NetWare v2.2 NetWare v2.2 is the next generation in the evolution of the 286-based product line. This product replaces all previous NetWare v2.1x products, including ELS. The stratification of NetWare v2.2 has helped to focus the product to meet the demands of the workgroup market. The following are the stratification levels for NetWare v2.2: NetWare v2.2 (5 user) NetWare v2.2 (10 user) NetWare v2.2 (50 user) NetWare v2.2 (100 user) Each stratification comes with two separate Operating System options. The user can choose to run SFT NetWare Level II w/TTS (called Dedicated NetWare v2.2) or Non-dedicated SFT NetWare Level I (aka Advanced) (called Non-dedicated NetWare v2.2). A user can also order the above products on either 5 1/4" high density diskettes or 3 1/2" high density diskettes. There are upgrade options available. For more information on this, contact the Novell After Market Products (AMP) Group at 1-800-346-7177. ========================================================================= There are many differences and new features supported with NetWare v2.2. They are listed below: 1. New INSTALLation utilities. NETGEN, BRGEN, and SHGEN are no longer used with NetWare v2.2. These v2.1x programs have been replaced with INSTALL, ROUTEGEN, and WSGEN respectively. The advantages of the new utilities are: a) consistency of keystrokes, so that and mean the exact same thing no matter where used. b) programs now utilize "forms" rather than the Menu/Sub-Menu system utilized in previous utilities. c) an "Easy" installation for first time users, that make generating a basic NetWare v2.2 server extremely easy. d) a redesign that allows for installation without the large quantity of "floppy swaps" that was required with NETGEN. e) consistency of utilities, so that whether you are running INSTALL, ROUTEGEN or WSGEN, the look and feel of each utility is the same. 2. Current v2.1x users have had problems with a lack of File Service Processes (FSP), especially those using VAP's and/or large drives. The reorganization of the file server memory in NetWare v2.2 has resolved this problem. Some of the changes are as follows: a) DGROUP memory was changed so that MAXSTATIONS was no longer a constant, but varied depending on stratification level, from 32 for the 5 and 10 user systems, to 64 for a 50 user system, to 116 for a 100 user system. This affects DGROUP because there are a large number of tables that are statically allocated with MAXSTATIONS entries. b) A new routine was added, and a large number of string constants were moved from various files to one, to reside in ASSEMBLY1 space rather than in DGROUP space. Now, when these strings are needed, a temporary buffer is allocated, and the routine is called with the index number of the desired string. Slightly over 2K of DGROUP was recovered by this change. c) The core print services were removed from the OS (the parts that are replaced by the PrintServer). In conjunction with this change, many obsolete console commands were removed. d) The directory handle table (PathTable) and all dynamically allocated directory handles were moved to be in a new segment, called Dynamic Memory Pool 4. e) In conjunction with moving the directory handle table to a new segment, the requirements on the Dynamic Memory Pool 1 have been reduced, so the minimum amount of memory reserved has been reduced from 16k to 10k. This will allow more processes even in situations where large drivers have been loaded. 3. Other OS changes were made to enhance the NetWare v2.2 product. These enhancements are as follows: a) Entries into the routing tables are now dynamically allocated space, so that a NetWare v2.2 server can co-exist on a much larger network than ever before. The new routing table can hold more entries, depending on the size of the entries. No exact number can be set to this, due to the dynamic nature of the table, but it is possible to have from 4 to 5 times more entries in the router tables than was available in NetWare v2.1x. b) Enhanced security, including the addition of Workgroup Managers, as has been provided in NetWare v3.x. c) Change in trustee rights, so that they match v3.x. They are: R Read W Write C Create E Erase (formerly Delete) M Modify F File Scan (formerly Search) A Access Control (formerly Parental) This provides consistency between v2.2 and v3.x. The NetWare utilities will still understand the old rights, but will show only the new rights. For example, a user can still GRANT a user ROS rights, but they will appear as RF rights. d) Many conditional variables were removed or consolidated. 4. The addition of a third external router has been provided to assist many users who run VAPs on their external routers. The two existing routers, the dedicated real mode and the non-dedicated protected mode, still are available, with the addition of the new dedicated protected mode router. This router allows for much greater performance of VAPs on the router, especially the NetWare for Macintosh VAP. 5. Enhanced DOS Workstation support, as the v3.02 shells are provided with NetWare v2.2. Users can now take advantage of extended and expanded memory in the workstation. Also, Windows support, which previously required the purchase of a separate shell, is now standard. 6. WSUPDATE. A new program has been provided for use by network supervisors. This program, called WSUPDATE, will allow a System Administrator/Supervisor to quickly and efficiently update user DOS workstations from one location. 7. NWSETUP. A new, automated initial user setup for a basic network, including creating users, rights, home directories, etc. Very helpful to the first-time network supervisor. 8. Enhance Printing Services, including: a) Print Server v1.21. This new release contains a smaller, configurable RPRINTER and offers much faster throughput when running as a VAP. This new release also supports NetWare Name Service utilities and services existing print queues and network nodes on up to 8 internetworked v2.1x, v2.2 and v3.x servers. b) Enhanced, linkable core printing services are provided for those who do not wish to run the Print Server VAP. The advantages of this new linkable core printing is the ability to maintain a server's printers and queues without having to down the server. Now printers and queues can be defined or removed via the console, without having to down the server and run NETGEN. This provides greater flexibility for the user, since all printing setup can be loaded into the server's AUTOEXEC.SYS file for immediate setup, each time the server boots. All maintenance can be done on the fly, via new console commands. c) A new server command allows the system supervisor to specify how often the server polls the print queues for print jobs when using the core printing option. NetWare v2.1x products polled every 15 seconds. With NetWare v2.2, the user has the flexibility to set this to a desired interval. Very useful for users who require immediate printing, such as for Point-of-Sale situations requiring the immediate printing of receipts. 