Because OES 11 services run on Linux rather than on NetWare, there are noticeable differences between the system and administrative users and groups on OES 11 servers. For example, some OES 11 services, such as Novell CIFS, require proxy users to retrieve service-related information and service attributes, and to write service information in eDirectory.
For more information, see System User and Group Management in OES 11 SP3
and Administrative Users in OES 11 SP2
in the OES 11 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide.
Table 1-3 Service Comparison Between NetWare 6.5 SP8 and OES 11 SP3
|
Service |
NetWare 6.5 SP8 |
OES 11 SP3 |
Platform Differences / Migration Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Access Control Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
In combination with NCP Server, Linux supports the Novell trustee model for file access on NSS volumes and NCP (POSIX) volumes on Linux. |
|
AFP (Apple* File Protocol) |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - Novell AFP |
AFP services on NetWare and OES are proprietary and tightly integrated with eDirectory and Novell Storage Services (NSS). |
|
Apache Web Server |
Yes - NetWare port of open source product |
Yes - Standard Linux |
|
|
Archive and Version Services (Novell) |
Yes |
Yes |
Setup varies slightly, but there are no functional differences. |
|
Backup (SMS)
|
Yes |
Yes |
SMS provides backup applications with a framework to develop complete backup and restore solutions. For information, see the OES 11 SP3: Storage Management Services Administration Guide for Linux. NSS provides extended attribute handling options for NSS on Linux. For information, see |
|
CIFS (Windows File Services) |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - Novell CIFS and Novell Samba |
Both NFAP and Novell CIFS are Novell proprietary and tightly integrated with eDirectory and Novell Storage Services (NSS). Samba is an open source product distributed with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Novell Samba is enhanced by Novell with configuration settings for eDirectory LDAP authentication via Linux User Management (LUM). Novell Samba is not tightly integrated with NSS on Linux and works with any of the supported file systems. |
|
Clustering |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
DFS (Novell Distributed File Services) |
Yes |
Yes |
In combination with NCP Server, DFS supports junctions and junction targets for NSS volumes on Linux and NetWare. DFS also supports junction targets for NCP volumes on non-NSS file systems, such as Btrfs, Ext3, and XFS. The VLDB command offers additional options to manage entries in the VLDB for NCP volumes. |
|
DHCP |
Yes |
Yes |
For a comparison between what is available on OES 11 SP3 and NetWare, see To plan your DHCP implementations, see |
|
DNS |
Yes |
Yes |
For a comparison between what is available on OES 11 SP3 and NetWare, see See |
|
Dynamic Storage Technology |
No |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
eDirectory 8.8 |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
eDirectory Certificate Server |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
eGuide (White Pages) |
Yes |
No |
This functionality is now part of the Identity Manager User Application. For more information, see the User Application: Administration Guide.. |
|
FTP Server |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. See |
|
Health Monitoring Services |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. For help with diagnosing problems using Ganglia and Nagios in OES 11 SP3, see The NRM Health Monitor tool is no longer available in OES 11 SP2 and later. For information about using Health Monitor in OES 11 SP1 and earlier, see |
|
Identity Manager 4.0.2 Bundled Edition |
No |
Yes |
|
|
iPrint |
Yes |
Yes |
See |
|
IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) from Novell |
Yes |
No |
Novell has no plans to port IPX to OES. |
|
iSCSI |
Yes |
Yes |
The iSCSI target for Linux does not support eDirectory access controls like the NetWare target does. Nor is the iSCSI initiator or target in OES 11 SP2 or later integrated with NetWare Remote Manager management. You use YaST management tools instead. On the other hand, the iSCSI implementation for Linux is newer and performs better. See Linux-iSCSI Project on the Web. See |
|
KVM Virtualization Guest |
No |
Yes |
Of the two OES virtualization solutions (KVM and Xen), only Xen is supported for running Netware. |
|
KVM Virtualization Host Server |
Yes |
N/A |
|
|
LDAP Server for eDirectory |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
Multipath Device Management |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare uses NSS multipath I/O. Linux uses Device Mapper - Multipath that runs underneath other device management services. |
|
MySQL |
Yes - NetWare port of open source product |
Yes - Standard Linux |
See MySQL.com on the Web. See See also |
|
NCP Volumes |
No |
Yes |
NCP Server on Linux supports creating NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems such as btrfs, Reiser, Ext2, Ext3, and XFS. For information, see |
|
NCP Server |
Yes |
Yes |
NCP services are native to NetWare 6.5 and NSS volumes; to have NCP services on OES, the NCP Server must be installed. See |
