Novell Shareware - Server Management

Server Management - NetWare Control Center 3.6.1

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:47:43 UT

NetWare Control Center is an advanced Logfile Analyzer and Realtime Event Monitor for Novell NetWare 4.x, 5.x, 6.x and Open Enterprise Servers. With NetWare Control Center you can easily checkout the health and security of your servers. It offers an advanved logfile management (analysing, archiving) with powerful search- and filter-options.

The Realtime Event Monitor shows a status overview with the latest SYS$LOG.ERR event of all monitored servers. It
offers the ability to monitor individual NetWare Events. Using Event Filter Rules you can rate individual NetWare Events with different realtime states: ONLINE, WARNING and FAILURE. Each Event Filter Rule assigned to a specific NetWare Event can be associated with different alert and log options.

The NDS-/eDirectory Health Check feature will offer a simple and fast solution to check the directory services health. It is completely based on TID10060600 and includes all 7 health check steps as recommended by Novell. Just select the server and choose the NDS-/eDirectory Health Check menu entry to start the selected health check steps on the server. The results of the health check will be presented in a detailed and easy to read HTML-Report.

Features of NetWare Control Center:

NetWare Control Center:

multiple tree support
NetWare 4.x, 5.x, 6.x and Open Enterprise Server support
authorization capability with own login dialog
support for multiple server languages
multiple start contexts for browsing the network
remote maintenance (supporting IP and IPX)
web favourites (quick hyperlinks to important Novell Websites)
TID-Finder (quick access to Novell Technical Information Documents)
Error Code Translator (converts NetWare Error Codes into Error Descriptions)
Internet Update Check

Logfile Analyzer:

logfile management (analysing, archiving)
simple logfile analysis through a graphical visualisation
powerful search- and filter-options
deep in event information (error type, error #, source, category, error message)
ability to filter critical or fatal entries to check the health of your servers
intruder lock-out detection
search for spezific events for diagnostic purposes
fast detection of exceeded record lock thresholds
create, view, analyse and compare Server Configuration Reports
ability to salvage, view and analyse previous CONSOLE.LOG files
CRONLOG diagnostic (find-, filter- and goto enabled)
SYS$LOG.ERR analysis
ABEND.LOG analyzer

Realtime Event Monitor:

realtime event monitoring, alerting and reporting
free choice of the servers you need to monitor
event filter rules for filtering NetWare Events
alerting via e-mail, sound file, local or remote popup
logging to the Windows Event Log with customizable options

NDS-/eDirectory Health Check:

easy handling
complete directory services health check as recommended by Novell
customizable for all network environments
time saver, all checks can be done by a single mouse click
detailed HTML-Reports

Logging NetWare Events to the Windows Event Log:

This feature is a long missing gateway to many third-party solutions which now offers a single point monitoring for Windows-, Unix/Linux- and Novell Servers. Logging NetWare Events to the Windows Event Log is customizable with following options...

define which NetWare Events will be logged
select the type of entry for each NetWare Event (Informational, Warning, Failure)
select the category of entry for each NetWare Event
select the Event ID for each NetWare Event (1-9999)

Platforms of NetWare Control Center:

NetWare 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or Open Enterprise Server Network
English or German Server Language
latest Novell Client
rights to files and directories to access the NetWare logfiles
Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 2000/2003 or Windows XP (Home or Professional) or
Windows 98/98SE/ME (Windows 95 is not tested)
administrative rights for installing NetWare Control Center
about 20 MByte harddisk space

Download Location : Download NetWare Control Center

Homepage : http://www.puresoft.de/

Server Management - Alchemy Network Monitor PRO

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:13:57 UT

It is estimate that network failures cost 3-5 billion dollars to companies each year. In fact, most surveys show that an average network administrator reports 3 to 15 serious network malfunctions annually. Yet most of these problems could be easily avoided, if the administrator had proper network monitoring software installed. Alchemy Network Monitor is a network monitoring tool that continuously monitors network server availability and performance, and alerts the network administrator in the event of network errors BEFORE these problems get seriously out of hand.

