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Novell Server Consolidation and Migration Toolkit Administration Guide
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backing up the data and restoring it to the SAN, you can use the Novell Server Consolidation Utility,
which automates the data migration process.
Figure 1-2
Cluster Server Consolidation
Cross-Platform Data Consolidations
As mentioned previously, the Server Consolidation Utility lets you copy data from Windows servers
in a Windows NT domain or Windows 2000/2003 Mixed Mode domain to servers in a Novell
eDirectory tree.
If you have Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES), you can use the Server Consolidation Utility to
copy data between the following server platforms:
NetWare to NetWare
NetWare to OES Linux
Windows NT/2000/2003 to NetWare
Windows NT/2000/2003 to OES Linux
1.2 Migration Overview
The NetWare Migration Wizard is a server data and identity migration tool to help you transfer file
system data and the NDS/eDirectory database from an existing NetWare server to a new NetWare
server on your network. When the migration is complete, the new server replaces and assumes the
identity of the old server on the network.
NetWare Migration Wizard version 8.
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supports migrations from NetWare 4, NetWare 5, or
NetWare 6 source servers. Destination servers must be running NetWare 6.5. It also supports Open
Enterprise Server (OES) for NetWare as a source and destination server.
You can create a migration project to do the following:
Migrate file system data and NDS/eDirectory information from an existing NetWare server to a
new NetWare server. Although you can use the Migration Wizard to reorganize the server data
Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Server 4 Server 5
Cluster
Server 1
Cluster
Server 2
Fiber
Channel
Switch
Data Migration
Shared Disk
System
Data
Volumes
Two Node Cluster
Five NetWare Servers
eDirectory Tree
Summary of Contents for Server Consolidation and Migration Toolkit 1.2
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