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June 2006 Highlights - Novell Professional Resource Suite

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Want a life outside your network? This month's release of Novell Professional Resource Suite™ features tools and resources that can save you time--maybe even enough time for a social life! You can start by deploying one or more of two dozen new bonus utilities or by checking out the latest white papers. This release also includes 13 patch files, new product documentation, 598 Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs), the April issue of Novell Connection magazine, 90 Product Communities articles and much more.

Upcoming Software

It's almost here! The highly anticipated launch of SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 is only weeks away. Designed for today's complex enterprise IT architectures, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 is the best-engineered, lowest-cost and most interoperable platform available. Only SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 offers a complete open source solution for running mission-critical applications from the desktop to the data center.

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 features the following components:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server--The most reliable, secure and scalable enterprise Linux server

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop--The only full-featured Linux business desktop on the market

  • Novell Customer Center--One location to obtain support, updates and renewals for all your Linux product subscriptions

By choosing SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, you can take advantage of:

  • The best platform for mission-critical workloads across the enterprise--from the desktop to the data center

  • Built-in application security (AppArmor)

  • Powerful management tools (YaST and ZENworks)

  • Integration with existing IT infrastructures, including UNIX, Windows and other Linux distributions

  • Support for a broad range of hardware architectures, from x86 to zSeries

  • Unique pricing and licensing that make Novell easy to do business with

  • Award-winning Novell support, services and partner ecosystem

When performance, reliability and world-class support really matter, organizations choose SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell. Learn more about SUSE Linux Enterprise today by visiting: www.novell.com/linux/

Advanced and Expanded Resources

Bonus Utilities

Looking for something new? Try one or more of the 24 new bonus utilities shipping this month. Here's a small sampling of the latest:

  • Check NDS Login ability with Nagios--enables Nagios to check every configured server for eDirectory login

  • MultiCert Lotus Script--allows the Notes Driver to switch a cert file based in a user attribute

  • NWLogoff--provides a command-line utility to help users quickly disconnect from all NetWare/eDirectory servers

  • Check GroupWise Users for Password--provides a batch file to test if GroupWise users have a password and creates a report when finished

  • Trapper 3.3.0 (updated)--gives Novell BorderManager users a controller/analyzer for HTTP traffic

  • Create Trustee Audit Report--creates a trustee audit report that includes Trustees assigned to a folder and their rights

  • FixMyKey!--looks for drive letter conflicts between removable storage devices and mapped network drives and corrects them

  • Infoboard--shows an .rtf file for a predefined time interval

  • Pause Group Policies--pauses group policies so an admin can work on a machine under a user's ID

  • PC Shutdown for Windows XP--allows you to give logged-in users a 15-minute warning before shutting down the PC

  • Designer for Identity Manager--provides a client-based tool for designing, debugging, deploying and documenting your identity-management solutions

  • sam-switch--enables users to switch easily between xorg-X11 and Xgl

White papers

Looking for a good read? Try either of the two white papers that are now available:

  • Novell Identity Manager 3 (updated)--Find out why Novell Identity Manager leads the competition when it comes to provisioning and password management. The recently updated Novell Identity Manager 3 white paper examines product capabilities and benefits, includes deployment scenarios, offers an architectural overview and provides valuable information about policy management and provisioning. Sit back, get comfortable and read about the many benefits of Identity Manager!

  • LAMP on SUSE Linux Enterprise--If open source is your game, you'll enjoy reading the LAMP on SUSE Linux Enterprise business white paper. You'll learn more about using the complete foundation of LAMP components in SUSE Linux Enterprise and find out how they can quickly benefit your organization.

Support Resources

Latest Files and Patches

You deserve top performance from your systems. Now you can get it--and avoid security breaches or interruptions--by making sure your software is completely up to date. Just review the list of new files and patches (13 are shipping this month) and install the ones that apply to your software.

