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- Chapter 13
- Upgrade Utility
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- As you move up to NetWare 386, there are two upgrade
- options to consider: First, upgrade part of an
- internetwork, or second, upgrade the entire internetwork
- or a server not attached to an internetwork. If you
- select the first option, you must consider certain
- issues. These are discussed in the first section below.
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- For upgrading part of an internetwork, an entire
- internetwork, or an independent network, the second
- section below explains the upgrade procedure.
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- ■ Running NetWare 386 with NetWare v2.1x
- ■ Upgrading to NetWare 386
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- Running NetWare 386 with NetWare v2.1x
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- NetWare 386 can run concurrently on the internetwork with
- NetWare v2.1x. Since you may not want to upgrade all
- servers at once, it is important to understand how to run
- both NetWare v2.1x and NetWare 386 on the same
- internetwork. To do so, you must consider the following
- issues.First, NetWare v2.1x utilities will work with NetWare
- 386, but only with some minor preparation. For example,
- any NetWare v2.1x command line or menu utility that is
- attached or logged in to a NetWare 386 server will not
- work unless the password encryption on the 386 server is
- turned off. The user interfaces on NetWare v2.1x
- utilities are also different from NetWare 386 user
- interfaces. To avoid these or other potential problems
- when you run NetWare 386 concurrently with NetWare v2.1x,
- it is best to copy the NetWare 386 utilities to the
- NetWare v2.1x servers.
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- The second issue concerns the NetWare 386 shell for DOS
- workstations. A new feature on the NetWare 386 shell
- allows the user to map a NetWare subdirectory as a pseudo
- root directory. This is for compatibility with certain
- applications. If yo do not want these features, the
- NetWare v2.1x shell can be used. In either case,
- existing NetWare v2.1x workstation LAN drivers can be
- used.
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- Finally, is the issue of LAN drivers for NetWare 386.
- The first release of NetWare 386 (v3.0) does not provide
- drivers for some LAN adapters that are currently
- supported in NetWare v2.1x. Thus, the server in which
- you run NetWare 386 must use an adapter supported by
- NetWare 386 v3.0. Other workstations and all other
- servers can use adapters that are not yet supported by
- NetWare 386. NetWare 386 v3.0 supports the adapters in
- the following chart:
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- LAN Boards Supported by NetWare 386
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- Cabling System Board Name Driver
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- Arcnet RX-NET* RX-NET
- RX-NET/2* RX-NET
- RX-NETII RX-NET
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- Ethernet NE1000 NE1000
- NE2000 NE2000
- NE/2 NE2
- NE/2-32 NE232
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- Token-Ring IBM TRN TOKEN
- IBM TRN/A TOKEN
- 4 & 16 Mbit boards
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- *Some RX-Net compatible boards work with the
- RXNET dirver. See NetWire or your Novell
- Authorized Reseller for a list of boards
- certified to run with the RXNET driver.
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- Upgrading to NetWare 386
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- The biggest concern in upgrading to NetWare 386 is the
- new 386 file system. Because NetWare 386 provides
- changes in the security file format, trustee rights
- definition, file attributes, and file system structure,
- you must remove the old NetWare v2.1x partition and
- create a new NetWare 386 partition.
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- NetWare 386 provides a menu-driven UPGRADE utility that
- performs this function. This DOS utility offers two
- options in handling the upgrade. The first option is to
- upgrade the existing server, assuming it is a 386-based
- machine. The second is to do the upgrade over the
- network to a new server. These two options are discussed
- next.Option One
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- To support the first option, the UPGRADE utility runs in
- a DOS workstation and backs up all NetWare server data,
- including security, to any network directory or local DOS
- compatible device attached to the workstation. This
- includes any third party backup device such as a tape
- drive, a CD-ROM drive, a hard drive. The device must be
- recognized as a standard DOS device, many of which are
- available. (In some cases, a third party driver is
- available to support a backup device as a standard DOS
- device. For example, Sytos provides drivers that enable
- the Novell server backup device to operate as a DOS
- device.)
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- Once the server data has been completely backed up, you
- install NetWare 386, remove the old NetWare v2.1x
- partition, and create the new NetWare 386 partition.
- Finally, use the UPGRADE utility to restore all the data
- onto the server. The UPGRADE utility keeps all data
- intact, including NetWare security information.
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- Option Two
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- To upgrade using the second option, a user attaches to
- both NetWare v2.1x and NetWare 386 servers and maps a
- drive to root directories in each server's volumes. The
- UPGRADE utility copies data from the NetWare v2.1x server
- to the NetWare 386 server and converts the data format
- during the upgrade process. This option also allows the
- data from two or more NetWare 286 servers to be combined
- onto a single NetWare 386 server.