9. Enhanced NetWare for Macintosh support, with the release of the NetWare for Macintosh v2.2 VAP, which provides support for Apple Computer's AppleTalk Phase 2, AppleTalk Filing Protocol v2.2, and TokenTalk. In addition, the NetWare for MAC utilities have been enhanced to allow added network administration capabilities from a MAC workstation. Also, the new NetWare v2.2 INSTALL program has the ability to load the NetWare for Macintosh VAPs automatically during initial server installation. This is done via a seed VAP. 10. New serialization scheme, as the serial number is no longer linked into the operating system via the CACHE.OBJ file. Each OS object file contains the serial number, so that the GENDATA diskette is no longer needed. 11. NetWare v2.2 includes the NetWare DOS Open Data-Link (ODI) Client drivers. There drivers support multiple protocols (ie. IPX/SPX and TCP/IP) through a single workstation network adapter. 12. Enhanced NetWare HELP, called NetWare Help II, which is an enhanced version of the retrieval system the is used. Contains support for non-Novell create help files (created with Folio's Views product), pull down menus, TSR-like access, mouse support, graphics support, and foreign character support. NetWare Help II has been optimized for the NetWare environment. 13. Enhanced utilities that are now common between NetWare v2.2 and v3.x. Though the utilities may not contain the same functionality when run with different OS's, the files are the same. The utilities have been create so that they are aware of whether they are on a NetWare v2.1x, v2.2 or v3.x server. Some of the most notable changes are with FCONSOLE (for changes in server memory pools), FILER (which now has ability to copy a specified group of files or subdirectories, like XCOPY), LOGIN (with two new parameters, ACCESS_SERVER and PASSWORD_EXPIRES), and MAP (which has MAP ROOT and MAP NEXT support). 14. NetWare v2.2 has a new disk analysis procedure in a file called ZTEST. ZTEST, which can be run command line, is accessed by the new INSTALL program. COMPSURF was used in the past to test the integrity of the drives in the server. Since hard disk technology, as well as NetWare's SFT features, have advanced to the point that a full COMPSURF is no longer necessary. ZTEST now provides the analysis support necessary. This will reduce the time necessary to install NetWare. COMPSURF will still provided with NetWare v2.2, but will not be accessible from the INSTALL program. 15. NetWare v2.2 will ship on High Density media only, significantly reducing the number of floppies. Due to the new INSTALL and the reduction of floppies, the number of "floppy swaps" during installation has been reduced over 70%. 16. Consolidated and simplified Documentation set is included with NetWare v2.2. The new manual set is designed to more closely match the user's level of experience and information needs. 17. NetWare v2.2 supports the NetWare Requester for OS/2 v1.3. This release offers Named Pipes support for OS/2, DOS and Windows, contains a preferred server option, and provides the ability to support diskless workstations by doing remote program loads from the server to the OS/2 client. The Requester is not supplied with NetWare v2.2 in its initial release, but there is a coupon inside the NetWare v2.2 kit that a user can send in to get the Requester. 18. Other items of interest: a) Accounting has been fixed in v2.2. Prior to this release, there were problems in how account balances were updated. These have all been fixed. b) UPS problems associated with specific machines, such as some of the IBM PS/2 machines, were resolved. c) VREPAIR functions on systems with multiple printers, large drives with multiple volumes, and with correct printout. d) A common BINDFIX between NetWare v2.2 and NetWare v3.x is supplied with this release. e) DISKED is no longer shipped with NetWare v2.2. f) NET2 is no longer shipped with NetWare v2.2, but is supported if a user upgrades to NetWare v2.2 from an older system. g) NBACKUP is included with NetWare v2.2, providing an additional backup option to the Backup VAP, which is still supplied in this release. h) The IBM PS/2 SCSI driver (PS2SCSI.OBJ) is provided with the NetWare v2.2 kit. i) The high (over 100%) utilization problem with fast servers (25MHz or higher) that existed in NetWare v2.15 is fixed in NetWare v2.2. j) Corrections to timing/order of messages that were in error, such as while booting and when remirroring. k) Solved some problems found when mirroring NetWare Ready drives. l) Loader will now boot an OS if the drive has greater than 1024 cyl. m) Some fixes for the support of removable drives. Support was not greatly enhanced, but errors were fixed, such as the ability to have a removable on a system that has mirrored disks. Also, larger removable drives that had trouble mounting are now able to mount. n) A problem with a conflict between TTS and Logical Record locking was solved. o) Though ND can only access 8 Meg of RAM, it no longer fails if the system has more than that. Anything above 8 Meg will not be accessed. p) Fixed Global Descriptor Table overflow in Non-Dedicated. r) The console command CONFIG has been enhanced to include disk driver information as well. Also, a pause has been added to all console commands that might scroll needed information off the screen. s) Many other bug fixes and enhancements to the entire product, that are too lengthy for this document. Most utilities and all drivers are new to this release, and solve problems found in the past, as well as provide new functionality to the user. All other features supported in NetWare v2.15 are supported in NetWare v2.2, such as all of the Fault Tolerance features, communication features, administration features, and extended services (such as MHS, Btrieve, Async Link, etc.). For more information, contact the Novell After Market Product (AMP) Group at 1-800-346-7177.