Alchemy Network Monitor PRO is an advanced version of Alchemy Network Monitor capable to perform two additional tasks in comparison with the Standard Version:

Remote Process Monitoring:
With Alchemy Network Monitor Pro you can monitor processes (running programs) on local and remote Windows PC's and get notified if a process stops on the target computer or if it starts eating computer memory. In this case the program can alert you about this event and/or stop/restart this process (or start another program that will fix the problem) on the remote computer.
Remote Process Control:
This function is able to start, stop and restart processes (running programs) on local and remote computers. You can use it either with the conduction with the Remote Process Monitoring (see above), or separately to start/stop/restart programs on the remote Windows PC's as the result of another server monitoring.

Alchemy Network Monitor monitors your network servers and business-critical applications availability and performance and immediately alerts you if a server gets out of order.

Alchemy Network Monitor PRO is a software that monitors network servers.

Alchemy Network Monitor can also perform certain actions (e.g. launch an external application or execute an SQL query) when a server stops responding to the programs requests and maintain a detailed server monitoring log.

With Alchemy Network Monitor Network Administrators can receive detailed reports on their servers activity and performance that helps to balance the server and network load and detect bottlenecks.

Alchemy Network Monitor is a network monitoring tool that continuously monitors network server availability and performance, and alerts the network administrator in the event of network errors before these problems get seriously out of hand.

Download Location : Download Alchemy Network Monitor PRO

Homepage : http://www.mishelpers.com/network_monitor/network_monitor_pro.html

Server Management - Portlock Boot CD 5.0

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:06:00 UT

The Portlock Boot CD is the essential system administrator toolkit used for professionally managing and maintaining enterprise servers. Use the Portlock Boot CD to recover data with Portlock Drive Explorer, take an image of your system with Portlock Storage Manager and view detailed information about hardware components with Portlock Device Manager.

The Portlock Boot CD is a powerful tool that enables Portlock Storage Manager to function on a system with a corrupt or non-existent OS. The Portlock Boot CD is based on the WinPE CD, which means that a Windows operating system is loaded into RAM during the CD boot sequence.

The Portlock Boot CD is based on Windows Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE) 2.1. Nearly all storage and networking hardware are supported.

Features of the Portlock Boot CD, version 5.0:

New Menu Interface: All utilities are accessible through a new graphical user interface, including a start menu with a taskbar to access open windows.
Portlock Drive Explorer: View files and directories on your local disks (Traditional, NSS and NTFS) and removable media and extract/copy individual files from your system to an alternate location.
Portlock Device Manager: View detailed information on system devices. Use Portlock Device Manager to find unsupported devices and install missing drivers.
Portlock Drive Map: Map a network drive to a specified server and/or directory and copy individual files or install a driver to and from alternate locations.
Portlock Network Configuration: Configure your server with DHCP or a static IP. Use the included network diagnostic utility to verify your network connection and resolve network problems.
Portlock Display Manager: Change the display configuration and resolution of the Portlock Boot CD.
Remote Connections: Use Windows Remote Desktop or RCONIP – a Netware-based remote connection utility – to connect to your desktop or server of choice.
Windows System Information: Obtain a wide variety of information about your system and devices, ranging from model and type to components and problem devices.
Windows Task Manager: Use Windows Task Manager to view running processes and monitor CPU and RAM usage.
Windows Notepad: Create and edit documents using Windows Notepad.

Note: all mentioned features are preliminary and subject to change.

Download Location : Download Portlock Boot CD 5.0

Homepage : http://www.portlock.com/products/boot_cd/

Server Management - Portlock Storage Manager

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:18:51 UT

Portlock Storage Manager is designed to minimize the management, setup, installation, and reconfiguration time for Linux, NetWare and Windows systems. Copy, create, clone, image, restore, and resize DOS, NetWare and NSS partitions and volumes. Image and restore Windows FAT32 and NTFS partitions; Linux Ext2 / Ext3 / ReiserFS partitions. Disaster recovery of failed servers is very fast and dramatically simplified - no booting OS required.

