Server Consolidation Projects; Drag-And-Drop Modeling - Novell SERVER CONSOLIDATION MIGRATION TOOLKIT 1.1 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 12-23-2005 Administration Manual

This section describes how the Server Consolidation Utility works and provides some example
scenarios of how you can use it to consolidate your data.

1.1.1 Server Consolidation Projects

The Server Consolidation Utility is a versatile tool that lets you perform a variety of consolidation
projects.
NetWare-to-NetWare Consolidations
For NetWare to NetWare consolidations, you can reorganize your network by copying data from any
number of existing NetWare source servers to any number of NetWare destination servers. The
accompanying rights, trustees, ownership, and name space information are copied to the destination
server along with the files.
You can copy entire volumes or specific directories between servers in the same eDirectory tree or in
different eDirectory trees. The source server can even be the same as the destination server.
NDPS Printer Agent Consolidations
As part of a NetWare-to-NetWare consolidation, you can reassign several Novell Distributed Print
Services (NDPS) Printer Agents to a single NDPS Print Manager within the same tree. This
simplifies your network printing configuration.
NetWare-to-OES Linux Consolidations
For NetWare-to-OES Linux consolidations, you can copy data from NetWare source servers to OES
Linux destination servers. The OES Linux server must have a Novell Storage Services (NSS)
TM
volume. As with NetWare-to-NetWare consolidations, all NetWare rights, trustees, ownership, and
namespace information are copied to the destination server along with the files.
iPrint Migrations
As part of a NetWare-to-OES Linux consolidation, you can migrate iPrint Print Managers and
Printer Agents from a NetWare 6.5 environment to an OES Linux environment.
Windows-to-OES Linux or NetWare Consolidations
You can also use the Server Consolidation Utility to copy data from servers in Windows NT or
Windows 2000/2003 domains to OES Linux or NetWare servers in Novell eDirectory trees. NTFS
permissions and ownership information are converted to Linux or NetWare equivalents and
transferred along with the necessary users and groups.
When copying data from Windows to OES Linux servers, the destination can be a Linux traditional
file system such as Reiser or ext3. The Novell NCP Server must be loaded on the OES Linux
TM
server.

1.1.2 Drag-and-Drop Modeling

With the Server Consolidation Utility, you model your consolidation project using drag-and-drop
procedures.
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