This part describes the new features included in Novell® Small Business Suite 6.5 and 6.6.
The initial release of Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 included the following products:
With the release of Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 the following products have been updated:
The server installation matches the NetWare installation. The NetWare installation has three major server pattern options to choose from plus an option to install servers preconfigured for a specific setup.
In the Preconfigured Server Patterns options, we have added two options to the existing options offered by NetWare.
Novell Small Business Collaboration Server with Virtual Office: This pattern installs all components for setting up and managing a Novell Small Business server plus components for GroupWise and Virtual Office.
This pattern allows both client-based and Web-based access to file, print, directory, and e-mail services. Local users can access collaboration services through GroupWise and Novell clients; remote users can access those same services through a Virtual Office Web interface.
For more information, see Novell Small Business Collaboration Server with Virtual Office (Recommended).
Novell Small Business Collaboration Server: This pattern installs all components for setting up and managing a Novell Small Business server with GroupWise.
This pattern allows GroupWise and Novell client-based access to files, printing, and e-mail (both local and Internet).
For more information, see Novell Small Business Collaboration Server.
The Customized NetWare Server pattern gives you the flexibility to install any of the NetWare components and GroupWise files needed for setting up a server. If you select this pattern, see Customized NetWare Server for recommended components to install.
The BorderManager and ZENworks file copies, installations, and configurations must still be performed after installing NetWare.
The Small Business Setup tasks in iManager replace some of the setup functionality that was included in the Novell Easy Administration Tool (NEAT) and the Novell Internet Connection Expert (NICE) found in previous versions of Novell Small Business Suite and also adds some new functionality. The new Small Business Setup tasks in iManager include configuring the following:
Using these tasks helps you to get your network set up quickly and gives you the flexibility to perform more advanced configurations with the additional utilities provided in NetWare and GroupWise.
If you were used to using NEAT to manage users and groups, you can now easily perform these tasks using iManager.
OES NetWare 6.5 provides
For more information about the features in OES NetWare 6.5, see OES NetWare 6.5: Reliable Networking Foundation.
Novell BorderManager 3.8 provides the firewall. For more information about the features in BorderManager, see BorderManager 3.8: Secure Connection to the Internet.
You can download fax software, virus protection software, third-party backup solutions, and other lines of business applications that work well with Novell Small Business Suite. For a list of recommended solutions, see the Novell Small Business Suite Application Partner Portal Web site.
Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 supports up to 100 users.Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 uses a User Access License model like NetWare. In a User Access License model, User objects gain access to network services by connecting to the network instead of to servers. These User objects receive a permanent license unit that lets them access network services at any time and from any workstation attached to the network. One user can log in to as many workstations as desired and still use only one connection.
In Novell Small Business Suite 6, a Concurrent User Access license was used where a server would support up to a maximum number of concurrent users. When a user logged out, the user license was immediately released for the next user who logged in. In earlier versions, a concurrent connection licensing model was used where a license unit was consumed when a user-like object connected to a server.
In Novell Small Business Suite 6.6, the User Access model grants users access to the network, allowing them access to all network services that they have rights to. This means a user obtains only one license regardless of the number of servers he logs in to. With the User Access Licensing model, you purchase licenses for the total number of User objects that will log in to the network. When a User object initially logs in to the network, it obtains a license unit. That license unit is reserved for that user. If the user does not log in for more than 90 days, then the license is automatically released and made available to the next user that needs it.
Because managing the network usage is now a network administrator's priority, Novell has released a new NetWare Usage tool that lets you see a statistic of the total number of licenses consumed and generate a report of users' last network access. For more information, see "Metering Network and Product Usage" in the OES Licensing Services Administration Guide for NetWare.
In the User Access Model, non-User objects like printers and ZENworks do not consume user licenses.
Feature | User Access Licensing Model (Novell Small Business Suite 6.6) | Concurrent User Access Licensing Model (Novell Small Business Suite 6 | Concurrent Connection Licensing Model (Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 and earlier |
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License packaging |
Server and user license certificates available together or separately. |
Server and user license certificates available together or separately. |
Server and user license contained in same license envelope. |
Search |
Search starts at the user's context and goes up the tree. |
Search starts at the user's context and goes up the tree. |
Server and user license contained in same license envelope. |
Context of licenses |
Install license certificates relative to users' contexts. |
Install license certificates relative to users' contexts. |
Install license certificates relative to servers' contexts. |
License released when user logs out |
No. |
Yes. |
Yes. |
Connection-oriented objects (like Printer and ZENworks objects) consume a user or connection license |
No. |
No. |
Yes, until the current Support Pack is installed. To download a Support Pack, see Novell Support Connection. |