A.10 December 2010 (OES 2 SP3)

This content in this guide previously appeared as the Converting NetWare 6.5 Clusters to OES 2 Linux chapter in the OES 2 SP2: Novell Cluster Services for Linux Administration Guide.

In addition, updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below.

A.10.1 Apache Web Server

This section was expanded to include installation and setup information that is specific to Linux.

A.10.2 Converting NetWare 6.5 Clusters to OES 2 Linux

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Step 1 in Finalizing the Cluster Conversion

Beginning in OES 2 SP3, you can use the cluster convert preview all command to preview all resources.

A.10.3 Novell Distributed File Services VLDB

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Step 2 in Cluster Migrating the Shared NSS Volume for the VLDB

Step 2 in Adding a Linux Server as a Replica Site

For each of the Linux nodes, assign the node’s nssadmin user as a trustee of the container that is configured as the Management Context for the VLDB, and give the user at least the Read and Compare rights to the [All Attribute Rights] property.

A.10.4 Planning the Cluster Conversion

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Section 2.11, Managing File Systems in Mixed-Node Clusters

If you need to configure (or reconfigure) existing shared NSS pools and volumes in a mixed-node cluster, you must temporarily bring down all Linux cluster nodes prior to making changes, then make the configuration changes on a NetWare node. Ensure that the resources are working properly on NetWare before having the Linux cluster nodes rejoin the cluster.

A.10.5 Planning the Conversion of Load and Unload Scripts

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Section 4.2, Comparing Script Length Limits for NetWare and Linux

This section is new.