Portlock Storage Manager can migrate a server using TCP/IP from the old server to the new server or create an image file on disk or SCSI tape. Nothing needs to be installed on the new server to begin a full-system migration.

Portlock Storage Manager for NetWare offers customers the ultimate storage management solution. New in Portlock Storage Manager is support for NetWare 6.5 Service Pack 6, software mirroring, support for Virtual Server and VMware and support for EMC and NetWare multipathing.

Note: features vary depending on the type of file system or partition - consult the history.txt file for specific limitations.

Disaster Recovery Features of Portlock Storage Manager:

Bare-Metal Disaster Recovery: Boot the server from a floppy diskette or bootable CD/DVD, run restore, reboot and the server is running exactly the same as the last image.
Does not require OS Installation: Operating system is restored automatically as part of the recovery process.
Disaster Recovery: Image and Restore features provide a complete recovery including all user information, files, permissions, trustees, namespaces, etc.
High-speed Image and Restore: Image and Restore exceeding 40GB per hour with high-performance tape drives.
Across the Wire Recovery: Servers can be restored using TCP/IP with images stored on NetWare or Windows platforms.
Supports Restores to New Hardware: Restore to the same or new hardware. Supports reconfiguring the operating system to support different hardware and storage controllers.
DVD Media: DVDs can be a very effective storage medium for backups and disaster recovery. DVD media is inexpensive, offers 2.5 MB/sec write speeds, 5.0 MB/sec read speeds and a life of 30-100 years.

Server-to-Server Migration Features of Portlock Storage Manager:

Portlock Storage Manager's server backup and restore features support images stored on disk files, CD/DVD, TCP/IP communication links, FTP and Web servers, and SCSI tape drives. Our third generation imaging technology supports streaming the very fastest SCSI tape drives, utilizing high-performance communications over TCP/IP for server-to-server migration.

Using accurate system images, this bare-metal migration results in a very high-speed migration, duplicating all attributes to the new server, while minimizing hardware hassles. Servers can even be cloned across continents using TCP/IP.

Storage Management Features of Portlock Storage Manager:

Note: features vary depending on the type of file system or partition - consult the history.txt file for specific limitations.

Supports NetWare versions 3.12 - 6.5
Supports Linux and Open Enterprise Server
Supports Windows 95 - XP - 2003 (Beta status)
Supports DOS partitions
NetWare Traditional and NSS volumes and partitions
Windows FAT32 and NTFS partitions (Beta status)
Linux partitions (Beta status)
Diagnostic partitions
Runs under NetWare, Linux and DOS
Does not require a server reboot for most operations
Dismounts only the volume being managed
Image Manager for remote server imaging
Supports partition mirroring
Supports multi-segment volumes
Extensive volume analysis tools
Image and Restore entire servers
Delete volume segments without loss of data (Traditional volumes).
Extensive Data Recovery features
Remote control a server even when the server is running from DOS.

Download Location : Download Portlock Storage Manager

Homepage : http://www.portlock.com/products/storagemanager/

Server Management - NetServerMon v3.0

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:59:38 UT

NetServerMon is an extremely versatile and easy to use utility designed specifically for your Netware Servers. It allows you to view NDS partitions on one or more servers. You can monitor server utilization for one or more servers on one easy to read screen. View and compare your SET parameters across different servers. Compare NLM versions across many servers. You can display volume usage, User connections, and file open/lock activity. You can send a broadcast message to selected users, or clear selected connections. You can view and print your Abend logs. You can save all information to Comma Separated Value (CSV) files for import to a spreadsheet or database for further analysis or manipulation.

Download Location : Download NetServerMon v3.0

Homepage : http://www.simonsware.com/Products.shtml

Server Management - ActivXperts Network Monitor 7.0

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:30:06 UT

ActiveXperts Network Monitor is a network and server monitoring tool that allows administrators to monitor the network for failures and irregularities automatically. It can monitor all aspects of your LAN- and WAN servers, workstations and IP devices.

