The MOVE from Netware to Suse (File Server Configuration)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Configure-Administer
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Hi Everyone!

So, I am finally moving from Netware to SuSE for File Server Services.

Presently, on A Netware 6.5 SP8 box we would create a Volume, add files to folder on that Volume and manage access and mapping with ConsoleOne. This may not have been the best method to share files and folders on a network, but it worked perfectly fine for over 12+ years (They started with NetWare 4).

How does this all work with a Linux SuSe SP2?

  1. Should I create a SUSE File Server with a NAS configuration or something else?

  2. Is it a best practice to create a separate Virtual Disk (vmware) in lieu of a Volume?

  3. If moving the files and folders from the Netware box to a SUSe box is successful, Will the end user notice any changes?

  4. Will I loose any control managing access to folders and files with iManager or will I use another Management method?

Thanks for your help.
~e

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On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:34:01 GMT, EBSR PARAMEDIC
EBSR_PARAMEDIC@no-mx.forums.suse.com wrote:
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Hi Everyone!

So, I am finally moving from Netware to SuSE for File Server Services.

Presently, on A Netware 6.5 SP8 box we would create a Volume, add files
to folder on that Volume and manage access and mapping with ConsoleOne.
This may not have been the best method to share files and folders on a
network, but it worked perfectly fine for over 12+ years (They started
with NetWare 4).

How does this all work with a Linux SuSe SP2?

  1. Should I create a SUSE File Server with a NAS configuration or
    something else?

  2. Is it a best practice to create a separate Virtual Disk (vmware) in
    lieu of a Volume?

  3. When moving files and folders from Netware to SUSe is successful,
    Will the end user notice any changes?

  4. Will I loose any control managing access to folders and files with
    iManager or will I use another Management method?

Thanks for your help.
~e[/color]

Are you moving to SLES or OES? If you are moving to OES, you should
ask in the OES forums. But with OES the users won’t know anything has
changed and your management of things will remain largely the same.
That is, you will still use iManager, you can still have NSS volumes,
same types of rights control, etc. If you are moving to SLES, then I
will let someone else answer your questions. I have a few isolated
servers (such as web servers) running on SLES, but the servers my
users directly access run OES.

Ken