C.1 January 2014 (OES 11 SP2)

Updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below.

C.1.1 Accessing Novell Remote Manager for Linux

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Section 6.1, System Requirements	Updated web browser versions to latest versions. Support was added for the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 10 in the desktop user interface view on Windows 7 clients and Windows 8 clients Safari 6.0 on Mac OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) clients For certificate handling, we recommend you enable your web browser for SSL 3.0 or the latest TLS if it is available.
Figure 6-1, Layout of Novell Remote Manager for OES 11 SP2 and Later	This layout is new for OES 11 SP2. For OES 11 SP2, the key additions are the Novell CIFS plug-in to manage CIFS connections and the Novell AFP plug-in to manage AFP connections. Under the Diagnose option, the Health Monitor function is obsoleted by the use of Ganglia and Nagios open source software to monitor system performance and services health.
Section 6.2, Accessing Novell Remote Manager	This section was reorganized for clarity.
Step 3 in Section 6.2, Accessing Novell Remote Manager	TLS 1.0 or later is also supported for SSL.
Section 6.4.1, Header Frame	Clicking the Health Monitor icon takes you to the Nagios Service Detail page. You can also access Novell Support by clicking the Novell big red N icon on the right side of the header frame.
Section 6.4.2, Overall Health Indicator	For OES 11 SP2, the overall health status is determined from the services you configure to be monitored and displayed on the Nagios Service Detail page. Clicking the Server Health icon takes you to the Nagios Service Detail page.
Section 6.4.3, Navigation Frame	Added links to information about the standard NRM navigation roles.
Section 6.4.4, Program Plug-Ins in the Navigation Frame	This section is new. The Novell CIFS plug-in allows you to manage CIFS connections on the server. The Novell AFP plug-in allows you to manage AFP connections on the server.

C.1.2 Diagnosing Problems Using Ganglia and Nagios (OES 11 SP2)

Section 8.0, Diagnosing Problems Using Ganglia and Nagios (OES 11 SP3) is new. Beginning in OES 11 SP2, Ganglia and Nagios open source software are used to monitor server and service health.

C.1.3 HTTPSTKD Configuration File Options

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Section A.3, Email Notification Commands (OES 11 SP1 and Earlier)	The email notification commands mailserver and mailto in the HTTPSTKD configuration file (/etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf) are obsoleted by the notification system for Nagios. The commands are not available in the HTTPSTKD configuration file beginning in OES 11 SP2.
Section A.5, HttpOnly Command	The configuration file name is /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf. The command name HttpOnly is case sensitive.

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Section A.3, Email Notification Commands (OES 11 SP1 and Earlier)

The email notification commands mailserver and mailto in the HTTPSTKD configuration file (/etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf) are obsoleted by the notification system for Nagios. The commands are not available in the HTTPSTKD configuration file beginning in OES 11 SP2.

Section A.5, HttpOnly Command

The configuration file name is /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf.

The command name HttpOnly is case sensitive.

C.1.4 Managing AFP Services

Section 16.0, Managing AFP Services is new.

C.1.5 Managing CIFS Services

Section 15.0, Managing CIFS Services is new.

C.1.6 Managing Dynamic Storage Technology Options

Section 14.0, Managing Dynamic Storage Technology Options is new.

C.1.7 Managing NCP Services

Section 13.0, Managing NCP Services is new. The NCP-related content was moved here from Section 9.0, Viewing File Systems.

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Section 13.3.4, Emailing a Saved NCP Inventory Report (OES 11 SP1)	The Novell Remote Manager email notification system is not supported on OES 11 SP2. The send email option on the NCP Inventory Reports page is supported only on OES 11 SP1 and earlier.
Section 13.6.3, Emailing a Saved NCP Trustee Report (OES 11 SP1)	The Novell Remote Manager email notification system is not supported on OES 11 SP2. The send email option on the NCP Trustee Reports page is supported only on OES 11 SP1 and earlier.

C.1.8 Novell Remote Manager Packages

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Table B-2, Packages for Program Plug-Ins to Novell Remote Manager	This table describes the NRM plug-in packages.
Table B-3, Open Source Packages Used for Server and Services Health Monitoring in OES 11 SP2 and Later	This table describes the open-source health monitoring software used by Novell Remote Manager to report server and services health information.
Table B-4, Key Dependencies of the Novell Remote Manager Pattern in OES 11 SP1 and Earlier	This table describes the software used by Novell Remote Manager to report system health information.

C.1.9 Overview of Novell Remote Manager for Linux

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Table 1-2, Information about Plug-Ins to Novell Remote Manager	This table links to quick references about the plug-in in this guide and to the books for the related OES Services.

C.1.10 Security Considerations

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Certificate handling by the web browser	Certificate handling requires SSL 2.0 or later, or TLS 1.0 or later, to be enabled in your web browser. We recommend the higher security options of SSL 3.0, or the latest TLS if it is available.

C.1.11 Troubleshooting Novell Remote Manager

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Section 18.2, Error while loading shared libraries: libldapx.so.0	This section is new.

C.1.12 Using Group Operations

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Section 12.1, Building and Configuring a Monitoring Group	The Web Page monitoring option shows the response when trying to determine if the communication is working to a server that hosts a website.
Section 13.6.3, Emailing a Saved NCP Trustee Report (OES 11 SP1)	The Novell Remote Manager email notification system is not supported on OES 11 SP2. The Email Options on the Group Operations Configuration page are supported only on OES 11 SP1 and earlier.

C.1.13 Viewing File Systems

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Section 13.2.5, Salvaging and Purging Deleted Files on an NSS Volume	If the deleted file resided in a directory that has been deleted, you must first salvage the deleted directories in the path. Salvage each lower directory in turn until you have salvaged the deleted directory that contained the file. You can then search for the deleted file in the salvaged directory. You can also select a deleted directory and use the Purge option to purge the deleted directory and all of the deleted subdirectories and files that it contains.
Performing Actions on Files from Custom Reports	Actions on files in the inventory are performed in the selected volume. The target path must be to a location on the same volume.

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Section 13.2.5, Salvaging and Purging Deleted Files on an NSS Volume

If the deleted file resided in a directory that has been deleted, you must first salvage the deleted directories in the path. Salvage each lower directory in turn until you have salvaged the deleted directory that contained the file. You can then search for the deleted file in the salvaged directory.

You can also select a deleted directory and use the Purge option to purge the deleted directory and all of the deleted subdirectories and files that it contains.

Performing Actions on Files from Custom Reports

Actions on files in the inventory are performed in the selected volume. The target path must be to a location on the same volume.

C.1.14 What’s New or Changed in Novell Remote Manager

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Section 2.2, What’s New (OES 11 SP2)	This section is new.