Always look at the Services console before rebooting your server in an effort to correct a problem. Very few problems require a reboot in Windows Server
2003. Instead, you can often correct the problem by restarting just the affected service.
Figure 19-11:
The Services
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In This Chapter
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Getting ready to install NetWare
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Installing a network operating system
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Setting up the client software
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Looking at Novell’s management tools
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Creating and maintaining user accounts
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Working with login scripts
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his chapter presents an introduction to installing, configuring, and manag- ing NetWare 6, both versions 6.0 and the latest version, 6.5. I can’t possibly
cover everything there is to know about managing a NetWare system in one short chapter, so I’ll focus on planning for a NetWare server and installing a
server. Then, I’ll give you an overview of the various administration tools that are available for managing a NetWare server. Half the trick of managing
a NetWare network is knowing which of the many administration tools to use for a particular management task.
Planning a NetWare Installation
Before you actually install a NetWare operating system, you need to do some preliminary planning and preparation, as described in the following
paragraphs:
⻬ Checking system requirements: Before you install a NetWare operating
system, make sure that the computer meets minimum system require- ments. As Table 20-1 shows, Novell offers a set of official minimum
requirements for NetWare 6.5 — and I’ve put what I consider more realis- tic minimum requirements right next to ’em. If you expect your server to
get a fair amount of use and still offer satisfactory performance, all I can say is, “Get realistic.”
Table 20-1 Minimum hardware requirements for NetWare 6.5
Item Official minimum
A more realistic minimum
CPU Pentium II, any speed
Pentium III, at least 700MHz RAM
512 MB 1 GB
Free disk space 2 GB
5 GB Video
Super VGA Super VGA is good enough
Network Any network board
100BaseT bus mastering PCI card CD
Any CD-ROM drive A bootable CD-ROM drive
⻬ Reading the Readme file: The Readme file for NetWare is available online
at www.novell.comdocumentationlgnw6p. You should read this file before you start Setup just to make sure that any of the specific pro-
cedures or warnings that it contains apply to your situation.
⻬ Deciding whether to upgrade or install: NetWare offers two installation
modes from which you should choose before you begin setup: full installa- tion or upgrade installation. A full installation deletes any existing operat-
ing system that it finds on the computer and configures the new operating system from scratch. If you do a full installation onto a disk that already
has an operating system installed, the full installation offers to keep any existing data files it finds on the disk.
An upgrade installation upgrades previous versions of NetWare as old as NetWare 4.11, provided you’ve kept up with support packs.
⻬ Planning your partitions: Partitioning enables you to divide a physical
disk into one or more separate units called partitions. NetWare requires at least two partitions before you can install it: A bootable DOS partition,
which must be at least 200 MB 400 MB is better, and the SYS partition where NetWare will live. This partition must be at least 2.2GB, but 4GB is
a more reasonable size for the SYS partition.
You’ll usually create at least one additional partition on the server for application data, file server storage, and so on. It’s best to create these
additional partitions later, however. For now, you can concentrate on getting NetWare up and running.
⻬ Deciding your TCPIP configuration: Before you install the operating
system, you should have a plan for how you will implement TCPIP on the network. You’ll need to know the following:
• The public IP subnet address and mask for your network • The domain name
• The host name for the server
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• Whether the server will obtain its IP address from DHCP or use a static IP address and if it uses a static address, you’ll need to
know that address • Whether the server itself will be a DHCP server
• The default gateway for the server that is, the IP address of the network’s Internet router
• Whether the server will be a DNS server
⻬ Planning your tree: NetWare has its own directory service called
eDirectory, which is a direct descendant of the venerable Novell Directory Services also known as NDS from NetWare 5. When you install a NetWare
server, you have to decide where the server will fit in the scheme of your existing eDirectory tree. If this is the first NetWare server on your net-
work, you have to create a new eDirectory eDirectory tree.
Before you install the server, you should determine the following items of information for your eDirectory tree:
• The name of the eDirectory tree. • The name of the organization. This is usually your company name.
• The name of the organizational unit, if any. eDirectory lets you sub- divide your organization into units, such as divisions or regions. If
your company is small, you may not need organizational units. • The location within the eDirectory tree where the server will be located
– either the organization or an organizational unit.
⻬ Running the NetWare Deployment Manager: If your network already has
at least one NetWare server, you should run a special program called the NetWare Deployment Manager to prepare the network for the new server.
To do so, insert the NetWare 6.5 installation CD into any Windows client computer and then run NWDEPLOY.EXE.
Installing NetWare
When you’ve planned your installation and prepared the computer, you’re ready to begin the installation. Start by inserting the installation CD in the
server’s CD-ROM drive and restarting the computer. This will cause the com- puter to boot from the installation CD and start the NetWare Setup wizard.
The wizard begins by asking a few preliminary questions, such as what lan- guage you want to install in, and whether your CD-ROM drive is an IDE or a
SCSI drive. You’ll then be asked how you want to partition the server’s drives. The Setup wizard will wipe your disk clean, create a new boot partition, then
restart your computer from the new partition.
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