You never know when a power supply is going to burn out, when a server is going to crash, when network bandwidth drops or when your LAN is hacked.

However, even through you do not know when these events will occur, you can be prepared for them. Effective networking monitoring will alert you the moment that a situation arises so that you can respond to it immediately and minimize down-time. While a networking monitoring system can provide information about problems, it can also provide information about improving the network. A good system will allow you to generate log files and performance charts that detail your system's capabilities and responses. With this data, you can tweak your settings to find the optimal set-up.

When a failure is detected, the network monitor tool will try to correct the problem. There's no agent software required on the servers being monitored; the monitoring service uses protocols and application layers of the Operating System to do its job.

For years, System Administrators, Network Operators and Helpdesk Employees have relied upon the power, flexibility and reliability of the ActiveXperts Network Monitor tool.

ActiveXperts' powerful Network Monitor Engine technology has been adopted by several software companies all over the world. ActiveXperts' Network Monitoring technologies is used by thousands of companies all over the world, making ActiveXperts the leading provider of Network Monitoring solutions.

When the engine detects a failure, it alerts via network message, e-mail, pager, SNMP Trap (SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c) notification or SMS message (support for TAPI, Unicode, TAP, UCP and FBus). The software takes a corrective action automatically.

It can monitor Microsoft SQL Serves through OLE-DB ADO interface, and Oracle through SQL*NET interface like TNS Ping. Other databases such as Access, FoxPro, Paradox, SyBase, Informix, IBM DB2 are also supported.

The product has the following built-in checks: AD, ADSI, CPU Usage, databases, directory size, disk healthy, DNS, disk drive, disk space, event log (incl. content checking), MS Exchange, file existence (incl. content checking), file size, FTP site, HTTP(s) (incl. content checking), humidity, ICMP/Ping, IMAP4, Memory Usage, MS SQL Database, Novell NDS, NTDS (NT4 compatible DS), NTP, POP3 mail server, printer, process, process memory usage, service, SMTP mail server, SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c, TCP port (incl. handshaking), temperature (requires a Sensatronics IT thermometer), UDP, UNIX shell script (RSH), VBScript (custom scripts) and WMI. Custom check routines can be written easily using VBScript or RSH. Lots of sample scripts are included.

The product runs as a service on the Windows 2003/2000/XP/NT platform. ActiveXperts Network Monitor supports Windows, UNIX, Linux and Novell platforms. User Interface is Web based, a Win32 explorer-like user interface is also included.

Features of ActivXperts Network Monitor:

Monitors various operating systems, including Windows, Novell, UNIX and LINUX;
Monitors web servers using HTTP and HTTPs protocols. Supports NTLM authentication, proxy servers and proxy authentication;
Monitors mail servers. Supports SMTP/Pop3 servers, including Lotus Notes, MS Exchange and native SMTP/POP3 servers;
Monitors IP protocols. ActiveXperts Network can monitor a wide range of IP protocols, including ICMP Ping, FTP, SNMP v1, SNMP v2c, LDAP, NTP and NNTP;
Monitors various databases, including Oracle, MS SQL, MS Access, SyBase, Informix, Paradox and IBM DB2. It supports the ODBC, ADO and OLE-DB interfaces to monitor a wide range of databases;
Monitors event logs; filter on event sources, event ID's, etc. Match patterns in event descriptions;
Monitors disk availability and disk space. It can monitor the physical status of a disk array of an individual disk. It can monitor availability and/or used space on a physical or logical disk;
Monitors services, processes, memory usage. It can monitor the status of a Windows service, check if a process is running on a remote machine, and check the amount of consumed memory of the individual process;
Monitors users, groups, Active Directory and Novell NDIS. Support for ADSI and allows you to monitor Microsoft- and Novell Directory Services, including Microsoft Active Directory and Novell NDS;
Monitors environment. Requires an Environmental Monitoring device from Sensatronics to monitor temperature, humidity and/or water leaks ('wetness');
Custom Network Monitoring. You can add new checks by writing scripts. You can use VBScript (Windows) or RSH (UNIX) for it. VBScript checks can use WMI and ADSI;
Enterprise class architecture. The product consists of a network monitoring service (the 'Engine') and a separate management interface (called 'Manager'). Administrators can monitor enterprise-wide networks from a single console where no agent software is required;
Monitoring engine is self-tuning; the number of active threads adapt to the number of rules to be processed per minute.
Software is provided with powerful, pre-defined checks.

