Table 4-1 summarizes OES services and the differences in the way these services are provided.
Although extensive, this list is not exhaustive. If you are interested in a service or technology not listed, or for documentation for listed services, see the OES Documentation Web site.
Table 4-1 Service Comparison Between NetWare 6.5 SP8 and OES 2 SP3 Linux
Service |
NetWare 6.5 SP8 |
OES 2 |
Platform Differences / Migration Issues |
---|---|---|---|
Access Control Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
In combination with NCP Server, Linux supports the Novell trustee model for file access on NSS volumes and NCP volumes on Linux. |
AFP (Apple* File Protocol) |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - Novell AFP |
AFP services on NetWare and OES are proprietary and tightly integrated with eDirectory and Novell Storage Services (NSS). |
Apache Web Server |
Yes - NetWare port of open source product |
Yes - Standard Linux |
|
Archive and Version Services (Novell) |
Yes |
Yes |
Setup varies slightly, but there are no functional differences. |
Backup (SMS)
|
Yes |
Yes |
SMS provides backup applications with a framework to develop complete backup and restore solutions. For information, see the OES 2 SP3: Storage Management Services Administration Guide for Linux. NSS provides extended attribute handling options for NSS on Linux. For information, see |
CIFS (Windows File Services) |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - Novell CIFS and Novell Samba |
Both NFAP and Novell CIFS are Novell proprietary and tightly integrated with eDirectory and Novell Storage Services (NSS). Samba is an open source product distributed with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Novell Samba is enhanced by Novell with configuration settings for eDirectory LDAP authentication via Linux User Management (LUM). Novell Samba is not tightly integrated with NSS on Linux and works with any of the supported file systems. |
Clustering |
Yes |
Yes |
|
DFS (Novell Distributed File Services) |
Yes |
Yes |
In combination with NCP Server, DFS supports junctions and junction targets for NSS volumes on Linux and NetWare. DFS also supports junction targets for NCP volumes on non-NSS file systems, such as Reiser, Ext3, and XFS. The VLDB command offers additional options to manage entries in the VLDB for NCP volumes. |
DHCP |
Yes |
Yes |
For a comparison between what is available on OES 2 and NetWare, see Section 13.2.2, DHCP Differences Between NetWare and OES 2. To plan your DHCP implementations, see |
DNS |
Yes |
Yes |
For a comparison between what is available on OES 2 and NetWare, see Section 13.2.1, DNS Differences Between NetWare and OES 2. See |
Dynamic Storage Technology |
No |
Yes |
DST runs on OES 2. An NSS volume on NetWare is supported only as the secondary volume in a shadow pair. When using DST in a cluster, each of the NSS volumes in a shadow pair must reside on OES 2. |
eDirectory 8.8 |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
eDirectory Certificate Server |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
eGuide (White Pages) |
Yes |
No |
This functionality is now part of the Identity Manager 3.6 User Application. For more information, see the Identity Manager 3.6 Documentation Web Site.. |
FTP Server |
Yes |
Yes |
FTP file services on OES 2 servers are provided by Pure-FTPd, a free (BSD), secure, production-quality and standard-conformant FTP server. The OES implementation includes support for eDirectory LDAP authentication and the same FTP/SFTP gateway functionality as on NetWare. |
Health Monitoring Services |
Yes |
Yes |
The Health Monitoring Server, which was included in OES 1, has been removed in OES 2. This is now available in various Novell Remote Manager dialog boxes on both platforms. For more information, see Health Monitoring Services. |
Identity Manager 3.6.1 Bundle Edition |
No |
Yes |
IDM 3.6.1 is not available on NetWare. |
iPrint |
Yes |
Yes |
See |
IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) from Novell |
Yes |
No |
Novell has no plans to port IPX to OES. |
iSCSI |
Yes |
Yes |
The iSCSI target for Linux does not support eDirectory access controls like the NetWare target does. Nor is the iSCSI initiator or target in OES 2 integrated with NetWare Remote Manager management. You use YaST management tools instead. On the other hand, the iSCSI implementation for Linux is newer and performs better. See Linux-iSCSI Project on the Web. See |
LDAP Server for eDirectory |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
Multipath Device Management |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare uses NSS multipath I/O. Linux uses Device Mapper - Multipath that runs underneath other device management services. |
