With NetWare general support ending in March, now is the time to upgrade to Novell Open Enterprise Server 2. You can take advantage of brand new capabilities, as well as retain the NetWare services you know and love (many of them are even better on Linux). Attend this session for an overview of Novell Open Enterprise Server running SUSE Linux Enterprise. You'll also learn how NetWare has evolved into Novell Open Enterprise Server and how simple the upgrade path can be.

1. Novell Open Enterprise
®
Server for Beginners
Lothar Wegner
Technology Sales Specialist
lwegner@novell.com

2. Outline
Today's environment
Benefits of Open Enterprise Server 2
Time to Migrate
Success Stories
What's next for OES 2
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3. Today's Environment

4. Today's Marketplace Demands
Growing adoption of x86 virtualization for server
consolidation
Adoption of virtual appliances
Greater ability to maximize return on server
resources
Merging of consumer and corporate demands
Windows 7 migration and integration
Cross-platform interoperability
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5. Customer Demands
• I need you to help me....
– Better manage my complex, mixed environment
– Keep infrastructure costs down
– Maximize existing investments
– Help end users be more productive
– Be sure my infrastructure supports business priorities
– Leverage today's newest hardware
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6. What is Open Enterprise Server?

7. History
• “NetWare ” services have been available since the
®
early 80's
Management
Services
Security Services
+ =
Print Services
File Services
NetWare
Operating System
Hardware
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8. Evolution
Open Enterprise Server 2
• “NetWare ” services on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
® ®
Management
Services
Security Services SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10
Print Services
File Services
SUSE Linux
Novell Open
Enterprise Server Enterprise Server
Hardware
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9. Deployment Options
Open Enterprise Server 2
• Physical hardware
Management Management
Services Services
Security Services Security Services
Print Services Print Services
File Services File Services
SUSE Linux SUSE Linux
Novell Open
Enterprise Server Enterprise Server Enterprise Server
32-bit Hardware 64-bit Hardware
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10. Deployment Options (cont.)
Open Enterprise Server 2
• Virtualized with XEN (or others)
Other
Operating System
NetWare SLES SLES
Operating System Operating System Operating System
32-bit VM 32-bit VM 64-bit VM 64-bit VM
Novell Open
Enterprise Server
SLES with XEN Virtualization
Hardware
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11. Open Enterprise Server 2
More than “NetWare ” ®
iFolder 3.8 Enhanced Identity Novell Cluster Business
Upgrade Manager 3.5 Services Continuity
User & IT Utilities Bundle Edition Cluster
Productivity
Domain SAMBA & AFP stack CIFS stack iPrint
Services for NetAtalk
Interoperability Windows
POSIX Dynamic Archive & Novell Storage DFS w/
File Storage Storage Versioning Services Junction
Technology (NSS) Support
Networking & Auto YaST Windows NetStorage DNS & DHCP Novell
Client eDirectory
Management (64-bit)
Sentinel ready 3rd Party Novell Client Novell Novell Remote
NSS Auditing Linux Apps iManager Manager
XEN Virtualization
Av. on NW & SLE kernels
Av. only on SLE kernel SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
®
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12. While you are here:
CL211 – Deployment Options for Novell Open
Enterprise Server Workloads
CL212 – Lessons Learned: Novell Open Enterprise
Server Upgrades Made Easy
CL305 Upgrading from NetWare to Novell Open
Enterprise Server on Linux: The Novell Consulting
Way
ATT200 – Bridging NetWare Skills to Novell Open
Enterprise Server
ATT206 – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11: BASH
Scripting Fundamentals
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13. Moving to Novell ®
Open Enterprise Server 2

