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Using Novell's Year 2000 Information Ferret to Determine Your Y2K Status

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01 Apr 1999


With the next millennium just about the corner, there is a tremendous amount of work to accomplish and little time left. This article provides information on how Novell's Year 2000 Information Ferret will collect data from your Novell servers and, when the data is sent to Novell for analysis, can assist in ensuring that your Novell products are Year 2000 Ready.

Note: This table was last modified February, 1999. Novell no longer supports any WordPerfect products and is not addressing any Year 2000 issues with any WordPerfect products. This list is a work in progress and is provided AS IS without any warranties. Novell expressly disclaims any warranties or representations as the accuracy or completeness of the contents and expressly disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The contents are not suitable for use in all situations, and any use by you of the contents is at your own risk. Readers are advised this information is updated from time to time as new data is available. Novell will not be liable for damages of any kind, including direct, consequential (including loss of profits, business, or data) or special damages, which may arise out of or result from reliance on or use of this information.

Novell makes no warranty or representation regarding any third-party products; such products are provided AS IS. Users interested in the Year 2000 readiness of these products, or corresponding warranty information, should contact the respective third-party product manufacturer.

Introduction

With the next millennium just around the corner there is a tremendous amount of work to accomplish and little time left. One of the most daunting tasks faced is determining the Year 2000 status of software. With the demand for Year 2000 information increasing, and the need to get this information into customers hands quickly, Novell is providing the Year 2000 Information Ferret to enhance our ability to respond promptly to these requests.

Novell's Year 2000 Information Ferret will collect data from your Novell servers and, when the data is sent to Novell for analysis, can assist in ensuring that your Novell products are Year 2000 Ready. Go to http://www.novell.com/year2000/y2kferret.htmlto download the Year 2000 Information Ferret from Novell.

What is the Information Ferret?

Novell's Year 2000 Information Ferret is a Windows 95/98 or Windows NT client application that gathers server and server resident file information from your SYS, SYSTEM, PUBLIC and ETC directories. From this information Novell can provide you with a report identifying the Year 2000 status of Novell products that have been installed in these directories, and also those loaded in memory when the Ferret is run.

Run the Ferret, scan the selected servers, then send the data to Novell. Upon receipt of the files Novell will produce a report and send it to you. The report will provide server-by-server details of which Novell products were found and what action is required, if any, to make the product ready for the next millennium.

How to Send the Files

There are three methods to send the data to Novell.

  1. FTP After the Year 2000 Information Ferret is run on all your servers select SEND then select FTP. When you select the FTP button, your browser will be opened and will go to the FTP upload site. (NetScape preferred, FTP upload not supported by Microsoft's Internet Explorer) Select Upload Zip Files then right click on windows Start and select Explore. In Explore double-click on the C:\Novell\Ferret folder to open it. Reduce the window size so you can see both the FTP site and Explore windows on the screen. Select file(s) in the C:\Novell\Ferret directory with an extension of .ZIP then drag and drop the selected files from the Explore window to the FTP window. Select OK in the FTP window to send the files to Novell. Go to the Explore window and drag the .ZIP files to an archive directory to prevent re-sending of the same data. If necessary, create a new folder under Ferret to archive the .ZIP file(s).

Note: This FTP upload capability is not supported by Microsoft's Internet Explorer as documented in their Article ID: Q142851) Please use Netscape Navigator 4 or other FTP client software and upload the files to Novell's Y2K FTP Upload Site.

  1. E-mail After the Year 2000 Information Ferret is run on all your servers select SEND then select E-mail. When you select this E-mail button, your default E-mail software will be opened, a new message will be created and addressed to Y2K@Novell.com. (If your E-mail does not open automatically, simply open your E-mail, create a new message and enter the address) Add the Subject Year 2000 Assessment attach the file(s) with a .ZIP extension from the C:\Novell\Ferret directory to the E-mail message, then send the E-mail message. After sending the E-mail drag the .ZIP files to an archive directory to prevent re-sending of the same data.

  2. MAIL (If you only have a few servers, no E-mail access and no Web access) After the Year 2000 Information Ferret is run on all your servers select SEND then select DISK, which will copy the .ZIP file(s) from the A drive. Mail the disk to Novell at the following address:

    Novell Millennium Services 1555 N. Technology Way Mail Stop ORM-S112 Orem, Utah USA 84097-2399

After sending the files move them to an archive directory to avoid sending the same files again.