MySQL |
Yes - NetWare port of open source product |
Yes - Standard Linux |
See MySQL.com on the Web. See |
NCP Volumes |
No |
Yes |
NCP Server on Linux supports creating NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems such as Reiser, Ext3, and XFS. For information, see |
NCP Server |
Yes |
Yes |
NCP services are native to NetWare 6.5 and NSS volumes; to have NCP services on OES, the NCP Server must be installed. See |
NetStorage |
Yes |
Yes |
NetStorage on Linux offers connectivity to storage locations through the CIFS, NCP, and SSH protocols. NetWare uses only NCP. These and other differences are summarized in NetStorage. |
NetWare Traditional File System |
Yes |
No |
Novell has no plans to port the NetWare Traditional File System to Linux. |
NetWare Traditional Volumes |
Yes |
N/A |
|
NFS |
Yes - NFAP |
Yes - native to Linux |
For NetWare, see |
NICI (Novell International Cryptography Infrastructure) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
NMAS (Novell Modular Authentication Services) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
Novell Audit |
Yes |
Yes |
See OES 2 SP3: NSS Auditing Client Logger (VLOG) Utility Reference. |
Novell Client for Windows and Linux support |
Yes |
Yes |
Novell Client connectivity to OES 2 requires that the NCP Server be installed. |
Novell Cluster Services |
Yes |
Yes |
See See |
Novell iFolder 2.x |
Yes |
No |
For migration information, see |
Novell iFolder 3.8 |
No |
Yes |
OES 2 SP3 includes Linux, Macintosh, and Windows clients. |
Novell Licensing Services |
Yes |
No |
|
NSS (Novell Storage Services) |
Yes |
Yes |
Most NSS services are available on both platforms. For a list of NSS features that are not used on Linux, see |
NTPv3 |
Yes |
Yes |
The ntpd.conf file on NetWare can replace an OES server’s NTP configuration file without modification. |
OpenSSH |
Yes |
Yes |
Netware includes a port of the open source product. Linux includes the open source product itself. See |
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) |
No |
Yes |
PAM is a Linux service that Novell leverages to provide eDirectory authentication. eDirectory authentication is native on NetWare. |
Pervasive.SQL |
Yes |
No |
Pervasive.SQL is available for Linux from the Web. |
PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
Printing |
Yes |
Yes |
See iPrint. |
QuickFinder |
Yes |
Yes |
See Search. |
RADIUS |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Samba |
No |
Yes |
Samba is an open source technology available on OES. Novell provides automatic configuration for authentication through eDirectory. For more information, see the OES2 SP3: Samba Administration Guide. |
Search (QuickFinder) |
Yes |
Yes |
When indexing a file system, the QuickFinder engine indexes only what it has rights to see. On NetWare, it has full access to all mounted volumes. On Linux, it has rights to only the files that the novlwww user in the www group has rights to see. For more information, see |
SLP |
Yes - Novell SLP |
Yes - OpenSLP |
For OES 2, see Section 13.5, SLP. NetWare uses Novell SLP, which provides caching of Directory Agent scope information in eDirectory. This provides for sharing of scope information among DAs. Starting with SP3, OpenSLP on Linux is customized to provide DA synchronization as well. |
Software RAIDS (NSS volumes) |
Yes (0, 1, 5, 10, 15) |
Yes (0, 1, 5, 10, 15) |
See |
Storage Management Services (SMS) |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences, except that the SBCON backup engine is not supported on Linux. The nbackup engine is available for exploring SMS capabilities, but in a production environment, you should use a third-party, full-featured backup engine. |
TCP/IP |
Yes |
Yes |
No functional differences. |
Timesync NLM |
Yes |
No |
Timesync will not be ported to Linux. However, NTPv3 is available on both Linux and NetWare. See Time Services. |
Tomcat |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare includes Tomcat 4 and a Tomcat 5 servlet container for iManager 2.7. OES 2 includes Tomcat 5. There is no impact to any of the OES 2 administration tools, which are tested and supported on both platforms. See “Administration Instance vs. Public Instance on NetWare” |
Virtual Office (Collaboration) |
Yes |
No |
Virtual Office has been replaced by Novell Teaming + Conferencing. A separate purchase is required. For more information, see the Novell Teaming + Conferencing Web Site. |
WAN Traffic Manager |
Yes |
No |
|
Xen Virtualization Guest |
Yes |
Yes |
NetWare 6.5 SP8 (and NetWare 6.5 SP 7) can run on a paravirtualized machine. OES 2 can run on a paravirtualized machine or fully virtualized machine. |
Xen Virtualization Host Server |
N/A |
Yes |