Because OES 2 services run on Linux rather than on NetWare, there are noticable differences between the system and administrative users and groups on OES 2 servers. For example, many OES 2 services, Novell CIFS require proxy users to retrieve service-related information and service attributes, and in some cases to write service information in eDirectory.
For more information, see System User and Group Management in OES 2 SP3
and Administrative Users in OES 2 SP3
in the OES 2 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide.
Table 1-3 Service Comparison Between NetWare 6.5 SP8 and OES 2
|
Service |
NetWare 6.5 SP8 |
OES 2 |
Platform Differences / Migration Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Access Control Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
In combination with NCP™ Server, Linux supports the Novell® trustee model for file access on NSS volumes and NCP volumes on Linux. |
|
AFP (Apple* File Protocol) |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - Novell AFP |
AFP services on NetWare and OES are proprietary and tightly integrated with eDirectory™ and Novell Storage Services (NSS). |
|
Apache Web Server |
Yes - NetWare® port of open source product |
Yes - Standard Linux |
|
|
Archive and Version Services (Novell) |
Yes |
Yes |
Setup varies slightly, but there are no functional differences. |
|
Backup (SMS)
|
Yes |
Yes |
SMS provides backup applications with a framework to develop complete backup and restore solutions. For information, see the OES 2 SP3: Storage Management Services Administration Guide for Linux. NSS provides extended attribute handling options for NSS on Linux. For information, see |
|
CIFS (Windows File Services) |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - Novell CIFS and Novell Samba |
Both NFAP and Novell CIFS are Novell proprietary and tightly integrated with eDirectory and Novell Storage Services (NSS). Samba is an open source product distributed with SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Novell Samba is enhanced by Novell with configuration settings for eDirectory LDAP authentication via Linux User Management (LUM). Novell Samba is not tightly integrated with NSS on Linux and works with any of the |
|
Clustering |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
DFS (Novell Distributed File Services) |
Yes |
Yes |
In combination with NCP Server, DFS supports junctions and junction targets for NSS volumes on Linux and NetWare. DFS also supports junction targets for NCP volumes on non-NSS file systems such as Reiser and Ext3. The VLDB command offers additional options to manage entries in the VLDB for NCP volumes. |
|
DHCP |
Yes |
Yes |
For a comparison between what is available on OES 2 and NetWare, see To plan your DHCP implementations, see |
|
DNS |
Yes |
Yes |
For a comparison between what is available on OES 2 and NetWare, see See |
|
Dynamic Storage Technology |
No |
Yes |
DST runs on OES 2. An NSS volume on NetWare is supported only as the secondary volume in a shadow pair. When using DST in a cluster, each of the NSS volumes in a shadow pair must reside on OES 2. |
|
eDirectory 8.8 |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
eDirectory Certificate Server |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
eGuide (White Pages) |
Yes |
No |
This functionality is now part of the Identity Manager 3.6 User Application. For more information, see the Identity Manager 3.6 Documentation Web Site.. |
|
FTP Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for eDirectory LDAP authentication has been added to PureFTP on OES 2. The FTP/SFTP gateway available on NetWare is not currently available on Linux. See See |
|
Health Monitoring Services |
Yes |
Yes |
The Health Monitoring Server, which was included in OES 1, has been removed in OES 2. This is now available in various Novell Remote Manager dialog boxes on both platforms. For more information, see |
|
Identity Manager 3.6.1 Bundle Edition |
No |
Yes |
IDM 3.6.1 is not available on NetWare. |
|
iPrint |
Yes |
Yes |
See |
|
IPX™ (Internetwork Packet Exchange™) from Novell |
Yes |
No |
Novell has no plans to port IPX to OES. |
|
iSCSI |
Yes |
Yes |
The iSCSI target for Linux does not support eDirectory access controls like the NetWare target does. Nor is the iSCSI initiator or target in OES 2 integrated with NetWare Remote Manager management. You use YaST management tools instead. On the other hand, the iSCSI implementation for Linux is newer and performs better. See Linux-iSCSI Project on the Web. See |
|
LDAP Server for eDirectory |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
Multipath Device Management |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare uses NSS multipath I/O. Linux uses Device Mapper - Multipath that runs underneath other device management services. |
|
MySQL* |
Yes - NetWare port of open source product |
Yes - Standard Linux |
See MySQL.com on the Web. See |
|
NCP Volumes |
No |
Yes |
NCP Server on Linux supports creating NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems such as Reiser and Ext3. For information, see |
