This section lists the new features and enhancements in recent versions of the NetWare Migration Wizard.
HINT:Each new release of NetWare Migration Wizard includes performance enhancements and bug fixes that increase the speed and reliability of NetWare migrations. If you have had unsatisfactory results with early versions of this utility, we encourage you to give the latest version a try.
NetWare Migration Wizard 8.2 includes the following new features:
This release supports NetWare servers running eDirectory 8.8 SP2.
This release includes minor bug fixes.
NetWare Migration Wizard 8.1 includes the following new and enhanced features:
The ability to perform a full backup of all the source server’s trustees has been removed from the NetWare Migration Wizard. This confusing and time-consuming step is not necessary as long as you do a full backup of your source server.
You can still choose to back up trustees for the files you are migrating.
Migration Wizard 8.1 now supports NetWare 4.x and NetWare 5.0 as source servers. This functionality was previously available only in Migration Wizard 6.5.
NetWare Migration Wizard 8.0 includes the following new and enhanced features:
Added the ability to filter the files you want to copy according to creation, last accessed, or modified dates.Let you exclude specific file types or file names from the copy process.Included an option to synchronize file and folders so that data deleted while you model a migration project is also deleted on the destination server when you run the project.Gave you the option to automatically compare file information between the source and destination after the copy process is complete to validate the integrity of the file copy.
NetWare Migration Wizard 7.1 includes the following enhanced feature:
Allows migration directly from a NetWare 6 source server to a NetWare 6.5 destination server.
NetWare Migration Wizard 7.0 includes the following new and enhanced features:
Speeds up the file copy procedure by implementing multithreading in determining file sizes while the file copy is running.
In previous versions of the Migration Wizard, the file copy procedure did not begin until the file sizes were completely discovered. With Migration Wizard 7.0, the copy procedure and the file size determination occurred simultaneously.
Allows NICI keys to be transferred across the wire during the migration.
Previous versions of the Migration Wizard required using a floppy diskette swap to transfer NICI keys. Migration Wizard 7.0 still provided the option of using the floppy diskette swap if wanted, but the transfer could be completed quickly and securely over the wire instead.
Displays a listing of created folders, dropped volumes, and dropped folders during the verification stage of the migration.
Adds the ability to update ZENworks for Servers information during the migration process.
Removes support for migrating data from NetWare 3 and 4 source servers.
Moves the NT-to-NetWare migration capability to the Server Consolidation Utility.
Moves the printing migration capability to the Server Consolidation Utility.
NetWare Migration Wizard 6.5 includes the following new and enhanced features:
File copy operation no longer requires you to have exactly the same volumes on the source and destination servers.
This version introduces the drag-and-drop interface that allows the user to model the migration project before actually performing the migration.
The Begin NDS/eDir Migration step is divided into several substeps to allow you to verify that each step completed correctly before continuing.