14. Benefits
Save your money for strategic projects.
Upgrade to the infrastructure that controls your costs.
• Don't rip-and-replace... Interoperate!
• Control costs of growing infrastructure with powerful
consolidation options
• Utilize existing administration skills and processes
• Enjoy vast selection of commodity hardware
• More than 4,000 supported applications
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15. Powerful Consolidation Possibilities
With Open Enterprise Server, you can reduce server
count by:
• Consolidating servers
• Virtualizing multiple workloads
• Standardizing on the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel for
®
network and application workloads – even your
desktop!
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16. Dynamic Storage Technology
Improve File Storage Administration
• Reduce costs by leveraging less-expensive storage for
stale data
• Set customizable policies to manage file storage
• Simplify back-up and associated administration
• No impact to the end-user experience
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17. Dynamic Storage Technology
Reduce Complexity, Cost, and Risk
BEFORE AFTER
• Drastically reduce backup windows
• Stop adding expensive SAN storage
• Don't impact user experience
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18. Policy Engine in Your Control
Use Novell Remote Manager for Linux to manage
®
Dynamic Storage Technology shadow volume policies
• Create, monitor, modify, and delete policies
• Start and stop time
• Frequency
– Monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, and 1 time
• Volume operations
– Move files from primary to secondary
– Move files from secondary to primary
• File criteria
– Time stamps
– File size
– File type
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19. Domain Services for Windows
Seamless Interoperability
• No requirement for the local install of any client
• Simplified management of users and groups
– Use Microsoft Management Console to manage eDirectory ™
users and OES files
• Eliminate server duplication by using OES and DSFW
as AD domain servers in addition to OES workloads
• Maximize the return on value of your heterogeneous
environment
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20. Domain Services for Windows
Interoperate & Simplify
• Same user login
• Access to new services
• Eliminate multiple clients
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21. Domain Services for Windows
Domain Services for Windows provides login,
authentication and directory authorization for
Windows workstations in eDirectory trees and
™
integrates with existing eDirectory deployments
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22. While You Are Here:
CL300 – Life Without the Novell Client
®
CL308 – Advanced Tips for Dynamic Storage
Technology
CL310 – Domain Services for Windows: Best
Practices for Windows Interoperability
ATT313 – Novell Domain Services for Windows
Installation and Administration
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23. What's New in Open Enterprise Server
Service Pack 2?

24. What's New in Service Pack 2?
Powerful Features That Address IT Challenges
Cross-
Audit
iFolder 3.8 Protocol
Support
File Locking
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25. iFolder 3.8
Backup and Retrieve Your Files Anywhere
• Doesn't require eDirectory infrastructure
™
• Enhance user productivity with access to files
anywhere
• All users can benefit from iFolder, regardless of their
client-side OS
• Compatible with Windows 7, Mac, and Linux as well as
older Windows versions
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26. Cross-protocol File Locking
Keeping Users Productive When Working With Shared Files
• True interoperability support for mixed networks
• Maintain your preference for mapped drives
• Make file sharing safe and easy for your users
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27. Audit Support
Meeting Requirements for Compliance
• OES now meets Government and Regulatory
Compliance (GRC) standards
– Permissions per file
– File changes
• Novell Sentinel ready today
®
• Third-party vendor support Novell
Sentinel
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28. Windows 7
Everything You Need to Support Your Workstation Upgrade
• OES services are fully ready for Windows 7
– Novell Client ®
– iFolder 3.8
– iPrint
– Novell Storage Services
– DNS/DHCP
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29. While You Are Here:
CL309 – NSS File System Performance, Clustering
and Auditing in Novell Open Enterprise Server on
Linux
CL311 – Novell iFolder 3.8: A Simple, Secure File
Access Solution
CL312 – Novell iPrint: Advanced Features on Linux
ATT306 – Novell iPrint: Advanced Tips and Tricks
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30. A Compelling Reason to Migrate to
Open Enterprise Server 2

31. NetWare Support Lifecycle Event ®
NetWare Reaches a Support Milestone
• NetWare moves to a new support state on March 7,
2010, entering the Extended Support phase
– Customers under maintenance will still be able to receive
support
– Patches and fixes will no longer be developed
– Enhancement requests are no longer accepted
– Only critical security updates will be provided
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32. Success Stories