Platforms of ActivXperts Network Monitor:

The Network Monitor Server must be running on a Windows server platform (or a Windows workstation platform that supports services).

And the following requirements:

Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows NT4

The Network Monitor Manager can be used on any Win98SE or higher operating system. There are no special requirements for running the application.

Download Location : Download ActivXperts Network Monitor

Homepage : http://www.activxperts.com/activmonitor/

Server Management - AdRem Server Manager 6

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:19:35 UT

Novell Consulting experts' choice for: user activity monitoring, disk usage reporting, server trends and problem diagnosing, NLM profiling, advanced file management and remote console. In wide use by Novell Consulting experts who face network, server, user, directory and file management challenges. Configure and distribute server parameters to multiple servers from a central location, monitor user activity, create disk usage reports, collect and analyze trends, quickly diagnose problems and track NLM utilization.

This is the one Windows program to manage NetWare and OES Linux!

You can monitor multiple servers running different NetWare and SUSE Linux OS versions. Even if you still run NetWare, migrate or successfully use Linux – run Server Manager 6 to control them all.

Features of AdRem Server Manager 6:

Instant Access to Server Status:

Global view of current performance across multiple servers; performance charts; detailed statistics on open files, connections, and loaded NLMs.

Advanced Disk Management:

Manage files, directories, volumes, and trustee rights; generate detailed reports on server file system; set volume space usage restrictions; quickly search files.

Multiple Server Operations:

Coordinate and automate multiple server tasks using powerful distribution and task scheduling capabilities; compare stored configurations.

Long-term Performance Trend Analysis and Reporting:

Collect performance data, view long-term trends, create multi-chart performance reports; generate sever configuration and file system reports.

Server Configuration Management:

View, store, and modify server SET parameters and configuration files; perform advanced log analysis; export and print configuration templates.

Backward NetWare Compatibility and More...:

Compatibility with all versions of NetWare and Novell OES; WAN optimization; built-in remote console; protocol independence.

Business Benefits of AdRem Server Manager 6:

Server Manager presents opportunities for increased revenue, reduced costs of IT and rapid ROI. The one of its kind feature of the product is support for existing NetWare servers and new OES Linux environment. Where Administrators can use unified interface to administer and troubleshoot both systems, identifying problems much faster and applying configuration changes on multiple devices at once.

New Server Manager 6 becomes a necessary solution during migration process, when large number of files and data is moved to new OES Linux servers and there is a need to keep an eye on and proactively monitor behavior of new environment.

As such, this solution is relevant to your organization if you are confronted with any of the following challenges:

Use both Novel Netware and OES Linux servers
Need quick access to different NetWare and OES Linux version to identify the problems
Need for improved productivity of both Netware and OES Linux
Plan to migrate your NetWare Servers to OES Linux
Pressure to reduce time on management operations.

Platform of AdRem Server Manager 6:

Enhanced OES/Linux support
Monitoring of over 100 OES/Linux performance counters
OES/Linux health monitor support
OES/Linux tasks:
- Execute shell command
- Reboot and shutdown
- Copy software files
- Update text files
New Monitoring Server Properties
- Option to disable Health Monitoring
- Option to disable advanced monitoring
- Option to disable SMAGENT.NLM
- Option to specify various monitoring times
- Option to disable background server monitoring
Option to automatically maintain only last trends
Performance optimization
Fixed reconnection problems
SSH Terminal included

