Frequently Asked Questions; Why Not Stay On Netware - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - UPGRADING TO OES-PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2009 Implementation Manual

Frequently Asked Questions

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You probably have a few questions up front. Here are some answers.
Section 1.1, "Why Not Stay on NetWare?," on page 13
Section 1.2, "Can I Move My NetWare Disks to an OES 2 Server?," on page 14
Section 1.3, "What About My Older NetWare Servers?," on page 14
Section 1.4, "What's New in OES 2?," on page 15
Section 1.5, "What Do Novell Customers Recommend?," on page 15
Section 1.6, "What Are the Differences Between NetWare and OES 2?," on page 16
Section 1.7, "How Much Training Is Needed?," on page 24
Section 1.8, "What Training Is Available?," on page 26
Section 1.9, "Does Novell Have Community Support to Help Me with My Migration?," on
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1.1 Why Not Stay on NetWare?

There are distinct advantages to moving to OES 2 SP2 over staying on NetWare
issued report (http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/novell/vol2/article4/article4.html)
you should find enlightening. Novell has also published a
www.novell.com/rc/docrepository/public/37/basedocument.2009-03-19.8740935430/
OES%20v%20WIN%20FINAL_en.pdf)
Here are a few of the benefits of upgrading to OES 2 SP2.
NetWare Enters Extended Support in 2010: As Novell
now, NetWare enters its extended support phase in 2010.
Continued Hardware Support: When NetWare enters extended support, hardware vendors
will cease to certify it on new server hardware.
Continued Third-party Solutions Support: As hardware vendors cease certification support,
third-party software solutions providers, such as anti-virus and backup software vendors, will
stop developing for the NetWare platform.
Dynamic Storage Technology: This breakthrough Novell technology drastically reduces
storage costs and runs only on OES 2, not on NetWare.
iFolder 3.8: NetWare supports only Novell iFolder
in the latest version, such as automatic server provisioning, multiple iFolders per user, iFolder
sharing between users, reassigning iFolder ownership, provisioning for LDAP groups, and
numerous administrative enhancements.
Open Source Solutions: Open source initiatives such as Apache* and Tomcat* have been
supported on NetWare only as Novell or others have ported them to the platform, but they are
automatically available on OES.
Xen virtualization technology: This no-cost virtualization solution runs on OES 2 SP2 and
lets you create NetWare virtual machines for those services that you want to keep on NetWare
for the time being.
technical white paper (http://
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