Iowa/Nebraska Novell Technical Blast
John Bezy, Novell Iowa/Nebraska Systems Engineer
Vol 3, No 4 - 2/19/01
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A Recent David Kearns Article
Today's focus: Use Windows 2000 on the desktop (pay attention to the
last sentence...)
By Dave Kearns
For those of you who watched my recent appearance on John Gallant's
"Networked World," rest assured that I do not advocate replacing
NetWare with Windows 2000.
On the other hand, sites whose networks are based on Windows NT servers
(either 3.51 or 4.0) really need to upgrade to a directory-based system
- either Windows 2000 or NetWare 5. Windows NT systems are becoming marginalized
- new hardware and software either doesn't work with them, or works so
poorly as to actually decrease productivity.
For that reason, you really need to be moving towards Windows 2000 Professional
on your users' desktops. Windows 95, 98 and Millennium Edition are simply
not cut out to be robust, business-class computer operating systems.
Windows 2000 Pro, though, is the most robust, most stable graphical operating
system that's ever come out of Redmond, Wash. That's the good news. The
better news is that Novell and Microsoft collaborated on the NetWare
client for Windows 2000 - making it the most robust and stable client
Novell's released in quite some time.
A more delicate situation involves Windows 2000 servers: Do they belong
on a NetWare network? My answer is, "yes" - provided you need an application
that only runs on a Windows platform, such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL
Server or Internet Information Server. While it's true there are alternatives
to these apps that run on NetWare (and, certainly, I'd advise you to
look at the new Apache Web server for NetWare), not everyone is ready
to use GroupWise (some of us positively refuse to) or the now nonsupported
Oracle server for NetWare.
So, if you haven't already started to migrate to Windows 2000 Professional
as your desktop operating system, you should begin to plan to do so.
You should also consider Windows 2000 servers where the application makes
sense. Then watch for Novell to release eDirectory account management
for Windows 2000 so that your entire network is controlled through Novell's
superior directory service.
and here's one from Michael Oserman
Today's focus: Acceptance of Exchange 2000 slow (read all the way to
the end)
By Michael Osterman
While organizations are picking up Microsoft Windows 2000 Server rather
quickly, they are holding back on Exchange 2000.
That's according to a survey Creative Networks just completed to determine
the extent to which organizations are implementing Microsoft Exchange
2000 and Windows 2000 Server. We surveyed both organizations running
Exchange (Version 5.5 or earlier) and those that are not running Exchange.
Of the 178 organizations we surveyed that are running Exchange, 56% have
already deployed Windows 2000 Server in the year since the product's
introduction; 33% of organizations that do not run Exchange have also
deployed Windows 2000 Server.
Although use of Windows 2000 Server is coincident with the use of other
server operating systems in many organizations, we were a bit surprised
by the high penetration of Windows 2000 Server thus far. We believe that
much of the deployment of Windows 2000 Server represents deployment on
new servers, not upgrades of the existing Windows NT 4.0 infrastructure,
because it's difficult to do a simple NT-to-2000 upgrade in a large environment
with multiple domains and domain controllers. Further, NT 4.0 is significantly
less stable than Windows 2000, but people have worked long and hard to
make the platform stable. As one of our senior consultants noted, "the
devil you know is better than the devil you haven't tested yet."
We also found that only 11% of organizations that run Exchange 5.5 or
earlier have deployed Exchange 2000. Interestingly, there is no difference
in the penetration of Exchange 2000 based on the size of the Exchange
installation. For example, we found in that organizations with more than
1,500 Exchange seats, the penetration of Exchange 2000 is 11.4%, vs.
11.1% in organizations with 1,500 or fewer Exchange seats.
The low penetration of Exchange 2000 is not surprising. An upgrade of
a messaging system is not an insignificant task. However, Exchange 2000
requires the implementation of Active Directory, which greatly complicates
the decision process for deploying Exchange 2000. Further, there is the
fear on the part of some that deploying Exchange 2000 and Microsoft's
directory solution in one fell swoop inextricably ties an organization
to Microsoft technology, something that some organizations are reluctant
to do. Evidence of this is the relatively significant use of Novell
Directory Service (NDS) on Windows 2000. In the same survey, we found
that about one-third of organizations have deployed NDS; of those that
have, 29% have done so on NT or Windows 2000.
Novell Career Pak now a standard product
The Novell Career Pak is a bundle of courses targeted at jumpstarting
students for a new career as an IT professional. Once a limited-time
promotion, this convenient, cost effective package prepares new entrants
to take both the Certified Novell Administrator (CNA) and CompTIA Network
+ examinations. The Career Pak includes the following Novell Education
student kits:
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Your Novell CIP credential allows you to obtain instant dual certification!
For complete information, see http://www.cip2ciw.com/
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Visit www.novell.com/education/locator
to locate courses in your area. NAEC training can lead to high-value
certifications such as CNE and CDE. Self-study and eLearning tools available
through NAECs and through your Novell reseller or licensing contract.
Cool URLs
Cool NDS-enable Utility
Here is a free remote console that uses NDS authentication. It allows
multiple windows to the same server and multiple servers as well as copy
and paste like RCONJ. You can download it at: http://www.adremsoft.com/
Linux is a Threat to Innovation. Huh?
Open source software is apparently Un-American, according to Alchin:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4833927.html
Some Neat Utilities
A customer sent these links; I thought I'd pass them on:
http://www.ext.com
they have a number of neat apps.
http://www.midnighttech.com
have several utilities, including the NoAlert.nlm.
