Novell BrainShare in Amsterdam

Geplaatst op 16 december 2009 door MWerts

Het was eerder al duidelijk dat Novell opnieuw een BrainShare congres in Europa zou organiseren, maar nu communiceert Novell in een nieuwsbrief zelfs datum en plaats; van 18 tot 21 mei, in Amsterdam! Natuurlijk zou het spannend wezen om te weten waar precies in Amsterdam, maar dat was bij het persbureau nog niet bekend. We houden je op de hoogte.
(Volgens mij komt er maar één locatie in aanmerking en dat is de RAI. Voordat BrainShare enkele jaren geleden werd afgeblazen liepen de bezoekersaantallen terug, maar zelfs op het dieptepunt -2005?- waren er nog 1200 bezoekers. Ik zou geen andere locatie weten dan de RAI

GroupWise@Home

Geplaatst op 4 december 2009 door MWerts

Features at a glance

Home View

Bring Web 2.0 tools right into your Home View. Create customized dashboards and easily access the tools and information you like. Now you can bring it all together in one place: email, calendars, tasks, contacts, Web pages, RSS feeds, wikis, blogs and the Web-enabled applications and much more.

GroupWise@Home puts what you need at your fingertips, so you don’t have to shuffle through multiple windows. It’s visual; it’s intuitive; and it makes working easier than ever. Get it done with GroupWise@Home.

Email

Email is the primary communication engine and is getting more and more important in business as well as in private life. GroupWise@Home simplifies your email handling.

You are not addicted to webmail services like MSN or Google anymore because you can handle these emails by using one central interface: The GroupWise@Home client. GroupWise@Home can easily manage your external email accounts via POP and iMap. You will benefit from all the features of a professional email client.

Contacts

You need a contact manager that lets you get to know people. One that lets you recognise their faces and remember their birthdays and the names of their children. GroupWise@Home lets you capture detailed information about your contacts, so you can turn your contact list into a relationship builder.

You can add photos to remind you what your contacts look like, Include as many phone numbers and e-mail addresses as you would like for each user, insert personal Web sites (blogs, LinkedIn and Facebook) and much more find it out!

Tasks

Need to organise your holidays? No problem – GroupWise@Home is like your own personal project manager. Create a task with a few simple keystrokes. Or, when you receive an e-mail, turn it into a task by dragging it into a task folder. Add subtasks to show all the steps required to complete your project. Use the percent complete field to track your progress on every task and subtask.

Keep your tasks organised by prioritising them and applying categories. Assign colors to categories so that, at a glance, you can find and access items related to specific projects. Sort tasks by due date or filter them to display those that meet certain criteria.

Feature Overview

Have a look at the detailed list of the GroupWise@Home features…

Novell Client 2 SP1 for Windows is January 12, 2010

Geplaatst op 24 november 2009 door MWerts

Environment
Novell Clients for Windows NT/2000/XP
Novell Client for Windows Vista
Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008
Novell Client 2 SP1 for Windows Vista
Novell Client 2 SP1 for Windows Server 2008
Novell Client 2 SP1 for Windows 7
Novell Client 2 SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2

Situation
Does the Novell Client work on 64-bit Windows operating systems?

Resolution
The current version of the Novell Client for Windows 2000/XP/2003 (4.91 SP5) is a 32 bit application, and is not supported on 64 bit operating systems.
The Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 supports the Microsoft Vista and Windows 2008 Server 32 and 64 bit operating systems.

The current projected release date for the Novell Client 2 SP1 for Windows is January 12, 2010. This Client will support the following operating systems (both 32-bit and 64-bit):

Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2

Additional Information
Novell has no plans to develop a client for Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 is uit

Geplaatst op 12 november 2009 door MWerts

Product Description

With the security, reliability and value that you expect from Novell, Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 enables you to:

Use all the networking services you trust from NetWare on Linux
Take advantage of advances in processing power with full x64-bit support
Gain efficiencies in your environment with Virtualization
Streamline back-up and substantially reduce storage costs with new storage technology

For more product information, see the following sites:

Novell Open Enterprise Server
Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions
Open Enterprise Server Documentation

You are also entitled to install and use the Identity Manager 3.6.1 Bundle Edition. For more information, see the Identity Manager 3.6.1 Bundle Edition download page.

Download Instructions

See the Download Instructions for information about the files to download and the disk labels to use.

To download the Novell Identity Manager 3.6.1 Bundle Edition, see the Identity Manager 3.6.1 Bundle Edition download page.

Evaluating Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2

The software you are downloading is the complete Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 product with full functionality. As you install it, you are required to accept an end user license agreement (EULA). Your rights to use the product are limited to the rights set forth in the EULA.

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 requires activation codes for both OES 2 and SLES 10 to enable Web downloads of system patches and updates. Both activation codes are good for 60 days. (Support Pack upgrades of existing OES 2 servers do not require new activation codes.)

The codes are sent to your Novell account’s e-mail address. Be sure to print or record them for later use.

To continue receiving patches and updates after the evaluation activation codes expire, you must purchase OES 2 and configure the system with regular activation codes. SLES 10 codes are good for one year. OES 2 codes do not expire. Notifications are sent to your registered e-mail address so that you can update your annual SLES subscriptions before they expire.

