Tips For Successful Consolidations - Novell SERVER CONSOLIDATION MIGRATION TOOLKIT 1.1 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 12-23-2005 Administration Manual

and the server has been restarted since the last consolidation, the hosts file must be modified each
time the server is restarted.
You can modify the hosts file from the server console or from the client workstation.
From the Server Console
1 At the server console, enter
2 Add to the file the IP address and DNS server name of every source server involved in the
3 Save the file.
From the Client Workstation
1 Launch Windows Explorer.
2 Browse to the NetWare server or Nterprise Branch Office appliance.
3 Double-click the server name.
4 Double-click the sys: volume.
5 Double-click the etc directory.
6 Open the hosts file with a text editor.
7 Add to the file the IP address and server name of every source server involved in the
8 Save the file.

5.3 Tips for Successful Consolidations

• When you run the Server Consolidation Utility, you must be logged in to the network as a user
• For better performance, Novell recommends that the source servers, destination servers, and
• For Windows NT server consolidations, you should use the fastest workstation available to run
• When using the Server Consolidation Utility to copy data from a compressed volume to an
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edit sys:etc/hosts
consolidation project.
Type each IP address and server name as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Server_Name.
consolidation project.
Type the IP addresses and server names as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Server_Name.
with Supervisor rights to the source and destination servers. If you are not logged in when you
start the utility, you can log in as you select the source and destination trees.
client workstation all be located on a common LAN segment.
the Server Consolidation Utility. If possible, assign the workstation a static IP address. Turn off
screen savers and power management to avoid interruptions during the consolidation.
uncompressed volume, ensure the destination server has enough space left in the volume to
accommodate the uncompressed data.
Decompression requires some disk space to decompress the file on the source and copy it.
Having a small amount of space left on the source system might result in a server abend or
unwanted behavior in the file system.