The following are caveats for setting up OES 2 server in Xen VMs:
Although it is somewhat rare, if you install and configure OES 2 (specifically eDirectory) at the command prompt rather than through YaST, eDirectory might fail to start. If this happens, enter the following command at the command prompt:
chkconfig -a ndsd
Make sure you follow these guidelines for using NSS volumes in connection with OES 2 servers running in Xen VMs:
Both Linux and NetWare Platforms: NSS pools and volumes must be created on only SCSI or Fibre Channel devices. You cannot use a file-based disk image, LVM-based disk image, or an SATA/IDE disk for the virtual machine.
OES 2 Linux: Data shredding is not supported.
Time synchronization problems have been observed when virtualized NetWare servers are running the XNTPD NLM™. Therefore, Novell strongly recommends using Timesync and also configuring the service to communicate through NTP.