Download Location : Download AdRem Server Manager 6

Homepage : http://www.adremsoft.com/sm/index.php

Server Management - Traffic Shaping Engine 3.2.0

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:42:43 UT

Traffic Shaping Engine ( TSE ) NLM runs on NetWare 4.xx, 5.x, and 6.x servers to manage server bandwidth and provide traffic shaping capabilities to the NetWare OS. The TSE is NOT another monitoring system, it operates at wire speed to actively manage bandwidth and cures all sorts of LAN / WAN / Internet bandwidth problems, including excessive file downloads, by allowing you to limit, prioritize, reserve, monitor, and audit bandwidth consumption. The TSE manages traffic passing through or generated by the server, and so manages the traffic of Border Manager, GroupWise, web servers, or any other NetWare base service. The TSE performs high speed, rule based, scans of traffic to select and manage desired traffic. The TSE features DiffServ / TOS tagging, Priority Queuing, Filtering, Rate Limiting, Threshold driven Rates, and Quotas.

The Traffic Shaping Engine can be used to manage both Internet and LAN bandwidth, IPX and IP traffic, and apply data rates to up to 8,000,000 simultaneous connections. It is also a verastile toolkit to perform complex filtering, programmable packet capture, and even create "penalty boxes" for workstations sending prohibited traffic. The Traffic Shaping Engine requires very little memory and imposes negligible overhead. This traffic shaper can be used on older servers and even the slowest Pentium is capable of managing >> T1 speed connections. A simple, efficient bandwidth management solution for Novell shops. The TSE is also a great add-on for Novell Small Business Suite.

If you use Border Manager, Novell's web servers, iPrint, iFolder, Novell Internet Messaging System, Netscape Enterprise Server, Apache on NetWare, NIAS, or GroupWise WebAccess, and any other NetWare based service, why not add bandwidth management capabilities as well? Its easy, its inexpensive, and it works!

Features of Traffic Shaping Engine 3.2.0:

Rule based filtering, forwarding, auditing, capture and rate shaping of IP or IPX traffic
Limit total bandwidth in / out of an interface, network, IP address range, or any complex criteria
Apply data rates to specific types of traffic based on UDP or TCP port ranges
Implement priority queuing to optimize WAN / ISP usage
Apply DiffServ / TOS tags for IP traffic, integrating NetWare with DiffServ capable routers / switches
Use inbound DiffServ / TOS to prioritize traffic
Limit total concurrent connections to a given host, network, UDP or TCP port
Apply connection or workstation oriented rates and quotas
Use tables to implement quotas or apply rates to arbitrary lists of ports, addresses, networks
Apply fixed and variable latency for WAN / satWAN emulation
Monitor and log usage with the Connection Audit feature
Works with Border Manager, NIAS, Web Servers, and any other NetWare based service
Scales to a million simultaneous connections, really.
Still the worlds fastest software based solution, and the ONLY solution that runs on NetWare
Can be packaged into the worlds smallest 3 interface traffic using single board computers
Identifies NDS objects for audit logs and web status when using MAC2USER
Packet Capture compatible with Ethereal Ethereal Protocol Analyzer
Flexible and programmable Advanced Queue Management ( AQM ) features
TSE API programming interface for 3rd party developers - In Progress.
TSE Event Callback System for Developers - In Progress.
Improved Stochastic Priority Queue processes more packets quicker
Per Connection Actions. Each flow can be programmed to take any rule action.
QoS Sharing Between Multiple Connections with Aging
Improved Web Status Page
Fixes to numerous minor issues from previous releases
Full SMP support under Netware 4.2 and higher
Tested with > 8,000,000 simultaneous connection entries

The TSE is useful for virtually any application where you need to limit, monitor, or filter the flow of network traffic. Rate driven thresholds allow you to accommodate traffic bursts while managing long term high volume connections. Extremely simple TSE configurations effectively impose download quotas for hyperactive downloaders, while not punishing the average user. You can kiss headaches like MP3's, game demos, and movie trailers good-bye.

Download Location : Download Traffic Shaping Engine 3.2.0

Homepage : http://www.trafficshaper.com/

Server Management - Novell NetWare Volume Memory Calculator

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:18:29 UT

This form will calculate the amount of memory that NetWare needs to mount a volume. This calculation includes a recommendation for the amount of memory needed for file caching based upon the number of clients attached to the server.

