Meet System and Software Requirements

The Server Consolidation Utility runs on a Windows 2000/2003 server or on a Windows 2000 (SP3 or later) or Windows XP Professional Edition workstation on the network. Make sure your machine meets the hardware and software requirements for running the utility (see Workstation Requirements for details).

Linux destination servers must be installed and running Open Enterprise Server with the following components enabled:

For more information on installing and configuring OES on Linux, see the OES for Linux Installation Guide.

One or more NSS volumes must be created and configured on the Linux destination server. These are the only volumes where you can drop folders in the Server Consolidation Utility project window.

For more information on creating NSS volumes, see the Novell Storage Services File System Administration Guide for OES.