Open Enterprise Server Deployment Information

NetWare 5.x to Open Enterprise Server for Linux

Planning and Preparation

Here are some guides to help you plan and prepare for your Open Enterprise Server deployment.

• Planning Your Open Enterprise Server Implementation
• Preparing to Install Open Enterprise Server for Linux
• Open Enterprise Server Coexistence and Migration Guide

Tools and How-To

Use these links to find the appropriate tools and step-by-step instructions for your deployment project. You should plan to phase out NetWare 5.x as soon as possible, since it is no longer supported by Novell.

Server Installation

• Installing Open Enterprise Server into a NetWare 5/NDS 7 or 8 Tree

Server Upgrade
Direct (in-place) upgrades are not supported from NetWare 5.x to Open Enterprise Server for Linux. If you are running NetWare 5.1 with Support Pack 8, you can perform a data consolidation instead.

Data Consolidation (Server-to-Server Copy)
Data consolidations from NetWare 5.x to Open Enterprise Server for Linux are supported on NetWare 5.1 SP8 only. The minimum version of directory services is NDS 7.62c or NDS 8.85c.

• Consolidating Data to OES Linux
• Novell Server Consolidation and Migration Toolkit 1.1 Administration Guide
• Download Server Consolidation and Migration Toolkit 1.1

NDS to eDirectory Upgrade

• Upgrading to eDirectory 8.7.3 on NetWare

Printing Upgrade/Migration

• "Upgrading Novell Queue-based Printing on NetWare to iPrint on Linux" in Where to Start with Novell Open Enterprise Server
• OES iPrint Administration Guide for Linux

Helpful Links

• Server Consolidation Utility demo