review dialog and simply exit the application after it finishes.
Novell ZENworks® 6.5 creates an NT Roaming Profile directory the first time an NT user logs into his or her eDirectory account on NetWare. The time-consuming process of having the Server Consolidation Utility copy the NT Profile directory is no longer needed and has been removed.
New features in version 2.6 let you:
Exclude specific file types or filenames from the copy process
For example, copy all of the data from a volume except for any .mp3 files.
Automatically compare file information between the source and destination after the copy process completes to validate the integrity of the file copy
This includes the option of doing a detailed binary (byte-by-byte) comparison.
Check for sufficient disk space on the destination server before beginning the file copy
Disable login on the source server during the copy process
Specify a default server and home directory path for any new users you create on the destination server
Copy an expanded list of user attributes when creating users
With version 2.0, you could copy volumes and specific directories between different eDirectory™ trees, as well as consolidate to NetWare 6.5. Version 2.0 also let you:
Copy data from NT 4.0 Domains to NetWare
Schedule projects and run them completely unattended
Filter the files you want to copy based on date
Add users to Novell eDirectory on the destination tree if they don’t already exist
Copy data to the Novell Branch Office™ server
With NetWare Server Consolidation Utility version 1.0, you could copy entire volumes and specific directories between NetWare 4, NetWare 5, and NetWare 6 servers in the same eDirectory tree.