Q. How do I get the report(s) from Novell once I send the ZIP files?

A. The resulting report will be mailed to you at the address specified in the Ferret profile.

Q. I've received the report. What does all of this mean? How do I interpret the report?

A. Please go to this link for details on the report content. Interpreting the Ferret Report.

Q. How much does this service cost?

A. This service is currently free. The demand for Year 2000 information from Novell is increasing while the time to resolve Year 2000 issues is getting short. The Year 2000 Information Ferret is being provided to meet customer demand for this information.

Q. What access control rights do I need to use the Year 2000 information Ferret?

A. To obtain the maximum value this tool can provide, you must have Supervisor or Administrator rights to the servers you wish to scan. If you do not have these rights the Year 2000 Information Ferret will only report on the version of NetWare on your server(s) and not on other Novell products.

Q. What happens if I cannot access all of my servers?

A. All servers to be scanned must be online and accessible to the user of the Year 2000 Information Ferret. If a server is not accessible when the software is executed, Year 2000 status information will not be available for that server. The Year 2000 Information Ferret can be executed again when the server is available.

Q. What impact will running this tool have on my network performance?

A. Operation of the Year 2000 Information Ferret in a WAN environment does consume some network bandwidth and may time-out across slow links. To avoid this situation, distribute this application to remote sites and execute the software after-hours if scanning a large number of NetWare servers.

Q. How can I centrally collect the reports from the Year 2000 Information Ferret?

A. The Profile information, which is required prior to scanning server(s), includes a field called "Send Report to." This field is intended to allow the collection of the reports at a central location. Enter an E-mail address in this field that would be common to those desiring to send the reports to a single location.

Year 2000 Status of Novell Products

The following tables list Novell products that are being validated as part of Novell's Project 2000. If you are using other Novell products or Novell products not listed in these tables, Novell recommends upgrading to a newer product as indicated below, or discontinuing use before the turn of the century. All Year 2000 Ready Novell products require a Year 2000 Ready hardware platform (BIOS/RTC). To find updated information and links to available updates, go to http://www.novell.com/year2000/product.html.

NetWare Platform


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

NetWare 5

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare 4.2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare 4.11/ intraNetWare (including SMPand SFT III support)

Year 2000 Ready

Optional update available

NetWare 4.11 (including SMPand SFT III support)

Year 2000 Ready

Optional update available

NetWare 4.11 for OS/2

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available

NetWare 4.10 (not being supported for OS/2, SMP, or SFT III)

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available

SMP for NetWare 4.10 (and prior versions)

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare 4.2 SMP or NetWare 5

SFT III for NetWare 4.10 (and prior versions)

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare 4.2 SFT III

NetWare 4.10 (and prior versions) for OS/2

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare 4.2

NetWare 4.x versions prior to v4.10

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare 4.2 or NetWare 5

NetWare 3.2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare 3.12

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available, or upgrade to NetWare 3.2, NetWare 4.2, or NetWare 5

NetWare 3.11 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare 3.2, NetWare 4.2, or NetWare 5

NetWare for Macintosh 4.11

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare for Macintosh 3.12

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available, or upgrade to NetWare 3.2, NetWare 4.2, or NetWare 5

NetWare for Macintosh versions prior to 3.12

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare 3.2 or NetWare 4.2 (includes Macintosh)

intraNetWare for Small Business 1.1

Year 2000 Ready

Optional update available

NetWare for Small Business

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Personal NetWare, all versions, all languages

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare for Small Business

NetWare Lite, all versions, all languages

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare for Small Business

High Availability & Clustering Products


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

Novell StandbyServer for NetWare/intraNetWare

Year 2000 Ready

Product available

Novell StandbyServer Many-to-One for NetWare/intraNetWare

Year 2000 Ready

Product available

Novell SnapShotServer for NetWare/intraNetWare

Year 2000 Ready

Product available

NetWare/intraNetWare Clients


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

Novell Client 4.5 for Windows NT

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Client 4.3 for Windows NT

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Client 3.01 for Windows 95/98

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Client 2.5 for Windows 95/98

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Client 2.5 for DOS/Windows 3.x

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare Client 2.20 for Windows 95 (Client 32)

Year 2000 Ready

Optional update available

Novell Client 2.6 for DOS/Windows 3.1

Not being tested

No update necessary

NetWare Client 2.12 for DOS/Windows 3.1 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to latest client version