For NetWare 3.x based volumes, disable the block suballocation and compression fields.

This form does not calculate the amount of memory needed for the operating system or other applications.

Tip: To save this form on your computer, select File - Save As. This will copy the form to your "My Documents" folder.

Download Location : Download Novell NetWare Volume Memory Calculator

Homepage : http://www.portlock.com/documents/volmem.htm

Server Management - GroupWise Rules Utility

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:46:24 UT

We created GW-CRU to allow system administrators to add common rules to all GroupWise users' accounts. GW-CRU overcomes the inability of GroupWise to create or distribute user "default rules".

Creating common rules is a snap with GroupWise Rules Utility! GroupWise Rules Utility allows you to create common or default rules and folders in each user's account quickly and easily. GroupWise wireless "pager-enabled" users can even have automatic forwarding rules set up to keep them in touch when they are on the go.

GroupWise Rules Utility increases the return on your investment by maximizing your system administrators' time, allowing them to apply rules to multiple users' accounts simultaneously. Administrators are also able to create sets of rules specific to group membership, container object membership, or individual logins. Administrators no longer have to waste time re-creating rules for users who have accidentally modified or deleted them.

Specific Rules for Specific Groups and Users:

GroupWise Rules Utility can be called from the local workstation or is installed in a common directory on the server (SYS:PUBLIC\CRULES\). The executable reads the CRU.INI file to determine which data file contains the rules that will be applied to specific user accounts, allowing specified rule sets for different users.

Continually Update Rule Sets:

GroupWise Rules Utility can be configured to update user rules each time they login. Most network administrators will use NAL Force Run to distribute common rules when users log in to the network. GroupWise Rules Utility will also work by running a batch file upon completion of a login script.

Easily Create and Distribute Rule Sets:

GroupWise Rules Utility contains two executable files: CRUUtil.exe is used by the administrator to create rules and CRU.exe is run by the client on a Windows workstation to import the rule(s) into their account. The CRUUtil.exe administration interface is similar to the standard GroupWise Client interface for creating rules.

Features and Benefits of GroupWise Rules Utility:

GroupWise Rules Utility provides a structured method of distributing GroupWise rules that requires minimal maintenance. Valuable Administrator time is gained by simultaneously creating rule sets for users and rule sets for specific groups. GroupWise Rules Utility also eliminates user frustration when rules are accidentally deleted. The user just needs to log back in to GroupWise in order to reinstate their GroupWise rules.

Features:

Easily installed and requires minimal upkeep
Create different rule sets for different GroupWise groups and users
Apply rules to multiple accounts simultaneously
Update users' rules upon each GroupWise login
Log creation for all rule distribution in your environmnet
Keep your "pager enabled" users in touch while they are on the go

Benefits:

With no files to install on the users' workstations, GroupWise Rules Utility is easy to install. Rules Utility requires no scheduled maintenance; the only upkeep will be based on the change of your organizations rule sets.
Administrators can distribute different rules to different users/groups based on group membership, container object membership or individual logins.
The rules created for the users in your environment, and the group-specific rules can all be simultaneously applied to your GroupWise accounts. Once the rules are applied, no administrator interaction is required until the rules require change.
By running a batch file upon completion of the GroupWise login, GroupWise Rule Utility automatically updates the user rules. This eliminates the need for the administrator to re-create any rules accidentally deleted or modified by the user.
To help track and organize your environments' GroupWise rule sets, Rules Utility creates a log file of the rule distribution.
Create and define rules with Rules Utility that will keep your pager-enabled users in touch by having their email forwarded to their PDA device.

Platforms of GroupWise Rules Utility:

Server Requirements:

GroupWise Rules Utility is compatible with the following versions of GroupWise:

GroupWise 6.x
GroupWise 5.x
GroupWise 6.5.2 and above for use with Trusted Application API support (future release only)

GroupWise Rules Utility is compatible with GroupWise installed on the following server platforms:

Novell OES
Novell NetWare
SUSE Linux
Microsoft Windows

Server hardware requirements:

No special requirements.

