Novell Imanager 2.7.2; Storage-Related Plug-Ins For Imanager 2.7.2 - Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.2 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

4.1.8 Novell iManager 2.7.2

Novell iManager 2.7.2 (the version released with OES 2 SP1 Linux) must be installed and running
on a server in the eDirectory tree where you are installing Business Continuity Clustering software.
You need to install the BCC plug-in, the Clusters plug-in, and the Storage Management plug-in in
order to manage the BCC in iManager. As part of the install process, you must also install plug-ins
for the Identity Manager role that are management templates for configuring a business continuity
cluster. The templates are in the
For information about installing and using iManager, see the
Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/imanager27/index.html).
The Identity Manager management utilities must be installed on the same server as iManager. You
can install iManager and the Identity Manager utilities on a cluster node, but installing them on a
non-cluster node is the recommended configuration. For information about Identity Manager
requirements for BCC, see
See "Business Continuity Cluster Component Locations" on page 38
where to install Identity Manager components.

4.1.9 Storage-Related Plug-Ins for iManager 2.7.2

The Clusters plug-in (
provide support for this release of Business Continuity Clustering. You must install the Clusters
plug-in and the Storage Management plug-in (
IMPORTANT: The Storage Management plug-in module (
code required by all of the other storage-related plug-ins. Make sure that you include
storagemgmt.npm
you should install, update, or remove them all at the same time to make sure the common code
works for all plug-ins.
Other storage-related plug-ins are Novell Storage Services
(
afpmgmt.npm
and Novell Archive and Version Services (
pools as cluster resources. The other services are optional.
The Novell Storage Related Plug-ins for iManager 2.7x are available as a zipped download file on
the Novell Downloads (http://www.novell.com/downloads)
To install or upgrade the Clusters plug-in:
1 On the iManager server, if the OES 2 version of the storage-related plug-ins are installed, or if
you upgraded this server from OES 2 Linux or NetWare 6.5 SP7, log in to iManager, then
uninstall all of the storage-related plug-ins that are currently installed, including
storagemgmt.npm
This step is necessary for upgrades only if you did not uninstall and reinstall the storage-related
plug-ins as part of the upgrade process.
2 Copy the new .npm files into the iManager plug-ins location, manually overwriting the older
version of the plug-in in the packages folder with the newer version of the plug-in.
3 In iManager, install all of the storage-related plug-ins, or install the plug-ins you need, plus the
common code.
44 BCC 1.2: Administration Guide for OES 2 SP1 Linux
novellbusiness-continuity-cluster-idm.rpm
Section 4.1.7, "Identity Manager 3.6 Bundle Edition," on page
) has been updated from the release in OES 2 SP1 Linux to
ncsmgmt.npm
when installing any of the others. If you use more than one of these plug-ins,
), Novell CIFS (
cifsmgmt.npm
.
Novell iManager 2.7 documentation
).
storagemgmt.npm
storagemgmt.npm
(NSS) (
TM
), Novell Distributed File Services (
). NSS is required in order to use shared NSS
avmgmt.npm
Web site.
module.
42.
for specific information on
) contains common
), Novell AFP
nssmgmt.npm
dfsmgmt.npm
),