In addition to changing the operating system, the software and file systems for various clustered services must be considered in your conversion from NetWare 6.5 SP8 to Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 SP3. This section provides an overview of the NetWare services and their counterparts in OES. Before you begin a conversion, ensure that your system meets the general requirements and caveats described in this section.
Converting cluster resources for OES services from NetWare to Linux might require more than a simple cluster migration from a NetWare node to a Linux node. For example, the service might require that you use Migration Tool to convert the service from NetWare to Linux. Some services require post-conversion configuration to finalize the conversion. A few OES services on NetWare are not available on OES, so you must use the standard Linux service instead.
See Table 2-1 for information about converting cluster resources for NetWare 6.5 SP8 services:
Table 2-1 Guidelines for Converting Service Cluster Resources from NetWare to Linux
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Service on NetWare 6.5 SP8 |
Cluster Migrate the Resource |
Converting the Service to OES 11 SP3 |
|---|---|---|
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Apache Web Server |
Yes |
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Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) |
Yes |
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Archive and Version Services |
No, but you can migrate the database |
|
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CIFS (Windows File Services) |
Yes |
|
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DFS VLDB (Distributed File Services volume location database) |
Yes |
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DHCP Server |
Yes |
|
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DNS Server |
Yes |
|
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eDirectory |
Not clustered, but requires special handling |
See Section 1.8, Converting Nodes that Contain the eDirectory Master Replica or Certificate Authority. |
|
Certificate Server |
Not clustered, but requires special handling |
Novell Certificate Server provides the Certificate Authority and Server Certificate services. For OES 11 SP3, the product has been rebranded as NetIQ Certificate Server. The Certificate Authority (CA) service is not cluster-enabled for NetWare or OES. There are no cluster-specific tasks for the CA itself. The Server Certificate service issues Server Certificate objects that might need to reside on each node in a cluster, depending on the service that is clustered. NetWare and Linux generate certificates differently, so the NetWare server’s certificate is not reused for the OES server. |
|
exteNd Application Server and MySQL |
Not applicable |
The exteNd Application Server was discontinued as an install option for NetWare 6.5 SP3. It is not available for Linux. See also MySQL in this table. |
|
FTP |
No |
Use the Pure-FTPd service for Linux. See |
|
iFolder |
No, but you can migrate the settings and data |
Novell iFolder 2.1x is not available on OES Linux. You must use Novell iFolder 3.x. After you add a Novell iFolder 3.x server to the NetWare cluster and before you finalize the cluster conversion, use iFolder migration procedures to migrate the iFolder 2.1x server configuration and user data from the source NetWare node to the target Linux node. See |
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iPrint |
Yes |
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MySQL |
No |
Use the open source MySQL 5.5.x software that is offered under the GPL. A MySQL cluster template is available that uses a shared LVM volume group to store the database. See Section 14.0, MySQL. |
|
NetStorage |
Not tested |
See |
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NFS |
No |
Use the standard NFS service for Linux. |
|
QuickFinder (Server Synchronization Feature) |
No, but you can migrate the settings and data |
QuickFinder does not support any automated procedure or scripts for a rolling upgrade from NetWare to Linux. You must create a new cluster resource. NetWare uses QuickFinder 4.2.0. OES 11 and later uses QuickFinder 5.0.x. Instead of converting the resource, you can migrate the settings from NetWare after you set up a QuickFinder resource on Linux. |
|
NSS pools and volumes |
Yes |
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Tomcat |
No |
Use the standard Tomcat 6.x service for Linux. |