Server access rights/permissions:

When using the Trusted Application with GroupWise 6.5.2, the manager must have supervisor rights to the GroupWise Domain and GroupWise Domain file system (in a future release).

Workstation Requirements:

Windows 9x, NT4 Workstation, 2000 Professional, XP Workstation
32 MB RAM
20 MB Available Disk Space
GroupWise Windows Client

Download Location : Download GroupWise Rules Utility

Homepage : http://www.omni-ts.com/

Server Management - Alexander SPK

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:40:33 UT

Automated Crash Prevention, Recovery, Reporting & Diagnostics. Now you can relax knowing that all of your NetWare servers are protected by the Alexander Server Protection Kit (SPK). When misbehaved software threatens to bring a server down, SPK will automatically step in and prevent it! In cases were a crash cannot be prevented, it will protect your data by dismounting the volumes. In most cases your users will not know that anything occurred at all. They will continue to work while in the background the SPK buffers them from costly interruptions.In either case, the SPK will pinpoint the cause, provide comprehensive diagnostics, and report to both alert and management products. In short, the Alexander SPK will manage all aspects of a crash without human intervention, thus protecting your office productivity.

When NetWare declares an abend call, it does so because it has encountered a condition which, if not interrupted, could cause serious damage. When the SPK is on the server, the Edna module intercepts this call and works immediately to protect the server from having to actually go down. This can be done in two ways:
Edna knows of certain conditions where NetWare will think that it must abend but that conclusion is erroneous so the call to abend is countermanded.

There are many conditions whereby a misbehaving module can be suspended thus preventing the abend from being necessary.

When NetWare attempts to prevent an abend from bringing the system down it suspends a thread. The module that owns that thread is still in memory but cannot be depended upon because one of its hands is tied via suspension. It cannot be unloaded. The only way to recover its use is to down and restart the server which interrupts office productivity.

With Edna running the entire module is suspended instead of just the thread. Then she provides a special prompt that allows you to actually unload the module and reload it in seconds without interrupting anyone or anything and with out downing and restarting the server (often the problematic module has been corrupted in memory so the ability to unload and reload it fully refreshes the code in memory). This unload process is so thorough that Edna ascertains what system resources can be released and which cannot. For instance the module might share some resources with another module, these will not be freed so that the other module does not become hobbled. This is a powerful feature not found any other environment.

When a hard crash cannot be prevented, Edna protects the server by working to turn the crash into as orderly a shutdown as possible, thus reducing the likelihood of damage. This in turn increases the likelihood that the server will be able to fully recover without human intervention.

Whenever the system is restarted and Edna then loads, she cleans out all crash related files in the DOS partition regardless of who created them and places them safely in individual sub-directories under sys:edna. This is important because it means that the DOS partition will always be clear to allow for the occasional need to save a core dump image.

When the system is then up again Edna generates SNMP traps for each event telling what happened, when, on what system, and where to locate the crash report.

With NetWare alone, a core dump can only be created by a person being there at the box. In contrast, Edna allows you to set a switch which instantly dynamically configures her to make a core dump for you anytime the system abends.

NetWare creates an abend.log file by default for each crash event. These logs may contain many events but each one represents about 25k data. In contrast, the Edna Crash File (ECF) for a typical NW6 server averages about 20 MB per event. That is a tremendous difference in providing needed data. Reading an abend.log file is awkward and often lacks sufficient information to resolve the cause of the crash. In contrast, an ECF file typically takes under 60 seconds.

Customers as well as other software vendors supporting Novell have long reported that they can resolve the cause of most crashes in under 10 minutes with no outside help. A simple, free Windows viewer organizes information, enables sorting, and even for data to be copied and printed so that it can be added into internal or external reports.

Edna displays all screens from all modules running showing their state the microsecond the crash occurred. This would only be available by looking at a core dump with a debugger. Edna enables you to sort instantly through all loaded modules and locate, for instance, oldest, etc.

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