Novell.'s Guide to NetWare. 6 Networks with CDROM (Novell Press)

The Most Comprehensive Guide to NetWare 6 Available

In this definitive book, Novell insiders Jeffrey Hughes and Blair Thomas provide all the know-how you need to design, configure, and maintain a state-of-the-art NetWare 6 system. Drawing on their long experience with NetWare implementations and their extensive testing of the NetWare 6 release, they show you how to capitalize on new NetWare features such as Novell eDirectory, iFolder, Internet Printing, Novell Storage Services, and NetWare Web Access.

Inside, Find Complete Coverage of NetWare 6...

* Get a handle on NetWare 6 and Novell eDirectory

* Discover the secrets of NDS eDirectory design, from partitions and replicas to time synchronization

* Find out how to troubleshoot, tune and optimize NetWare 6 and eDirectory

* Discover how to effectively manage the system through ConsoleOne and iMonitor

* Get the lowdown on managing NetWare security and Internet Printing

* Prepare a fail-safe upgrade plan and migrate data from NetWare 4 or 5

* Integrate ZENWorks with NetWare 6 and add new services such as iFolder, eGuide, Novell Storage Services, Novell Internet Access Server and more

Written for experienced network administrators upgrading to the NetWare 6 operating system, this guide identifies features new to version 6 and describes the operations that place within the NDS e- directory. Some of the chapters later in the book explain how to design login scripts, configure print services, and integrate additional products. The three CD-ROMs contain a 90-day evaluation version of NetWare 6, a digital airlines demonstration, and the online documentation.
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The book gives you over 1500 pages of comprehensive, logically organized coverage on NetWare 6 giving full details on installation, upgrading, eDirectory, troubleshooting, maintenance, security, administration and integration with other Novell products including clustering, Portal services, ZENworks, GroupWise, network protocols and configuration, BorderManager, I-chain and ICS. Novell's Guide to NetWare 6 Networks includes steps, hints, appendices with error codes and resolutions, console commands, debugger commands, product integration cross-references and a CD with an evaluation version of NetWare 6 — truly all one needs to administer and maintain a NetWare network.

Jeffrey F. Hughes is a Master Certified Novell Engineer (CNE). Hughes is a Senior Consultant for Novell Consutling Services and has designed and implemented NetWare 4.1 production sites around the globe.

Blair W. Thomas is a Master Certified Novell Engineer (CNE). Thomas is a Senior Consultant for Novell Consutling Services and has designed and implemented NetWare 4.1 production sites around the globe.

Foreword.

Preface.

Part I: Basics of NetWare 6.

Chapter 1: Introduction to NetWare 6.

Chapter 2: Installation and Management Utilities for NetWare 6.

Chapter 3: Novell Directory Services Objects and Attributes.

Chapter 4: Directory Services Naming Conventions.

Part II: Designing NDS eDirectory.

Chapter 5: NDS eDirectory Design.

Chapter 6: Designing NDS eDirectory Partitions and Replicas.

Chapter 7: NDS eDirectory Time Synchronization.

Part III: NetWare 6 Operations and Maintenance.

Chapter 8: NDS eDirectory Internals and Operations.

Chapter 9: Troubleshooting NetWare 6 and eDirectory.

Chapter 10: NetWare 6 Features.

Chapter 11: Tuning and Optimizing the NetWare 6 Operating System.

Part IV: NetWare 6 Administration.

Chapter 12: Understanding and Managing Client Access.

Chapter 13: Managing NetWare Security.

Chapter 14: NetWare 6 Print Services.

Chapter 15: Preparing to Upgrade to NetWare 6.

Chapter 16: Migrating Data from NetWare 4 and NetWare 5 to NetWare 6.

Chapter 17: Installing and Configuring Novell Clients.

Chapter 18: Backing Up and Restoring NDS eDirectory.

Part V: Integrating Additional Services with NetWare 6.

Chapter 19: Integrating Novell ZENworks with NetWare 6.

Chapter 20: Understanding and Using Novell's iFolder and eGuide.

Chapter 21: Novell Storage Services (NSS).

Chapter 22: Installing the Novell Internet Access Server and FTP Services.

Chapter 23: TCP/IP in NetWare 6.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: The CD-ROM Set Included with This Book.

Appendix B: NDS Error Codes and Definitions.

Appendix C: NetWare Server Console Commands.

Appendix D: NetWare 6 Debugger Commands.

Index.

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