Note: SLES entitlements in OES 2 have changed. For more information, refer to the End User License Agreement (EULA).

Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 (IR1a)

Geplaatst op 25 september 2009 door MWerts

The Novell® Client™ 2 for Windows Vista/2008* provides Windows connectivity to NetWare® and OES Linux servers. With the Novell Client, you can browse through authorized Novell directories, transfer files, and use advanced Novell services directly from a Windows Vista workstation or a Windows 2008 server.

After it is installed on workstations, the Novell Client lets users enjoy the full range of Novell services, including authentication via Novell eDirectory™, network browsing and service resolution, and secure and reliable file system access. All services are delivered through industry-standard protocols. The Client also supports the Novell traditional NCP™ protocol.

The Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 is a separate release from the current Novell Client 4.91 for Windows XP/2003. The Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 supports both the x86 and x64 versions of Windows Vista and has many of the same features as the Novell Client 4.91 for Windows XP/2003.

key features

Support for Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 1, OES 2, NetWare 5.1, NetWare 6.0, and NetWare 6.5
File system integration with NSS and non-NSS volumes via NCP
Login script processing
Notification area (Red N) options
Integrated login with Windows (single username and password)
Integrated eDirectory™ login support for Windows Terminal Services
Integrated eDirectory login and script support for TS Remote Applications.
NMAS™ client integration
Forgotten password recovery options for eDirectory
LDAP contextless login support
DFS junction support
Support for 802.1x wireless authentication
DHCP-based configuration options
OpenSLP support
Shell extensions for Windows’ file browser
File caching/shared open mode support
Auto-reconnect for NCP connections
Cluster failover support for NCP connections
Novell Client settings management and install-time pre-configuration

system requirements

The Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 is supported on the following platforms:

Windows Vista Business (x86 or x64)
Windows Vista Enterprise (x86 or x64)
Windows Vista Ultimate (x86 or x64)
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (x86 or x64)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86 or x64)

The Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 might run but is not supported on Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, and Windows Vista Home Premium editions. The Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 only supports full installations of Windows Server 2008, and is not supported on Server Core installations. The Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 will not install or run on Windows XP, 2000, or 2003.

Windows 7 en de Novell Client

Geplaatst op 8 september 2009 door MWerts

De Novell Client is een hele aardige onder Windows 7. Normaliter kun je met de Novell Client voor de huidige versie van Windows niet uit de voeten op de nieuwe versie. Novell wacht in de regel totdat de nieuwe Windows versie daadwerkelijk ge-released is, waarna je vervolgens 90 tot 180 dagen later pas een officiele versie van de Novell Client ziet verschijnen. Windows Vista was bijvoorbeeld eind 2006 klaar, closed beta’s van de Novell Client32 verschenen in Januari 2007, de public beta in Juni 2007 en de officiele release enige tijd later. Met Windows 7 zie je nu iets bijzonders gebeuren:

Inderdaad. De Novell Client 2 for Windows Vista/2008 kun je ook gewoon gebruiken onder Windows 7. En dat is niet zo heel opmerkelijk als je bedenkt dat de kernels van deze drie gebaseerd zijn op de Windows NT 6.x kernel.

De client nestelt zich uiteraard weer netjes met een icon in de System Tray:

Als je ’t overigens vervelend vindt dat je de System Tray icons niet meer direct ziet … dat is eenvoudig aan te passen door de configuratie van de zogenaamde ‘Notification Area’ (idd. een mooie verzamelnaam voor dit alles) aan te passen.

Je kunt dit alleen voor de ‘Novell Client System Tray Menu’ instellen door te kiezen voor ‘Show icon and notifications’:

of je kunt voor alle icons in één keer dit instellen en het vinkje bij ‘Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar’ zetten. Dan zie je dit:

De meest spannend issue welke ik tot nu toe ben tegengekomen met de Novell Client is het feit dat het login script niet wordt uitgevoerd op het moment dat je je aanmeldt. Waar het wel netjes werkte als je aanlogt door het icoontje (‘ze Big Red N’ 🙂 in de System Tray te gebruiken.

Ik zocht dat eerst in de hoek van dit verhaal: “Login Script Execution Starts Before User’s Desktop” en heb derhalve met de Policy Editor de genoemde setting aangepast:

… maar dat bleek het niet direct te zijn. Een paar blikken in de Novell fora leverde op waar het wél aan ligt:

“The Situation is essentially still the same as my April 2009 response earlier in this thread. Although in addition to the workaround of logging into eDirectory from the red ‘N’ instead of from the Windows welcome screen, its now also known that this issue is specific to the
split-session UAC handling of Administrators group members (a.k.a. “admin approval mode”) on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. So additional workarounds can include disabling admin approval mode in the UAC security policies, so that Administrators group members are handled more like non-Administrators users with regard to UAC elevation. Or, logging in as a non-Administrators member. Or, if desirable, simply turning off UAC would avoid the issue too.”

Maw. voor dit moment gewoon UAC uitzetten 🙂