product description

The Novell File Management Suite is an integrated offering that provisions, relocates, optimizes, and reports on file storage based on user roles and customized business policies. The Novell File Management Suite helps customers manage the chaos of files and file systems in order to gain efficiencies, ensure compliance, and lower costs for their existing network and file storage infrastructure. The products in the suite are interoperable and complementary. Deploy the products independently, or deploy them in combination to take advantage of increased functionality and benefits.

The Novell File Management Suite includes the following products:

Novell File Management Suite Description
Novell Dynamic File Services 1.5

Novell Dynamic File Services is an information life-cycle management technology that uses a policy-based approach for relocating data between two paths located on different devices. It transparently provides a merged view of the file tree to users via a network share. Policy enforcement is automated with scheduled and on-demand runs of the policies. Novell Dynamic File Services helps optimize the use of storage resources by directing less valuable or less frequently accessed files to cheaper storage devices, which lowers the costs of hardware, power, and cooling, and streamlines backup processes, without impacting the end user.

Dynamic File Services 1.5 adds the ability for the secondary location in a pair to be a remote share that has been published in Active Directory. Remote shares are supported on network attached storage (such as NetApp and EMC filers) or on supported Windows server platforms. Other improvements include the ability to browse to select folders and files to be moved between paths in a pair as a one-time move event, policy filter options for file patterns and file types, and a policy schedule option for yearly policy runs.

Novell File Reporter 1.0.1.1

Novell File Reporter helps organizations more effectively manage network storage by providing administrators the ability to access comprehensive network storage information so that they can determine the best means of addressing their storage content. When organizations know what files are being stored, where they are stored, when they were last accessed, and how many versions of a file exist, they are better informed to make decisions such as where to store files, what files can be deleted, how to tier storage, how to plan for storage growth, and more.

In addition to resolved issues, Novell File Reporter 1.0.1.1 adds support for Novell Storage Manager 3.0.

Novell Storage Manager 3.0

Novell Storage Manager introduces management and structure to an unmanaged and unstructured network storage system. In the process, it automates the full life-cycle management of user and group storage. Leveraging Novell eDirectory or Microsoft Active Directory, Novell Storage Manager automates a comprehensive set of storage management tasks based on events, identity, and policies that reside in the directory.

In addition to resolved issues, Novell Storage Manager 3.0 adds the following:

- Collaborative storage support for Active Directory networks
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Quota management support for Active Directory networks
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Policy support for user profiles and Remote Desktop Services for Active Directory networks
- Auxiliary storage for Active Directory networks
- GSR Collector support for Active Directory networks
- Anomaly reports for Active Directory networks
- NSM Engine hosted on Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 for eDirectory networks
- Grooming and GSR Collector scheduling for eDirectory networks

system requirements

Novell File Management Suite Platform Support System Requirements
Novell Dynamic File Services 1.5

Service:
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2008 SP2
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later

Management:
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista SP1
- Windows XP SP3
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2008 SP2
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later

Novell Dynamic File Services 1.5 Installation Guide

Novell File Reporter 1.0.1.1

Engine:
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 Linux or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or later
- Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later

- Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later

Agents:
- NetWare 6.5 SP7 or later
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 Linux or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or later
- Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later
- Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later

Administration:
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista SP1
- Windows XP SP2
- Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later
- Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later

Novell File Reporter 1.0.1.1 Installation Guide
Novell Storage Manager 3.0

Active Directory

NSM Engine:
- Windows Server 2008 or later with an x86 or x64 processor
- Windows Server 2008 SP2/R2 or later with an x64 processor

Event Monitor:
- Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later

NSM Agents:
- Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later (for deployment without quota management), or Windows Server 2008 (for deployment with quota management)

Storage Platforms:
- Windows Server 2003 or later (quota management supported only in Windows Server 2008 and above)

Administration:
- Any Windows workstation or server with the .NET 3.5 Framework or higher installed

Novell Storage Manager 3.0 for Active Directory Installation Guide

eDirectory

NSM Engine:
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2a or later with an x86 or x64 processor
- eDirectory 8.7.3.9 or later; or eDirectory 8.8 SP 2 or later

Event Monitor:
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2a or later with an x86 or x64 processor
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 or later with an x86 or x64 processor (currently does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11)

NSM Agents:
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2a or later with an x86 or x64 processor

Storage Platforms:
- NetWare 6.5 SP7 or later
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 1 and later

Administration:
- Any Windows workstation or server with the .NET 3.5 Framework or higher installed

Novell Storage Manager 3.0 for eDirectory Installation Guide

additional information

For Readme, installation, and administration documentation resources, see the Novell File Management Suite Documentation Web site at http://www.novell.com/documentation/file_management_suite.

For patches and product updates, see the Patches & Security Web site.

purchasing the Novell File Management Suite

To purchase the Novell File Management Suite, contact a Novell Partner in your area.