Installing NetStorage

NetStorage can be installed as an optional component during the NetWare 6 installation or it can be installed after the NetWare 6 installation. It is not generally necessary to install NetStorage on every NetWare 6 server on your network. For most networks, you need NetStorage installed on only one server; this might vary depending on the size of your organization and your organization's needs.

During the NetStorage installation, you are prompted for configuration information that is necessary for NetStorage to function properly. If after installing NetStorage, you decide to change the NetStorage configuration you must either reinstall NetStorage or use the NetStorage NSAdmin utility. For more information on the NSAdmin utility, see Using the NetStorage NSAdmin Utility.

System Requirements

If you have met the requirements for NetWare 6 and have NetWare 6 installed, you have met almost all of the system requirements for NetStorage.

The following list specifies the system requirements for installing and running Novell NetStorage:

• At least one NetWare 6 server in the eDirectory tree where NetStorage will be installed (an eDirectory replica is not required to be on the same server where NetStorage is installed)
• A Netscape* Navigator* 4.7 or later or Internet Explorer 5.0 or later browser or Microsoft Web Folders

Installing Novell NetStorage during the NetWare 6 Installation

1. Start the NetWare 6 installation and continue through the install until you get to the screen requiring you to choose either the Express or the Custom installation.

2. Select the Custom installation option.

   You must select the Custom installation option to install NetStorage during the NetWare 6 installation. You cannot install NetStorage during an Express installation.

   You are given the option of installing a new server or ugrading an existing server. NetStorage can be installed using either of these options.

   Continue through the installation until you get to the screen that lists the components that can be installed with NetWare 6.

3. Check the box for the NetStorage Component along with the other components you want installed with NetWare 6, and then click Next.

   Continue to the NetStorage Install screen.

4. Specify the IP address or DNS name of a server in your eDirectory tree that has the master replica or a read/write replica of eDirectory.

   The primary eDirectory server URL is required for NetStorage to function properly. This does not necessarily have to be the IP address or DNS name of the server where NetStorage is to be installed.

   When a user attempts to log in, NetStorage searches the eDirectory database on the server you specify for the User object. If the User object is found, NetStorage attempts to authenticate the user to eDirectory.

   If you know the eDirectory context for the users that will use NetStorage, you can add that context to the URL by inserting a colon (:) between the IP address or DNS name and the eDirectory context. The context is optional. If no context is specified, NetStorage searches the entire eDirectory tree on the primary eDirectory server for User objects.

   For example, if the IP address of the server is 127.0.0.1 and the eDirectory context for your users is personnel, then you would add 127.0.0.1:personnel to the field.

5. (Optional) Specify IP addresses or DNS names of servers in other eDirectory trees that have at least read/write eDirectory replicas, or specify the same IP address or DNS name you used for the primary eDirectory server but with a different context.

   You can add two alternate eDirectory server IP addresses or DNS names and context settings. These alternate settings are used to allow NetStorage to find User objects that exist in contexts other than what you specified for the primary eDirectory server. The alternate settings also allow NetStorage to find User objects with the same name in different eDirectory trees. The alternate URL and context settings are optional, but can help provide users with an additional level of access to NetStorage.

6. (Optional) Specify the IP address or DNS name and the port number that you assigned to Novell iFolder^TM.

   If you are installing NetStorage during the NetWare 6 installation, you can click the Back button to go back and view the screen where the IP address and port number assignments were made. This does not necessarily have to be the IP address or DNS name of the server where NetStorage is to be installed.

   The iFolder DNS name or IP address and the port number are optional but, if specified, will allow NetStorage users to access and manipulate files and directories in their iFolder directory on the iFolder server.

Installing Novell NetStorage after the NetWare 6 Installation

If you did not install NetStorage during the NetWare 6 installation, you can install it later by completing the following steps:

1. Insert the NetWare 6 Operating System CD into your NetWare 6 server.

   You might need to load CDROM.NLM on the server to access the NetWare 6 Operating System CD.

2. From the Novell menu on the NetWare 6 console GUI, select Install.

3. Click Add and then browse to the root of the NetWare 6 Operating System CD.

4. Select the PRODUCT.NI file and click OK.

5. Check the NetStorage component check box and deselect all other components or products unless you specifically want to install them.

6. Continue with Step 4 to complete the NetStorage installation.

   IMPORTANT:  If you install NetStorage after the NetWare 6 installation, you must restart your NetWare 6 server after completing the NetStorage installation.