Virtualized NetWare is managed in the same way as if it were running on a physical machine. For information about managing your NetWare server, see the
OES 2: Server Operating System for NetWare Administration Guide
. For additional information about managing NetWare servers in a virtualized environment, see
Running OES 2 NetWare in a Virtualized Environment.
In this beta release of OES 2, be aware of the following caveats when working at the virtualized NetWare server console:
The keypad keys are not currently handled.
The F8 key is used by the vncviewer. To use F8 in a NetWare console application, press the key twice.
The Alt+Tab and Ctrl+Esc keystrokes might not be passed on to NetWare.
Managing a NetWare virtual machine is simplified by using the Virtual Machine Manager utility, which is installed by default when you install the Xen virtualization software.
To start Virtual Machine Manager, open a terminal prompt and enter virt-manager.
See
Managing a Virtualization Environment
for more information.
Many NetWare administrators prefer to manage the server by command line. If you want to use the command line, you should be aware of issues related to the following:
The terminal window may only display 80x24 characters. If you don’t want to scroll to the command line, you need to resize the terminal.
If pressing Alt+Shift+Shift+Esc doesn’t launch the debugger, you can enter 386debug at the command line to launch the debugger.
In the VNC Viewer, pressing F8 displays a pop-up utility menu. Press F8 twice to pass single F8 to the remote side.
You can also manage the NetWare virtual machine, and all other virtual machines, by using the
xm command line tools. See
The xm Command
for more information.
To make a break in NetWare from a terminal, enter xm sysrq x c , where x is the domain ID and c is any keyboard character.