Managing the NetWare/IP Server

This section provides procedures for performing common NetWare/IP server management tasks.


Starting the NetWare/IP Service

Before you can start the NetWare/IP service, you must have both DNS and DSS servers running on the network.

  1. From NWIPCFG's NetWare/IP Administration menu, choose the following:

    Start NetWare/IP Server

  2. When prompted, press <Esc> to return to the NetWare/IP Administration menu.


Stopping the NetWare/IP Service

  1. From UNICON's Main Menu, choose the following:

    Start/Stop Services

  2. From the Running Services list, choose the NetWare/IP Server entry and press <Delete> .

    If the NetWare/IP Server entry does not appear in the list, the service is not running on this server.

  3. When prompted, choose Yes to stop the NetWare/IP service.

  4. To return to UNICON's Main Menu, press <Esc> .

When you stop a NetWare/IP server, the server reports its status to a DSS server. If the NetWare/IP server and the DSS server are running on the same machine, the NetWare/IP server will most likely report its status to the local DSS server. This results in a problem if you immediately stop the DSS server after stopping the NetWare/IP server, because the rest of the network will not learn about the down status of the NetWare/IP server.

To avoid this situation, type the following command at the server's console prompt after stopping the NetWare/IP server and before stopping the DSS server:

LOAD DSS /SYNC <Enter>


Removing a NetWare/IP Server

To remove a NetWare/IP server, you must delete its NetWare/IP configuration. You do this using the UNICON utility.

IMPORTANT: Before removing a NetWare/IP server, be sure to reconfigure all NetWare/IP client systems that use this server as the nearest NetWare/IP server.

  1. From UNICON's Main Menu, choose the following:

    Delete NetWare/IP Configuration
    Delete NetWare/IP Configuration
    Delete NetWare/IP Configuration

  2. Press <Enter> to clear the warning message.

  3. When prompted, choose Yes to delete the NetWare/IP configuration on this server.

  4. To return to UNICON's Main Menu, press <Esc> as needed.


Designating a New DNS Name Server

Every DSS server, NetWare/IP server, and NetWare/IP client is configured with the hostname or IP address of the DNS name server to which it should direct its DNS queries. If you move the DNS service to a new server, you must modify the configuration of each NetWare/IP node with the hostname or IP address of the new DNS name server. For information on configuring the NetWare/IP server to direct its DNS queries to a new name server, see Gateway Configuration .