NetWare/intraNetWare Client for NT 4.11a (supports NT OS versions 3.51 and 4.0, includes WSMgr)

Year 2000 Ready

Optional update available

NetWare/intraNetWare Client for NT 4.10 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to latest client version

NetWare/intraNetWare Client 5.11 for Macintosh

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare Client 2.12 for OS/2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare Client for OS/2 2.11 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to latest client version

NETX Client (NETX.EXE)

Not being tested

Upgrade to latest client version

NetWare Client VLM 1.21

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary (recommend upgrade to latest client version)

NetWare Client VLM 1.20 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare Client VLM 1.21 (recommend upgrade to latest client version)

NetWare Client VLMIP

Not being tested

Upgrade to latest client version

NetWare Mobile Client 1.0 all languages

Not being tested

No upgrade path

NetWare Products


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

Z.E.N.works

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Web Server, all versions

Not being supported

Migrate to Netscape Servers for NetWare

NetWare/IP 2.2c (for NetWare 4.11/NetWare 4.2)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/IP 2.1

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare/IP 2.2

NetWare/IP 1.1 (for NetWare 3.12, 3.2)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Application Launcher (NAL) 2.01

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Application Launcher (NAL) 1.1 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to NAL 2.01

Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Replication Services (NRS) 1.2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NDS for NT 1.0

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Novell Administrator for Windows NT 2.0c

Year 2000 Ready

Optional update available

Novell Administrator for Windows NT 2.0 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to Novell Administrator for Windows NT 2.0c

Novell Cross-Platform Services (NCPS) 4.10b

Year 2000 Ready

Optional source code available to authorized partners

LDAP 1.0

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare Telephony Services (NTS) 2.21

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare Telephony Services (NTS) 2.11 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to NTS 2.21

DHCP 2.1

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

DHCP 2.0b and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to DHCP 2.1

ODI LAN Driver (dev kit)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare for DEC Access

Not being tested

No upgrade path

Netscape Enterprise Server Products


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

Netscape Enterprise Server 3 for NetWare

Not being tested

Upgrade to Netscape Enterprise Server 4 & 5 for NetWare

Netscape Enterprise Server 3 for NetWare Worldwide Edition

Not being tested

Upgrade to Netscape Enterprise Server 4 & 5 for NetWare Worldwide Edition

Novell Web Server, all versions

Not being supported

Migrate to Netscape Servers for NetWare

Netscape Enterprise Server 4 & 5 for NetWare

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Netscape Enterprise Server 4 & 5 for NetWare Worldwide Edition

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Netscape Messaging Server 3 for NetWare Worldwide Edition

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Netscape Messaging Server 4 & 5 for NetWare Worldwide Edition

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Netscape FastTrack Server for NetWare

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Collaboration Products


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

GroupWise 5.5

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 5.2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 5.2 Administration

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 5.2 Client for Mac, UNIX, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/NT

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 5.2 Monitor

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 5.2 Language Versions

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise WebAccess 5.2 (NLM, NT)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise WebAccess 4.1

Not being tested

Upgrade to WebAccess 5.2

GroupWise Internet Agent (NLM, NT)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 5.0 & 5.1, all components

Not being tested

Upgrade to GroupWise 5.2

GroupWise 4.1

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 4.1 Administration

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 4.1a Client for Win 3.1

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 4.1 Admin & Post Office Servers for NLM and OS/2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 4.1 Client for Macintosh

Not being tested

Upgrade to GroupWise 5.2

GroupWise 4.1 Clients for DOS and UNIX

Not being tested

Upgrade to GroupWise 5.2

GroupWise 4.1 Servers for DOS and UNIX

Not being tested

Upgrade to GroupWise 4.1 NLM or GroupWise 5.2

GroupWise 4.1 PhoneAccess (OS/2)

Not being tested

Upgrade to GroupWise 5.2

GroupWise Async Gateway (NLM, OS/2)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise API Gateway 4.1 (NLM, OS/2)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise Async Gateway (DOS) v.1

Not being tested

Upgrade to Async Gateway (NLM) or GroupWise 5.2

GroupWise Fax/Print Gateway (DOS) 2.0

Not being tested

No upgrade path

GroupWise cc:Mail, MS Mail, and Notes Gateways (OS/2)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise Pager Gateway 4.1 NLM (not OS/2)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise SMTP/MIME, X.25, and X.400 Gateways

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

GroupWise 4.1 SNADS Gateway (NLM, OS/2)

Gateway supported but not Y2K tested.

