Novell Storage Manager

Manage Storage on Multiple Network Platforms and File Systems

Novell Storage Manager manages user and group storage in Novell and Microsoft networks through each network's Directory Services implementation. These implementations are Novell eDirectory and Microsoft Active Directory.

eDirectory Environments

As Novell continues to engineer eDirectory™ to support a variety of file systems and network operating systems—especially Linux—Novell Storage Manager continues to expand its support accordingly. For example in the latest version of Novell Storage Manager, the Event Monitor can be hosted on either a SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server or an Open Enterprise Server 2 running Linux or Virtual NetWare®. Of course, the Event Monitor can be hosted on the native NetWare platform as well. Agents (previously known as "Sentinels") can be hosted on an OES server running Linux or Virtual NetWare, as well as on a native NetWare server.

Novell Storage Manager now supports an expanded set of file systems on the servers with user and group storage being managed by Novell Storage Manager.

Open Enterprise Server	Virtual NetWare NSS/Traditional System
Open Enterprise Server	Linux NSS, EXT3. ReiserSystem
NetWare	NSS/Traditional System

Active Directory Environments

Novell Storage Manager manages storage natively for Microsoft Windows NTFS based file systems. The Engine, Event Monitors, and Agents are all hosted on Windows 2003 Servers or greater.

Getting Unstructured Data into a Managed State

Novell Storage Manager takes unstructured network data on Open Enterprise Server, NetWare, or Windows servers and puts it in a managed state through policies that reside in eDirectory or Active Directory. Policies dictate what actions to perform when an "event" takes place in eDirectory or Active Directory. Actions are performed automatically based on the identity of the user or group and the associated policies.

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Storage management takes place automatically through policies that you create and store in Novell eDirectory or Microsoft Active Directory.