Technical Information Resources

Product Documentation

It's a banner month! This release gives you access to the following new and updated documentation:

  • eDirectory/Designer for Identity Manager 3 1.1/Designer for Identity Manager 3: Administration Guide

  • eDirectory/Identity Manager 3.0 Drivers/Identity Manager Driver for JDBC: Implementation Guide

  • eDirectory/Identity Manager 3.0/Novell Identity Manager 3 Readme

  • GroupWise 7/GroupWise 7 Installation Guide

  • Business Continuity Cluster Services 1.0/Novell Business Continuity Cluster Services 1.0 Administration Guide

  • Open Enterprise Server/Novell Linux User Management Technology Guide

  • Open Enterprise Server/Novell Storage Services File System Administration Guide for OES

  • Open Enterprise Server/OES iPrint Administration Guide for Linux

  • Open Enterprise Server/OES iPrint Administration Guide for NetWare

  • Open Enterprise Server/OES NetStorage Administration Guide for Linux

  • Open Enterprise Server/OES NetStorage Administration Guide for NetWare

  • iFolder 3.x/iFolder 3.4 User Guide for Novell iFolder 3.x

Novell Connection Magazine

If you like in-depth, relevant information about the latest technologies and processes, the April 2006 issue of Novell Connection is exactly what you've been waiting for. It explains how to configure and perform a completely hands-off installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server over the network by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). The following articles have all the details:

  • Automating Unattended Installations Sans Media--Want to automate your installations of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Here's how you can automate unattended installations without using any media!

  • Got Skills? Bridge 'em to Linux (Part Four)--Want some help converting your NetWare skills to Linux? This fourth part of a nine-part series explains NetWare tasks and gives the functional equivalents on Novell Open Enterprise Server for Linux.

  • Signs of a Traffic Jam--Someone's attacking your servers. Can you read the traffic? Learn how to find your attackers' signatures in this month's animated article by Laura Chappell.

New Support Knowledgebase Documents (TIDs)

Want to know the latest about the Novell products deployed in your network? Take a look at some of this month's 598 new Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs). You can use our convenient Knowledgebase search tool to quickly track down any information you might need.

Product Communities Articles

Get the latest Novell product articles, tips, patches and documentation with a visit to Novell Product Communities. We've added 90 new articles this month, so there's always something good to read. If you have a question or want to share something you've learned, you can even start a discussion with one of your peers. We are always eager to know what's working and what isn't, so please let us know if you have questions, comments, additional information or feedback.

Online Web Forums Archive

For years, your peers have been asking and answering questions in our Web forums. Chances are that someone's already asked about the very thing that's on your mind. Run a quick search in the online Web forums archive to see if the information you need has already been addressed.

Developer Resources

As a developer, you need the right tools, the latest news and the earliest access to beta software. All of these--and much more--are included as part of your DeveloperNet Professional subscription.

DeveloperNet Newsletters

It's the information you need! Check out the latest DeveloperNet news, reviews, program information and articles in our online newsletter:

To visit the DeveloperNet Newsletter archive or preview our upcoming newsletter, go to http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Category:DeveloperNet_Newsletters  

Early Releases

Download and try the early release (beta) products that are now available on the DeveloperNet Portal and the Subscriber Portal. Check back often as new releases are added regularly. You can now download the following software:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (Beta 9)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (Beta 10)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (Beta 11)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (Beta 9)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (Beta 11)

  • SUSE Linux 10.1 (Beta 9)

What's New and Upcoming

Get the Most out of Novell Tech Select Service

Did you know that Novell Tech Select Service gives you and four other people access to the Subscriber Portal resources, including all Novell Self-Study Manuals and training materials? Share the wealth with your colleagues and assign them the four Electronic Professional Resource Subscriptions that come with Tech Select Service. To assign or reassign subscriptions, go to the Subscriber Portal, select your Tech Select Service subscription (or your PartnerNet or Premium Service administrator account) and select Manage Subscriptions.  

Early Releases

Now you can download and try the latest Novell software before it ships to the public! Simply log in to the Subscriber Portal and visit the Early Release section in the Software Download area. We recently added the following products:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (Beta 9)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (Beta 10)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (Beta 11)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (Beta 9)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (Beta 11)

  • SUSE Linux 10.1 (Beta 9)

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Novell Press Promotion

Deals on Novell Press books don't get much better than this: purchase Novell Open Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook, NetWare Edition today and get 25 percent off! This 600-page reference manual covers the major components and features of Novell Open Enterprise Server on the NetWare platform. After a brief introduction to essential concepts, the guide takes an in-depth look at implementing Open Enterprise Server on NetWare. While this book is not a reference for network theory, protocols or architectures, you will learn about adding open source options, features and technologies that extend the applicability and value of NetWare. You will also have a practical guide to the major components and features of Open Enterprise Server on NetWare.  

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