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January 2005 Highlights - Novell NetWare Toolkit
Start the new year with an updated LogicSource® for NetWare® and some outstanding bonus utilities. This month's kit also includes key files and patches, documentation, nearly 50 new Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) and so much more. Make a productive start to the year by checking out your NetWare Toolkit today!
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- Advanced and Expanded Resources
- Support Resources
- Technical Information Resources
- What's New and Upcoming
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Evaluation Software Licensing About to Expire
You're almost out of time! Your evaluation software (products requiring license keys) will expire Dec. 31, 2004. If you subscribe to Novell Tech Select Service, Professional Resource Suite or Software Evaluation and Development Library, simply use CD 1A to update your licensing. (The CD shipped in your November update and contains all your evaluation software licensing for 2005.) And, if your subscription entitles you to expanded licensing, visit the Subscriber Portal to download your expanded license keys. You already have the tools you'll need, so update licensing today and get a jump-start on your productivity goals for 2005!
Advanced and Expanded Resources
Updated LogicSource for NetWare
Get more out of NetWare! The Novell Remote Manager (NRM) utility includes so many figures about memory information that it's helpful to have detailed explanations of those figures for most effective use of the utility. This month, the updated LogicSource for NetWare outlines the remaining screens and numbers that you see in the View Memory Config option in the NRM utility. This includes all of the entries on the following screens and their corresponding links:
- Used By Virtual Memory System
- To Virtual Memory Cache Pool link
- To Swap File Information link
- To Virtual Memory Statistics link
- Total System Memory link
This update also examines the changes to memory information in the NRM utility in NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 3; it explores how this memory information is pertinent in troubleshooting memory issues; and it explains how to configure the NRM utility.
You will find helpful information in the new section that outlines all the steps that a NetWare 6.5 server running Support Pack 1 goes through when you run the SERVER.EXE file from the server's DOS prompt. This section then covers the step-by-step process of what the NetWare 6.5 server must do to unload itself when you type DOWN at the server's console prompt.
In addition, LogicSource for NetWare examines the NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) that load during Load Stage 1 as the CDBE.NLM continues to bring up the NetWare 6.5 server and its services. In particular, Load Stage 1 loads the following NLMs:
- LSL.NLM—the Novell NetWare Link Support Layer module
- CONNMGR.NLM—the NetWare Connection Manager module
- LFS.NLM—the NetWare Logical File System module
- FILESYS.NLM—the NetWare File System module
- UNICODE.NLM—the NetWare Unicode Runtime Library (Unilib-based)
- LOCNLM32.NLM—the NetWare NWLocale Runtime Library
- NSS.NLM—the Novell Storage Services module
This month's update also provides in-depth explanations of the logical and physical memory address ranges. It offers ways to view memory through various utilities that can help you eliminate potential fragmentation issues. Finally, it suggests various methods for troubleshooting memory fragmentation. By becoming familiar with this LogicSource section, you can identify memory problems before they force you to reboot the server. You can also learn how to "tune" the server so that memory problems don't affect productivity.
Bonus Utilities
Make the most of Novell NetWare by enhancing it with the latest bonus utilities:
- ZfD Open Files—helps you find out which users have files open and enables you to control their workstations from the server
- Elapsed Time—determines the elapsed time of LDAP searches
- PuTTY—provides an implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and UNIX platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator
- Total Commander—delivers a convenient file manager to ZIP and FTP files, search files with regex, change file trustees and do much more
- getnwcl—scans all available workstations on the network for the version/subversion of the NetWare Client
- iAdmin Mobile 2004—provides mobile network, server and system administration
- WhoUse—lists users who use network files
- NWSend.dll—allows you to send/receive NetWare NCP messages by Miranda (a popular network messenger)
- NetWare File Server Activity Daemon—allows you to view real-time file access events
- Printer Removal Utility (V1.01)—provides a command-line tool to remove printers from a workstation
- UDP remote disk driver—offers a software solution for using remote disk devices
Support Resources
Latest Files and Patches
However else you choose to use this month's shipment, be sure to update Novell NetWare with the latest files and patches. This month we're including 19 new files and patches for NetWare that can help improve performance and efficiency systemwide.
Technical Information Resources
Updated Product Documentation
Take some time to skim the latest updates to Novell Documentation. You may find answers to pressing questions or learn about helpful new features. The following documentation has been updated in this month's release:
- Novell OFFSiteArchive for NetWare 2.0
- Business Continuity Cluster Services
New Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs)
Your questions are important to us. We've compiled nearly 50 Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) since you received your last NetWare Toolkit update. These documents provide answers and tips for resolving technical issues. Search them today and get the information you need to keep your systems performing at their best.
Cool Solutions articles
If you're among the many readers who look to Cool Solutions for NetWare-focused inspiration, this month's update holds a treasure trove of information. Scan the 17 new feature articles for technical analysis, general overviews or quick tips on using NetWare more effectively.
Online Web Forums Archive
There's no doubt about it: some of the best networking advice you'll ever get has already been provided by your peers. Stored in the archived Web forums, this content includes technical hints, deployment options, workarounds, general troubleshooting suggestions and much more. Search the archived content today or visit the live forums at http://support.novell.com/forums/
What's New and Upcoming
NPRS and NSRL now on DVD!
What good is a new year if you don't try something new? This month's update includes something new that makes your life substantially easier: both the Novell Professional Resource Suite (NPRS) and Novell Support Resource Library (NSRL) are now shipping in DVD format. We are confident that the DVDs will make it much easier to search and use your technical resources. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please send them to us at subscriptions@novell.com.
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