Novell Remote Manager (NRM) is a browser-based management utility for monitoring server health, changing the configuration of your server, or performing diagnostic and debugging tasks. NRM also allows you to create NSS pools and volumes and to manage some capabilities for NSS volumes on Linux and NetWare.
Your configuration must satisfy the following prerequisites:
Make sure SSL 3.0 (where available) or SSL 2.0 is enabled in your Web browser.
Novell Remote Manager requires an SSL connection between your Web browser and the target server where it is running. You must enable SSL services for your Web browser; otherwise, the browser displays an error when it tries to display the Novell Remote Manager Web pages later.
Ports 8008 (insecure) and 8009 (secure) are the default ports used for accessing Novell Remote Manager. If you change the port number assigned to it, make sure you specify the same value for the port number when you log in.
You can log into Novell Remote Manager for Linux as the root user or equivalent for the OES Linux server you are managing.
You can alternately log in to Novell Remote Manager with your eDirectory credentials if you first enable Linux User Management (LUM) in your eDirectory tree and install and configure LUM on the target server. The Admin user or equivalent must be Linux-enabled and at least one of the following conditions must be met:
The Admin user (or equivalent user) must be associated to the eDirectory group that has the Supervisor right for the Entry Rights property for the UNIX Workstation object in eDirectory.
The Admin user (or equivalent user) must have the Supervisor right for the Entry Rights property to the NCP object that represents the Linux server in the eDirectory tree.
To tell if a user is Linux-enabled, go to iManager, select the User role, then select the user to see if the following is true:
The user has a Linux Profile tab on the Modify User page in iManager.
The user’s eDirectory object is associated with the UNIX Workstation object that represents the Linux server.
For information about configuring Linux User Management and enabling users for Linux, see the OES 2 SP2: Novell Linux User Management Technology Guide.
To access all pages necessary to manage your server remotely, log in as a user with the Supervisor right to the Server object. Usually, this is the Admin user or a user with rights equivalent to the Admin user.
Novell Remote Manager for Linux allows you to browse NSS volumes on your Linux servers. It requires that the NCP™ Server and NCP Server plug-in for Novell Remote Manager be installed and running.
The NCP Server plug-in supports the following tasks:
Managing connections to NSS volumes and viewing open files for a connection.
For information, see Managing Connections for NCP Volumes and NSS Volumes
in the OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.
Creating or managing shadow volumes with NSS volumes as the primary and secondary storage areas.
For information, see the OES 2 SP2: Dynamic Storage Technology Administration Guide.
Novell Remote Manager for Linux does not support the following tasks for NSS on Linux:
Configuring directory quotas
Salvaging and purging deleted files and directories
Configuring file system trustees and attributes for directories and files
Creating and managing partitions, pools, and volumes
For detailed information about NRM on Linux, see the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide.
Novell Remote Manager for NetWare provides most of the functionality of the Monitor utility and other functionality from server-console-based utilities. It is the primary management tool for NetWare Traditional File System volumes.
Novell Remote Manager for NetWare supports the following tasks for managing NSS pools and volumes on NetWare servers:
Configuring directory quotas.
This requires that the Directory Quotas attribute be enabled on the NSS volume. For information, see Managing Directory Quotas
in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide.
Salvaging and purging deleted files and directories.
This requires that the Salvage attribute be enabled on the NSS volume. For information, see Salvaging and Purging Deleted Volumes, Directories, and Files
in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide.
Configuring file system trustees, trustee rights, inherited rights filter, and file and folder attributes. For information, see Viewing and Changing Trustee Assignments and Inherited Rights Filters
in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Remote Manager Administration Guide.
Creating and managing some aspects devices, partitions, pools, and volumes.
For full management and feature support, use NSSMU and iManager to manage storage.
Managing connections to NSS volumes and viewing open files for a connection.
For information, see Managing Connections to the Server
in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Remote Manager Administration Guide.
For detailed information, see the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Remote Manager Administration Guide.
From your Web browser, enter one of the following:
http://server-ip-address:8008
https://server-ip-address:8009
Replace server-ip-address with the IP address of the server you want to manage. If you have Domain Name Services (DNS) installed on your network for server name-to-IP address resolution, you can optionally use the server’s DNS name instead of the IP address.
Determine the authenticity of the SSL certificate, then accept it if the certificate is valid.
When the Login page appears, do one of the following:
Linux: Type the username and password of the root user for that server, or type the username and password of the Admin user (or equivalent user) who is an eDirectory user and who has been Linux-enabled.
NetWare: Type the username and password of the Admin user or equivalent.
Click to log in to the target server and initiate your SSL session.
The management interface opens in your Web browser. After logging in, your SSL session for Novell Remote Manager remains open until you close all your browser windows at that workstation.
Novell Remote Manager on Linux is installed and runs by default. If it hangs, you can use the /etc/init.d/novell-httpstkd script to get status or to stop, start, or restart httpstkd. For the latest information about httpstkd, see Starting or Stopping HTTPSTKD
in the OES 2 SP2: Novell Remote Manager for Linux Administration Guide.