Applications that use gateway should be user/developer tested for Y2K issues

GroupWise 4.1 OfficeVision/VM & PROFS Gateway (NLM, OS/2)

Gateway supported but not Y2K tested

Applications that use gateway should be user/developer tested for Y2K issues

GroupWise 4.1 MHS Gateway (DOS, NLM)

Not being tested

No upgrade path

Informs 4.2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

InForms 4.1 and prior versions (all components)

Not being tested

Upgrade to InForms 4.2 (now a third-party product)

Soft Solutions 4.1

Not being tested

No upgrade path

BorderManager


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

BorderManager Firewall Services 3

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

BorderManager FastCache Services 3

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

BorderManager VPN Services 3

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

BorderManager Authenication Services 3

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

BorderManager Authentication Services (BMAS) 1.0

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

BorderManager 2.1

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available

FastCache 1.0

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

Network Management


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

ManageWise 2.6

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

ManageWise 2.5

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available

ManageWise 2.1 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to ManageWise 2.6

ManageWise Agent for Windows NT Server 2.1

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare Management Agent (NMA) 2.1

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare Services Manager, all versions

Not being tested

No upgrade path available

NetWare Management System 2.1 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to ManageWise 2.6

LANalyzer for Windows 2.2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare LANalyzer Agent 1.21

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare LANalyzer Agent 1.1 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to LANalyzer Agent 1.21

LANtern Network Monitor for Ethernet (all versions)

Not being tested

No upgrade path

LANtern Services Manager (all versions)

Not being tested

No upgrade path

LAN WorkPlace/LAN WorkGroup


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

LAN WorkPlace Pro 5.1 32-bit

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available

LAN WorkPlace 5 for Windows 3.1 16-bit

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available

LAN WorkPlace 4.2 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to LAN WorkPlace 5 or LAN WorkGroup 5.01e

LAN WorkGroup 5.01e

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available

LAN WorkGroup 4.2 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to LAN WorkPlace 5 or LAN WorkGroup 5.01e

MultiProtocol Router Products


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

MultiProtocol Router 3.1 (NetWare Enterprise Router 16 WAN Port configuration)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

MultiProtocol Router 3.1 (NetWare BranchLink Router 2 WAN Port configuration)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

MultiProtocol Router 3.0

Not being tested

Upgrade to MPR 3.1 or BorderManager 2.1

MultiProtocol Router 2.2 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to BorderManager 2.1

WAN Extensions 3.1

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

WAN Extensions 3.0

Not being tested

Upgrade to WAN Extensions 3.1 or BorderManager 2.1

SNA Extensions 3.1

Not being tested

No upgrade path

SNA Extensions 3.0

Not being tested

No upgrade path

Host Connectivity


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

NetWare for SAA 3.0 (intraNetWare for SAA 3.0)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare for SAA 2.0

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare for SAA 2.2 (includes Services Manager)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare for SAA: AS/400 Edition

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare for SAA: AS/400 Edition 2 (referred to as SAA 2.3 also)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare HostPrint 2

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare HostPrint/400

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare HostPrint 1.11

Year 2000 Ready with upate

Update available

NetWare HostPrint 1.1 and prior versions

Not being tested

Upgrade to HostPrint 1.11 or HostPrint 2

NetWare/intraNetWare Host Publisher

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare for SAA 1.3a/b

Not being tested

Upgrade to SAA 3.0 or SAA: AS/400 Edition 2

Dial-in/Dial-out Connectivity


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

NetWare Connect 2.0

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare Connect 1.0

Not being tested

Upgrade to NetWare Connect 2.0 or BorderManager 2.1

NetWare Connect View 2.0

Year 2000 Ready with update

Update available

NFS/UNIX Products


Product
Status
Y2K Update or Upgrade Available

NetWare/intraNetWare NFS Services 2.3)

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare NFS Services 2.12

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare NFS Services 2.1

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare NFS Services 1.2c

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare Print Services for UNIX 2.3

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare/intraNetWare Print Services for UNIX 2.12

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare UNIX Print Services 2.1

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NetWare NFS 1.2c/NFS Gateway 1.2 Bundle

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

FLeX/IP 1.2c

Year 2000 Ready

No update necessary

NFS Starter Kit 1.x

Currently testing

Q4 1998

* Originally published in Novell AppNotes


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