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Service
Apache Web Server
Archive and Version
Services (Novell)
Backup (SMS)

SMS

NSS-Xattr
CIFS (Windows File
Services)
Clustering
DFS (Novell Distributed
File Services)
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NetWare 6.5 SP8 OES 2
Yes - NetWare Yes - Standard
port of open Linux
source product
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes - NFAP Yes - Novell
CIFS
and
Novell Samba
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Platform Differences / Migration Issues
Administration Instance vs. Public Instance
on NetWare (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/nw65/web_apache_nw/
data/aipcu6x.html#aipcu6x).
What's Different about Apache on NetWare
(http://www.novell.com/documentation/
nw65/web_apache_nw/data/ail8hvj.html).
Setup varies slightly, but there are no
functional differences.
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.
NSS provides extended attribute handling
options for NSS on Linux. For information,
see "Using Extended Attributes (xAttr)
Commands" in the OES 2 SP3: NSS File
System Administration Guide for
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 supported file
"Product Features" in the OES 2 SP3:
Novell Cluster Services 1.8.8 Administration
Guide for Linux.
"Product Features" in the NW6.5 SP8:
Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration
Guide.
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, Ext3, and XFS. The VLDB
command offers additional options to
manage entries in the VLDB for NCP
volumes.
Linux.
systems.