2.10 What’s New (OES 2 Linux)

The features in this section were added to Novell Remote Manager for Linux since its initial release in OES 1 Linux.

2.10.1 What’s New (OES 2 Linux)

The features in this section were added to Novell Remote Manager for Linux in the initial release of OES 2 Linux:

Area of Service

Functionality

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Health Monitor

On the Health Monitor page, you can view the online or offline status of the services running on your OES 2 Linux server.

You can also change the online or offline status of these services.

Monitoring Overall Server Health or the Health of a Specific Item.

Installation

When you add OES 2 to a server, Novell Remote Manager is no longer installed by default like it was in OES 1. Novell Remote Manager has its own pattern and it is selected for installation with all other OES 2 patterns.

Setting Up Novell Remote Manager for Linux.

Manage Linux, Scheduled Task

You can schedule a task using a cron job.

Scheduling cron Jobs to Run on the Server.

All

You can use Novell Remote Manager to access and manage virtualized OES 2 Linux servers.

Managing a Virtualized Linux Server with Novell Remote Manager.

2.10.2 What’s New (OES 1 SP2 Linux)

The features in this section were added to Novell Remote Manager for Linux in OES 1 SP2 Linux:

Area of Service

Functionality

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View File System (Home)

On the home page, you can view the percent of free space available on each mounted physical devices or external file systems that have actual disk space. Available disk space on virtual file systems is not shown.

You can also view the details of the file system on the Information Page for each mounted system on the device. The Unmount button was moved to this page.

Viewing Mounted Devices and Performing Actions on Them.

View File System

The General File Inventory link in this section provides a page where you can get an inventory of all the files from the root directory or browse to a specific subdirectory and generate a file inventory of all the files in the selected subdirectory.

This same functionality is available by clicking the Inventory link when browsing the file system from the View File System link.

The Volume Inventory link in this section provide a list of all NCP mounted volumes. When you click the volume name link from this page, an inventory report of all the files from the root of that volume is generated.

From these generated reports, you can also perform actions on the files or directories such as moving, copying, deleting, and renaming.

Generating Inventories for Directories or NCP Volumes.

Use Group Operation

If you want to scan the network for specific services, access the Network Discovery page and specify the host and ports that should be scanned for. After discovering the items on the network, you can click the item and add it to the current group for future monitoring.

Using this feature can help you to quickly gather the information you need to create monitoring groups.

Discovering Items on the Network to Monitor.

2.10.3 What’s New (OES 1 SP1 Linux)

The features in this section were added to Novell Remote Manager for Linux in OES 1 Linux SP1:

Area of Service

Functionality

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Configure

Added configuration options for controlling which users can log in to Novell Remote Manager and specifying which languages the browser supports for Novell Remote Manager.

View File System (Home)

Left navigation frame includes collapsible categories that are remembered for the next time you log in. This lets you display the Novell Remote Manager features that you use most often and hide the ones that you don't.

Navigation Frame

Diagnose, Health Monitor

CPU usage process information is now reporting the correct information.

Diagnosing Problems

Access

Network services now has a selection for installing the Novell Remote Manager services. This lets you install Novell Remote Manager after the server installation and performs the proper configuration steps that weren't performed if you installed the packages separately.

Setting Up Novell Remote Manager for Linux

Manage Linux, VNC Consoles

If VNC services are configured on the server, you can access the VNC console screens by clicking the VNC Consoles link under the Manage Linux heading in the navigation frame. Then click the 1024 X 728 button on the VNC Console Screens page.

Accessing VNC Consoles