Coexistence And Migration Of Storage Services; Mysql; Oes 2 Options - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - PLANING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 11-10-2009 Implementation Manual

13.3 Coexistence and Migration of Storage
Services
The following sections summarize the coexistence and migration issues related to storage services.
Section 13.3.1, "MySQL," on page 135
Section 13.3.2, "OES 2 Options," on page 135
Section 13.3.3, "NetWare 6.5 SP8 Options," on page 136

13.3.1 MySQL

OES 2 includes the open source MySQL database. When combined with a Web application and a
Web server, MySQL is a very reliable and scalable database for use in hosting e-commerce and
business-to-business Web applications.
NOTE: The more powerful PostgreSQL* database server comes with SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10.

13.3.2 OES 2 Options

OES 2 provides support for Novell Storage Services (NSS) as well as Linux POSIX file systems.
"NSS Volumes" on page 135
"Linux POSIX File Systems" on page 136
NSS Volumes
NSS volumes are cross-compatible between NetWare and Linux.
To use NSS on OES 2, you must have a disk available to be managed by Enterprise Volume
Management System (EVMS). The boot partition (such as
(such as for the swap and system volumes) are managed by Logical Volume Manager 2 (LVM2).
Any disk managed by LVM2 cannot be managed by EVMS, which makes the disks where the boot
partition and system partition reside unavailable to NSS.
If you have a single-disk server that you want to install OES 2 for Linux on and create an NSS
volume, see "Installing with EVMS as the Volume Manager of the System
SP2: Installation Guide.
On OES 2, you can use NSS volumes only as data volumes. Configure NSS pools and volumes in
iManager or NSSMU after the server installation completes successfully.
Starting with NetWare 6.5 SP4 and OES 2, a new metadata structure provides enhanced support for
hard links. After you install or upgrade your operating system, you must upgrade the media format
in order to use the new metadata structure; some restrictions apply. For more information, see
"Upgrading the NSS Media
For additional information about coexistence and migration of NSS volumes, as well as access
control issues for NSS on Linux, see
System Administration Guide.
Format" in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File System Administration
"Cross-Platform Issues for
for Grub) and system partition
/boot
Device" in the
NSS" in the OES 2 SP2: NSS File
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OES 2
Guide.