33. aQuellé
Bottler and Distributor of Mineral Water
“Novell GroupWise running on Open Enterprise Server gave us an enterprise-
® ®
class collaboration platform, taking aQuellé to a completely new level.
Previously, it was practically impossible for users to work together effectively
and share information.”
Andrew Muller, IT Manager
The Challenge The Solution The Result
Supply major retail chains Implemented Novell Standardized on Linux, while
throughout South Africa GroupWise on Novell Open gaining well-supported server
with bottled water Enterprise Server running management tools
Linux
Replace outdated IT Gained robust, enterprise-
architecture as a result of Applied security policies to class platform for e-mail and
rapid growth user storage with Novell collaboration
Implement an enterprise- Storage Services ™
Provided remote e-mail
wide e-mail and collaboration Improved employee access to help field sales
platform collaboration with Novell communicate effectively
Standardize IT environment GroupWise Simplified and accelerated
to reduce costs Standardized desktops with problem resolution for users
Novell ZENworks ®
with remote control
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34. Georgetown McDonough
School of Business
Nationally ranked business school in Washington, D.C.
“Novell has bullet-proof solutions which can't be said about many other
®
vendors. We get all the tools that our students will need in the real world. We
also like the forward-thinking attitude of Novell about Linux. ...When our IT
infrastructure is running smoothly, we spend less time reacting to problems
and more time thinking about what we want to do in the future.”
John Carpenter, CTO
The Challenge The Solution The Result
Premier business school with Upgraded infrastructure to Consolidated servers by 90
2,300 students and 250 Novell Open Enterprise Server percent
faculty and staff running SUSE Linux
Reduced implementation time
®
Enterprise Server
Prepare students for corporate for new applications by 50
careers with access to latest Virtualized servers using percent with virtualization
technology VMware
Provided secure instant
Move to Linux to for better Implemented Novell GroupWise ®
messaging as well as
performance on Linux for 3,000 users BlackBerry e-mail support
Enable students to work in Students and staff now create Enabled next-generation
groups, regardless of location their own virtual workspaces collaboration among students,
with Novell Teaming + faculty and staff
Conferencing
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35. City of Assen
Administrative Area in The Netherlands
“The City of Assen has a clear strategy: we use open source software whenever we can.
It was time to upgrade from our existing operating system, and Novell Open Enterprise
®
Server was the ideal replacement. ...Our services are now always available when users
need them, and feedback from users is extremely positive. The Novell solution also keeps
us free from the restrictions of closed source software, increasing our options for the
future.”
Cor Hardebil, System Engineer and Project Leader
The Challenge The Solution The Result
Provide services for 65,000 and Implemented Novell Open Created a more stable and
employment, shopping and Enterprise Server running on scalable infrastructure for
recreational facilities for around SUSE Linux Enterprise
® future growth
200,000 people Server
Achieved rapid, low-risk
Keep pace with 1.5 percent Leveraged Novell Cluster deployment
population increase each year Services for high availability
™
Reduced total cost of
Upgrade outdated IT of Linux-based clusters ownership
infrastructure to flexible, open Achieved 100 percent e-mail
source platform Doubled performance of
uptime with Novell GroupWise ®
e-mail system
Provide faster and more stable
e-mail, file and print services for
employees
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36. What's Next for Novell
®
Open Enterprise Server

37. The Road Ahead
NEXT 3 YEARS
• Simplify collaborative environment through native product
integrations
– Web 2.0 experience for OES users
– Novell Pulse / Content Services
• Streamline product deployment and management
– Appliance deployment options for
individual OES components
– Remote Office capabilities
• Sound infrastructure investment
– Power of SLES for consolidation
– Flexible migration path (NetWare ) ®
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38. Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP3
®
[minor release]
2010 2011 2012
Major Feature Benefit
Remote Office Reduced administration costs of remote
servers and users
Dynamic Storage Technology – Simplified client access to tiered
– CIFS Client Support storage without the Novell Client
– NCP Server Shadow Volumes – Migration solution for moving current
files from NetWare to OES
Service Location Protocol - High availability coupled with reduced
Directory Agent administration costs
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39. Novell Open Enterprise Server
®
Codenamed “Ponderosa” [major release]
2010 2011 2012
Major Feature Benefit
Content Services Flexible access to Novell and Microsoft
file services to disperse unstructured
information to cloud based applications
and legacy protocols
Decoupled Collaboration Services Reduce deployment time and simplified
management
Cloud Enabled Dynamic Storage Reduce storage TCO with cloud enabled
Technology storage
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40. Additional Information

41. While You Are Here:
CL214 – What's LUM Got to Do with It: Deployment
Considerations for Linux User Management on
Novell Open Enterprise Server
CL306 – High Availability with Novell Cluster
Services for Novell Open Enterprise Server on
Linux
ATT301 – Migrating a NetWare Cluster to an Novell
Open Enterprise Server 2 on Linux Cluster
ATT314 – Novell Open Enterprise Server 2:
Troubleshooting and Top Support
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42. Free Extended Support on NetWare ®
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43. Free Consultation on Moving Forward
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44. Where to get more information
http://www.novell.com/upgrade
» Best Practices
» Documentation
» Free training
» Whitepapers
» Consulting assistance, etc
http://www.novell.com/communities/coolsolutions/upgradetooes
» Community driven tips, tricks, best practices, etc
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