Novell is now a part of Micro Focus

Novell Technical Subscriptions

August 2005 Highlights - ZENworks Toolkit

Now you have convenient online access to all your ZENworks® Toolkit resources. This month, you can try out new bonus utilities, apply essential files and patches, read in-depth Novell Connection articles, scan 309 new Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) and do much more. Log in to the Subscriber Portal and download your resources today!

Advanced and Expanded Resources

Bonus Utilities

These latest bonus utilities for ZENworks can help your system run more smoothly than ever:

  • Third-Party Vendor MIBs—is an SNMP MIB compiler
  • RunHide—distributes a program and hides the window(s) it creates
  • ZENFirefox—offers a method of distributing Firefox with ZENworks
  • Remote Management for ZfD4x—provides Remote Control, Remote View, File Transfer, Remote Execute and Diagnostics of workstations without using ConsoleOne

Support Resources

Latest Files and Patches

Why keep your system up-to-date? We'll give you eight good (and easy-to-install) reasons in the form of the latest files and patches in this month's release.

Technical Information Resources

Novell Connection articles

Start poring over your favorite Novell technologies, events and news in the May/June 2005 issue of Novell Connection on the Subscriber Portal. Here's a sampling of what you'll find:

  • Bottom Line—BrainShare Keynote Roundup—A Summary of News from BrainShare 2005
  • Proof Point—Communication is Key—Brasil Telecom Creates an Agile Enterprise for 37,000
  • Tech Talk #1—Control Freak—Novell Security Manager Powered by Astaro
  • Tech Talk #2—Don't You Want to Go Somewhere Else Today?—Migrating from Exchange to Novell GroupWise
  • Tech Talk #3—You Can Take It With You—Everything You Need to Get Started With Linux: SUSE LINUX Professional 9.3
  • Tech Talk #4—Cheat Sheet—Exploring the Linux Professional Institute Level 1 Certifications
  • Tech Talk #5—Manage Your Assets—Are You Making It Easy For Them to Get At Your Goods?
  • Trend Talk—Effectively Managing Risk—A Look at Desktop Linux Adoption Trends, Part 2
  • Partner Page—Finding the Perfect Match For Your Solution—The Novell Partner Product Guide
  • Fine Print—Taking The Path of Least Resistance...the Path to Prosperity—Getting the Facts from Novell Training Services

New Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) (Online)

Our collection of detailed technical documents is bigger than it's ever been. This month we've added another 309 Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) to give you a vast resource for all of your technical queries. Start researching today to find ways to enhance your system.

Product Communities articles

Communities offer a sense of the familiar, and that's exactly what you'll find in Novell Product Communities. You'll have access to great information—from the very broad to the very specific—on the Novell products you use the most. The August update offers 53 Product Communities articles. (As always, feel free to submit additional contributions or feedback on current content.)

Online Web Forums Archive

If you haven't checked out the ultimate source for your most pressing IT questions and answers, hurry to the Online Web Forums Archive. Here, you can access the expertise of other IT professionals—and you can share your knowledge with them.

What's New and Upcoming

Registration Codes Available on Subscriber Portal

Some subscriptions will soon provide Linux registration codes directly on the Subscriber Portal for the following products:

  • Novell Linux Desktop
  • Novell Linux Small Business Suite
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9

If you subscribe to any of the following, you can enjoy your registration-code access on the portal right away:

  • DeveloperNet Professional [link to the new developer pro highlights that Mike will provide]
  • NSEDL Expanded (NSEDL Standard not included)
  • NPRS Standard (NPRS Electronic not included)
  • Tech Select (including the person who receives the NPRS Expanded AND up to four people who have been assigned and have activated their additional Subscriber Portal accounts)

To obtain a registration code as well as instructions for using it to apply the latest Linux patches, follow these instructions:

  1. Access the Subscriber Portal at http://support.novell.com/subscriptions/portal/spc
  2. Select your subscription under "My Subscriptions". If your subscription does not appear there, you have probably not yet activated your subscription; e-mail subscriptions@novell.com to request your activation keys.
  3. Click on "Request Linux Registration Codes" under "Subscription Benefits."
  4. Click on the "Request code" button located by the product of your choice.
  5. Click on "How to use registration codes" to find out how you should use your registration code.

Introducing DeveloperNet Professional

For a short time only, get 30 percent off Novell Open Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook, SUSE LINUX Edition. This book provides you with the information you need to take advantage of the rich array of network-management tools on a SUSE LINUX-powered system. By focusing on this particular implementation, you can learn how to integrate the benefits of Novell Open Enterprise Server in an existing environment. Although this is not a reference work for network theory, protocols or architectures, it will provide you with quick access to vital information about the technologies and concepts you need to get the job done. 

Take Advantage of the Latest Novell Press Promotion

Novell Technical Subscriptions Customers can receive a 25-percent discount on select Novell Press publications. Visit http://support.novell.com/bookpromo.html for full details.

© Copyright Micro Focus or one of its affiliates