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October 2006 Highlights - NetWare Toolkit

Novell Technical Subscriptions

What's new in the NetWare® world? Your NetWare Toolkit subscription ensures online access to a whole host of exciting resources. You can try the new Novell® Storage Manager 2 and Novell Audit 2.02 software and apply some of the latest bonus utilities. If you're ready for a change of pace, there are two new white papers and reams of updated documentation. You'll also get access to a dozen new product patches, 630 Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) and a first look at the latest issue of Novell Connection magazine. So, why wait? Take a look today!

New Software (Online)

Novell Storage Manager 2

Novell Storage Manager (formerly File System Factory) is the only automated cross-platform solution for managing personal and collaborative storage. It's completely identity-driven, giving you a fast, secure way to provision, manage, migrate and archive users' storage based on their network identities and company roles.

What does this really mean? It means you will spend very little time and effort managing storage. After you define your storage policies once for the whole enterprise, you can sit back and relax. You'll get precise, automated management that doesn't require your attention or hands-on maintenance. With Novell Storage Manager, you can:

  • Easily manage storage on Microsoft Windows, Linux and NetWare, leveraging their respective directory technologies (Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory)

  • Automatically allocate, manage and clean up storage

  • Migrate storage—quickly and transparently—for thousands of users simultaneously

  • Use policies to predefine how much storage users and groups receive based on their roles within the organization

  • Pre-populate a new user's home directory with essential files

  • Limit the types of files that users can store on the network

  • Preserve intellectual property by automatically archiving a former user's data or forwarding it to an authorized manager

  • Demonstrate regulatory compliance with real-time enforcement and in-depth reports

  • Centrally monitor storage across your enterprise

  • Use your existing hardware

For more information on key features in Novell Storage Manager 2, visit http://www.novell.com/documentation/storagemanager2/index.html

Novell Audit 2.02

Novell Audit is a centralized, cross-platform, secure network event logging and auditing service. It tracks everything that occurs in your organization's systems to ensure that they are being accessed and used appropriately. Novell Audit records and reports on all security, system and application events in your enterprise network. It also filters and monitors events, notifying you in real time if regulations are breached or certain events occur. It's a powerful solution that delivers proof of your compliance with applicable regulations.

For more information about Audit 2.02, visit: http://www.novell.com/products/audit/

Advanced and Expanded Resources

Bonus Utilities (Online)

Helpful, time-saving NetWare bonus utilities give you many new ways to improve system performance and user productivity. Here's a small sampling of the latest:

  • config.sh for Linux—collects important system information for troubleshooting

  • Create Trustee Audit Report—creates a report that includes trustees assigned to a folder and their rights (if any trustees are groups, it will list the groups and their members)

  • SDelFile—scans deleted files and purges certain deleted files based on age

  • tkdiff—provides a graphical front end to the diff program

  • NetWare Control Center 2.2.0—provides a Novell Logfile Analyzer with real-time event monitoring, alerting and reporting

  • RconJ for Mac–Updated—runs using Java 1.5.0 and is native on Intel Macs to deliver top performance

  • DisableClose and ShowDesktop—prevents users from closing the windows that are running scripts

White Papers (Online)

The newest Novell white papers are definitely worth a few minutes of your time. Novell Open Workgroup Suite examines the many benefits of Novell Open Workgroup Suite, which gives enterprises of all sizes a secure, flexible and cost-effective IT infrastructure and a proven set of productivity or workgroup services. You could also read Novell Storage Manager: Driving Down the Costs of Storage Management. This conversational, interesting paper delivers hard numbers about the savings you'll see with Novell Storage Manager 2.

Support Resources

Latest Files and Patches (Online)

Why take chances? Keep NetWare and its related products up to date with the latest patches. This month's release includes 12 new ReadMe files and patches. By investing just a few minutes to apply these essential fixes, you will potentially save hours of time and effort down the road.

Technical Information Resources

Product Documentation (Online)

Our talented documentation team is committed to getting you the information you need to effectively manage NetWare (and its related products). Visit us online to see new and updated resources for the following products:

  • (updated) NetWare 6.5

  • (updated) Novell Open Enterprise Server

  • (updated) Novell Audit 2.0

  • (updated) Novell Business Continuity Cluster Services 1.1 BETA

  • Novell Business Continuity Cluster Services

Novell Connection Magazine

Second Quarter Issue (Online)

The latest issue of Novell Connection magazine covers the Novell technologies and solutions that will be redefining business in the months and years to come. You can browse interesting and informative articles on the following topics:

  • Security, storage and virtualization in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

  • Improvements to the desktop in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

  • The Mono development framework in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

  • Configuring and using the exciting new Novell GroupWise Mobile Server

  • Securing systems with the upcoming Novell Access Manager 3

  • Reducing Linux administration and costs with Novell ZENworks Linux Management – Dell Edition

  • The Novell acquisition of e-Security and the Sentinel product family

  • And much more...

New Support Knowledgebase Documents (TIDs) (Online)

The Novell Support Knowledgebase helps you find answers to your toughest NetWare questions. It's easy to use and includes a highly effective Search tool. This month, there are 630 new Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) for NetWare (and its related products). If you've had any lingering questions, give it a try. You'll get the answers you need and maybe learn something new (and helpful) about one of your favorite Novell products.

What's New and Upcoming

Free Online Training!

Be sure to take advantage of the free online training that's a key part of all Novell Self-Study Manuals. If these manuals are included in your subscription, you can access them under "Subscription Benefits" on the Subscriber Portal. We recommend that you use the convenient bookmark feature throughout the manual, so it's easier to return to the sections you're studying. And remember check the Subscriber Portal often, as we add new manuals all the time!  

Registration Codes for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

If you subscribe to the Novell Software Evaluation & Development Library (expanded), DeveloperNet Professional or Novell Tech Select Service, you can now request your registration codes for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 directly from the Subscriber Portal.  

Novell Press Promotion

A new Novell Press book is shipping: Getting Started with Linux: Novell's Guide to CompTIA's Linux+ (Course 3060). This course introduces students to the knowledge and skills needed to manage all Linux distributions. It covers the objectives outlined by CompTIA for its Linux+ exam and certification and offers an excellent way to begin preparing for the Novell Certification Linux Professional (Novell CLP) practicum exam. In fact, after completing this course, students will have acquired one-third the knowledge needed to become a full Novell CLP, the ideal certification for people interested in becoming Linux administrators. Get a head start on learning Linux and buy this essential guide today!  

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