|
NCP Server |
Yes |
Yes |
NCP services are native to NetWare 6.5 and NSS volumes; to have NCP services on OES, the NCP Server must be installed. See |
|
NetStorage |
Yes |
Yes |
NetStorage on Linux offers connectivity to storage locations through the CIFS, NCP, and SSH protocols. NetWare uses only NCP. These and other differences are summarized in |
|
NetWare Traditional File System |
Yes |
No |
Novell has no plans to port the NetWare Traditional File System to Linux. |
|
NetWare Traditional Volumes |
Yes |
N/A |
|
|
NFS |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - native to Linux |
For NetWare, see |
|
NICI (Novell International Cryptography Infrastructure) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
NMAS™ (Novell Modular Authentication Services) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
Novell Audit |
Yes |
No |
Novell Audit is not included with OES. However, the Novell Audit 2.0 Starter pack is available for download at no cost on Novell.com. |
|
Novell Client™ for Windows and Linux support |
Yes |
Yes |
Novell Client connectivity to OES 2 requires that the NCP Server be installed. |
|
Novell Cluster Services™ |
Yes |
Yes |
See See |
|
Novell iFolder® 2.x |
Yes |
No |
For migration information, see |
|
Novell iFolder 3.8 |
No |
Yes |
OES 2 includes Linux, Macintosh*, and Windows clients. |
|
Novell Licensing Services |
Yes |
No |
See |
|
NSS (Novell Storage Services™) |
Yes |
Yes |
Most NSS services are available on both platforms. For a list of NSS features that are not used on Linux, see |
|
NTPv3 |
Yes |
Yes |
The ntpd.conf file on NetWare can replace an OES server’s NTP configuration file without modification. |
|
OpenSSH |
Yes |
Yes |
Netware includes a port of the open source product. Linux includes the open source product itself. See |
|
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) |
No |
Yes |
PAM is a Linux service that Novell leverages to provide eDirectory authentication. eDirectory authentication is native on NetWare. |
|
Pervasive.SQL* |
Yes |
No |
Pervasive.SQL is available for Linux from the Web. |
|
PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
Printing |
Yes |
Yes |
See |
|
QuickFinder™ |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
RADIUS |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Samba |
No |
Yes |
Samba is an open source technology available on OES. Novell provides automatic configuration for authentication through eDirectory. For more information, see the OES2 SP3: Samba Administration Guide. |
|
Search (QuickFinder) |
Yes |
Yes |
When indexing a file system, the QuickFinder engine indexes only what it has rights to see. On NetWare, it has full access to all mounted volumes. On Linux, it has rights to only the files that the novlwww user in the www group has rights to see. For more information, see |
|
SLP |
Yes - Novell SLP |
Yes - OpenSLP |
For OES 2, see “SLP Services in the Network” in the SLES 10 SP4: Installation and Administration Guide and “Implementing the Service Location Protocol”. NetWare uses Novell SLP, which provides caching of Directory Agent scope information in eDirectory. This provides for sharing of scope information among DAs. Novell SLP is not available on Linux. OpenSLP on Linux is not customized to provide DA synchronization. Therefore, DA synchronization is only available for eDirectory on NetWare. |
|
Software RAIDS (NSS volumes) |
Yes (0, 1, 5, 10, 15) |
Yes (0, 1, 5) |
See |
|
Storage Management Services™ (SMS) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences, except that the SBCON backup engine is not supported on Linux. The nbackup engine is available for exploring SMS capabilities, but in a production environment, you should use a third-party, full-featured backup engine. |
|
TCP/IP |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
Timesync NLM™ |
Yes |
No |
Timesync will not be ported to Linux. However, NTPv3 is available on both Linux and NetWare. See |
|
Tomcat |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare includes Tomcat 4 and a Tomcat 5 servlet container for iManager 2.7. OES 2 includes Tomcat 5. There is no impact to any of the OES 2 administration tools, which are tested and supported on both platforms. See “Administration Instance vs. Public Instance on NetWare” |
|
Virtual Office (Collaboration) |
Yes |
No |
Virtual Office has been replaced by Novell Teaming + Conferencing. A separate purchase is required. For more information, see the Novell Teaming + Conferencing Web Site. |
|
WAN Traffic Manager |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Xen Virtualization Guest |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare 6.5 SP8 (and NetWare 6.5 SP 7) can run on a paravirtualized machine. OES 2 can run on a paravirtualized machine or fully virtualized machine. |
|
Xen Virtualization Host Server |
N/A |
Yes |
See eGuide, IFolder 2, and Virtual Office Are Still Available on Netware
in the NW 6.5 SP8: Planning and Implementation Guide.