STILL Seeking Information
We are looking for customers who are using Novell Products to do the
following functions. If you are, would you send me an e-mail describing
what you are doing? Also, unless you explicitly state in the e-mail
that you wouldn't mind if other customers contact you, your information
WILL NOT be shared with anyone... Thanks...
Sales Stuff----
Business partnership with Atos Origin will offer major multinationals
global enterprise directory solutions
PROVO, Utah, and SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. Feb. 14, 2001 Novell, Inc.,
the leading provider of Net services software, today announced that it
is partnering with Atos Origin, Inc., one of the world's largest end-to-end,
full lifecycle business solution integrators, to supply international
enterprise directory solutions to major multinationals. Through the affiliation
with Atos Origin, Novell is able to deliver its one Net strategy into
new and existing customers. Novell and Atos Origin will work together
in bringing Net services software like NDSŪ eDirectory(TM) and DirXML(TM)
into the ERP market, expanding both organizations' overall eBusiness
proposition. The integration of eDirectory in the Enterprise Infrastructure
Management (EIM) services provided by Atos Origin offers customers optimized
ERP and eBusiness management within their "extended" enterprise and facilitates
any future value-chain integration.
What's New in the Novell Developers Kit
The February 2001 Web release of the Novell Developer Kit (NDK) is by
far the most powerful development toolset ever offered by Novell. This
release provides an arsenal of Web, directory, and server-based components,
applications and developer tools you can use to create, deploy, and enhance
any network application or service on your target platforms. From the
revolutionary new Novell Class Libraries for Java* (NJCL) Clientless
component to the latest JVM for NetWare version 1.2.2, there's plenty
to explore--and exploit--in this release.
In addition, the NDK interface has been restructured to make it even
more responsive to your development needs. To help achieve this goal,
we've removed an extensive number of Novell and third-party components
to make room for additional components related to directory and security.
We've also evolved the What's New page in the NDK to make your discovery
of new, changed, deleted and updated components easier. And as we update
components between regularly scheduled releases, this page will also
list the changes that were made since the latest release.
Featured New NDK Components
Visit http://developer.novell.com/ndk/whatsnew.htm
for a complete list of what's new and changed in the NDK, or drill down
into individual components featured in this release using the links below.
· Novell Class Libraries for Java* (NJCL) Clientless provides the first-ever
clientless access to network services on the NetWare(R) platform. This
version allows full access to all NJCL functionality, including the multi-user
capability, from any JVM. Visit http://developer.novell.com/ndk/njclc.htm
for additional information.
· Formerly on Leading Edge 142 and 143, Apache Modules for NetWare provides
an LDAP authentication module and an NDS(R) eDirectory(TM) security module
to help you customize the Apache Web server, Leading Edge release 144.
(Note: these modules were among the top downloads on the NDK in December,
2000.) Click for details: http://developer.novell.com/ndk/modapach.htm.
· The Novell eCommerce Beans component helps you integrate your Web applications
with Novell Net services. Built with MVC (Model-View-Controller) and
Command architecture, eCommerce Beans use open protocols, are written
entirely in Java, and have no dependencies on native code. Current protocols
include eCommerce LDAP Beans. Others will be added in future NDK releases.
Get more information by clicking here: http://developer.novell.com/ndk/ecb.htm.
· Novell iChain Community Services provides a common security and management
framework that integrates e-business applications, directories, ERP systems,
applications, databases, and Web servers. iChain leverages NDS eDirectory
to provide a secure, scalable bridge between networks, intranets and
extranets. For more information, visit http://developer.novell.com/ndk/ichain.htm.
· We've upgraded the IBM WebSphere* Application Server for NetWare, Standard
Edition to IBM WebSphere Application Server for NetWare, Advanced Edition,
providing developers with a sleek Java* Server Pages and servlet engine
and full support for J2EE and EJBs (Enterprise JavaBeans). IBM WebSphere
Advanced Edition for NetWare also provides scalability mechanisms supporting
cloning, clustering and load-balancing capabilities that enable high
availability and dependability in high-traffic Web environments. For
details, see http://developer.novell.com/ndk/ibmws.htm.
· Version 1.2.2 of Novell JVM for NetWare has moved from the Leading
Edge to the NDK. Novell JVM 1.2.2 for NetWare contains NetWare Loadable
Modules (NLMs) which let the server run Java-based applications that
use the packages in the Java core API. Novell JVM for NetWare supports
multi-threaded applications and applications that use a graphical interface.
It also includes a feature that lets you export the display of any X
Client programs on any machine running X Server. Visit http://developer.novell.com/ndk/jvm12.htm
for details about the 1.2.2 version of Novell JVM for NetWare.
Updated Components
In addition to the new components featured in this message, we've updated
many existing NDK components, including (but not limited to):
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long period of time, one of my functions is to help escalate the issue
inside Novell Tech Support. I will decide what the 'unusually long period
of time' is... If you have a support contract, your issue should be resolved
within days (resolved; depending on the level of the support contract,
someone should contact you within minutes/hours to start working on it.)
Without a support contract, you might face hours/days of waiting before
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send me an e-mail describing the incident, the incident number, and who
to contact. If you don't have an open incident, don't get me involved
until you do.
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Sales Operations stating you are entitled, as an upgrade protection customer,
the next upgrade for product XYZ... You should then go to the upgrade request
site at www.novell.com/licensing/upgfulfill
and fill in the appropriate lines and information. Your upgrade should then
be shipped second day.... BUT turnaround time is dependent on when the product
is actually available for FCS (First Customer Ship), which could be days or
weeks after the actual product announcement. If you are then having problems,
please let your IA/NE Novell team know so we can get involved.
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John Bezy
Novell Systems Engineer
Iowa/Nebraska
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