|
NetStorage |
Yes |
Yes |
NetStorage on Linux offers connectivity to storage locations through the CIFS, NCP, and SSH protocols. NetWare uses only NCP. |
|
NetWare Traditional File System |
Yes |
No |
Novell has no plans to port the NetWare Traditional File System to Linux. |
|
NetWare Traditional Volumes |
Yes |
N/A |
|
|
NFS |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - native to Linux |
For NetWare, see |
|
NICI (Novell International Cryptography Infrastructure) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
NMAS (Novell Modular Authentication Services) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
Novell Audit |
Yes |
No |
Novell Audit is not included with OES. However, the Novell Audit 2.0 Starter pack is available for download at no cost on Novell.com. |
|
Novell Client for Windows and Linux support |
Yes |
Yes |
Novell Client connectivity to OES requires that the NCP Server be installed. |
|
Novell Cluster Services |
Yes |
Yes |
See See |
|
Novell iFolder 2.x |
Yes |
No |
For migration information, see |
|
Novell iFolder 3.9 |
No |
Yes |
OES 11 SP3 includes Linux, Macintosh, and Windows clients. |
|
Novell Licensing Services |
Yes |
No |
See OES Doesn’t Support NLS in the OES 11 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide. |
|
Novell Linux Volume Manager |
No |
Yes |
The Novell Linux Volume Manager (NLVM) command line interface can be used to create and manage Linux POSIX file systems. For information about the syntax and options for the NLVM commands used in this section, see the OES 11 SP3: NLVM Reference. |
|
NSS (Novell Storage Services) |
Yes |
Yes |
Most NSS services are available on both platforms. For a list of NSS features that are not used on Linux, see In OES 11 and later, NSS supports both the DOS and GPT partitioning scheme. It also supports partitions up to 8 TB in size. (NetWare supports only DOS and partitions up to 2 TB in size.) In OES 11 SP1 and later, NSSMU supports Linux volumes in addition to NSS pools and volumes. |
|
NTPv3 |
Yes |
Yes |
The ntpd.conf file on NetWare can replace an OES server’s NTP configuration file without modification. |
|
OpenSSH |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare includes a port of the open source product. Linux includes the open source product itself. See |
|
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) |
No |
Yes |
PAM is a Linux service that Novell leverages to provide eDirectory authentication. eDirectory authentication is native on NetWare. |
|
Pervasive.SQL |
Yes |
No |
Pervasive.SQL is available for Linux from the Web. |
|
PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
Printing |
Yes |
Yes |
See iPrint. |
|
QuickFinder |
Yes |
Yes |
See Search. |
|
RADIUS |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Samba |
No |
Yes |
Samba is an open source technology available on OES. Novell provides automatic configuration for authentication through eDirectory. For more information, see the OES 11 SP3: Novell Samba Administration Guide. |
|
Search (QuickFinder) |
Yes |
Yes |
When indexing a file system, the QuickFinder engine indexes only what it has rights to see. On NetWare, it has full access to all mounted volumes. On Linux, it has rights to only the files that the novlwww user in the www group has rights to see. For more information, see |
|
SLP |
Yes - Novell SLP |
Yes - OpenSLP |
For OES 11, see SLP in the OES 11 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide. NetWare uses Novell SLP, which provides caching of Directory Agent scope information in eDirectory. This provides for sharing of scope information among DAs. OpenSLP on Linux is now customized to provide DA information retention and sharing as well. |
|
Software RAIDS (NSS volumes) |
Yes (0, 1, 5, 10, 15) |
Yes (0, 1, 5, 10, 15) |
See |
|
Storage Management Services (SMS) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences, except that the SBCON backup engine is not supported on Linux. The nbackup engine is available for exploring SMS capabilities, but in a production environment, you should use a third-party, full-featured backup engine. |
|
TCP/IP |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
|
Timesync NLM |
Yes |
No |
Timesync will not be ported to Linux. However, NTPv3 is available on both Linux and NetWare. See Time Services in the OES 11 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide. |
|
Tomcat |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare includes Tomcat 4 and a Tomcat 5 servlet container for iManager 2.7. OES 11 SP2 or later includes Tomcat 6. See “Administration Instance vs. Public Instance on NetWare” |
|
Virtual Office (Collaboration) |
Yes |
No |
Virtual Office has been replaced by Novell Vibe OnPrem. A separate purchase is required. For more information, see the Novell Vibe OnPrem Web Site. |
|
WAN Traffic Manager |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Xen Virtualization Guest |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare 6.5 SP8 (and NetWare 6.5 SP 7) can run as a paravirtualized machine. OES 11 SP3 can run as a paravirtualized machine or fully virtualized machine. |
|
Xen Virtualization Host Server |
N/A |
Yes |
|