Hello everyone, I've been running Netware 5.1 for years, and it's time
to replace the old machine with newer one. I selected a 32bit Supermicro
server with Adaptec RAID 2120s. I found the proper drivers and my
install makes it all the way to where it adends right where I need to
launch the GUI. Says lack of memory for Java but I have 2GB installed. 

I can run NWconfig from prompt and even mirror drives, but can't find
where to name my server.  Anybody have ideas? do I need more memory?

I'm retired and I run netware cause it's so solid and I can log in to
get files from any machine in the house. The old machine I built 1998
and I decided to replace the machine but hopefully keep my Netware. Tim
Alderman Oakland CA


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Clean install, Fdisk removed all partitions, boot from Novell 5.1 OS CD.
I went and checked my old machine (I couldn't believe this) runs on
256MB memory on a Pentium3.  I drug out another P3 and was able to get
all the way to 'name server'.  Is there a problem with Netware 5.1 being
to old to run on a Xeon machine?  I'm about ready to order 4GB memory if
that would help (as I recall from CNE class that server memory size is
determined by hard disc capacity and I am upping from 36 to 72GB SCSI
RAID) or is it waste of money?  Tim Alderman Oakland CA


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talder wrote:

> Is there a problem with Netware 5.1 being
> to old to run on a Xeon machine?

Oh yeah likely ... it doesn't "like" the newer hardware, that's for sure. 
A generally suggested workaround is to run it as a virtual machine, such 
as using VMWare Server (http://www.vmware.com) or VirtualBox 
(http://www.virtualbox.org); both are available for free.


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Hi,

talder wrote:
> 
> Clean install, Fdisk removed all partitions, boot from Novell 5.1 OS CD.

Hopefully the SP8 overlay, and not the original shipping 5.1???

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Unfortunately, Original shipping CD.  Is there a place to get
replacement or do I have to buy newer version?  Doing a virtual machine
sounds very round about way to solve simple problem, but is that's my
only option, I'm willing to try. Tim Alderman Oakland CA


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Hi,

talder wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, Original shipping CD.  Is there a place to get
> replacement or do I have to buy newer version?  

You never have to buy service packs.

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=t006GFCPuVI~

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WOW! WOW! WOW!  What a difference a new CD makes!  Even those drivers I
took WEEKS to find were all right in there, and talk about FAST.. the
files transferred so fast I couldn't even read them..    I was able to
install the license and get to console one.  As I type this the two RAID
5 arrays are mirroring. (when done every one of my 6 machines will be
raid mirrored)

Since this is a later version (SP8) should I treat it as an upgrade?  I
want to migrate my NDS and all files then put the old server to rest. I
have to study my manuals if this is what I need to do next. 

I first registered this product on 3-15-2000 so that old guy lasted
more than a decade, been through 3 power supplies 4 hard drives and the
LAN RJ45 is just about to fall out. 

ANYWAY THANKS you folks saved my netware and I cannot thank you enough.
Tim Alderman Oakland CA


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talder wrote:

> Since this is a later version (SP8) should I treat it as an upgrade?

Depends on your viewpoint - do you consider (say) Windows XP/SP3 an 
"upgrade" of Windows XP (stock)?


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talder wrote:

>   I
> want to migrate my NDS and all files then put the old server to rest. I
> have to study my manuals if this is what I need to do next.

It would be easier, IMHO, to simply install the new server into the same 
NDS tree (then you don't need to "migrate" NDS at all). Copy your files 
over (making sure trustees etc are maintained). Make the new server to 
host the Master of your replica, uninstall the old server from NDS, and 
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Peter, 
I have now installed the new SP8 version now a dozen times, and each
time I record the NDS ADMIN settings for subsequent login under console
one. No matter what I try, I can't log in using the server GUI.  That
cuts off my replacing as you suggest using same TREE. (the two machines
do recognize eachother, however)

Next I tried migrate as shown on page 78 of the installation guide. The
SP8 CD created from your downloadable image, above,  has no directory
under: Start Menu> Programs> Novell> Products> Novell Upgrade Wizard>
nor the file MIGWIN32.EXE.

However the original factory CD does have this file which I installed
in both my Windows2000 and Windows7 machines. I created a new tree, O,
OU and CN for the SP8 server as the wizard suggests and got it to accept
both old and new trees, using Netware 4 to 5.1 migration as there is no
5 to 5.1 available. 

On both windows machines the wizard abends. In 2000 it just hangs every
time. in windows 7, I get the following message: "the ordinal 3057 could
not be located in dynamic link library NETWIN32.DLL.  So much for
migrating.

Next I tried to work around not getting into console one on the new
server by trying to find windows executable file NWADMN32.EXE. there is
none on the new sp8 disk, and the older versions also lack DLL companion
files and won't start. 

My final thought was to find an NDS manager on the new server, trying
to find SETUPNDS.NLM, but it isn't found. 

I am so close but still cannot find a way to migrate nor finish
creating NDS on the new machine. So far the old machine is still hanging
in there. Yet I fear taking it down or losing power lest it not come
back up again. It's been running continuously for over a year and a half
now. 

Thank you for continued replies. Tim Alderman Oakland CA USA


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I've decided to follow the above instructions after solving:
1) I installed the SP8 version EXACTLY as shown in the manual, using
their
example texts, to see what I was doing wrong. When I got done, I was
finally able to log into CONSOLE ONE on the first try.  This taught me
I
was adding to much. 

2) While I cannot get the migrate program to work on any machine, I
did discover that the old windows2000 machine does load NWADMN32
and the NDS manager IF I use windows explorer to go to the SYS\
PUBLIC\WIN32 directory to launch those two programs.  Using a shortcut
to the desktop, nor anything I do in windows7, works. 

3) Between those two old programs (vintage 1998) I was able to clean
up the mess I had created with failed server installs by deleting. 
And
also verify the MASTER license is on the old machine and a copy on
the new one.  Thank goodness for IPX!

Once the new machine finishes mirroring, I'm going to try transferring
files and objects and seeing if I access them from workstations.

The final step Peter identified but didn't say how to make the new
server
license MASTER, nor how to change the file server name once the old
one
is offline. Only then will I feel good powering it down. 

It's been a long road but now I recall why a decade ago I spent a
grand
for software for my home.  There's nothing like Netware..

Tim Alderman Oakland CA


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talder wrote:

> idn't say how to make the new
> server
> license MASTER,

I think you mean by partition/replica here and not license? You can use 
NDS Manager to make the switch - (going from memory here) simply highlight 
the Read/Write, right-click and select Master (or Promote to Master or 
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talder wrote:

> change the file server name

The server name is set in the AUTOEXEC.NCF (along with the Internal IPX 
Address etc) found in SYS:SYSTEM ...


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Thank you Peter, for continuing. I am almost done..

Of course autoexec.ncf is a key file, accessed by nwconfig.nlm. In
there it has a WARNING: 'If you change the name of the server, you must
update all licenses assigned. Using nwadmin, double-click on a licensed
object and click on assignments button. If the old name appears, you
must delete it and then add the new server name. Do this for all
licensed objects'. 

First step, find definition of 'licensed object'. Not in the manuals,
nor in the glossary on the Novell.com web site, can I find what this
means. I tried every single object in nwadmin, and when each opens,
there is no 'assignment' button.

Changing the server name, IP address is no big deal. getting the
license to agree, is huge.  How huge?  Well, if I remove the old server
from the LAN the new one starts beeping, like every 5 seconds. The
console says 'lost communication' with old server.    Now I CAN log into
the new server from any workstation by assigning new drive letters,
etc., with the old server offline. But that beeping in the cellar will
drive me nuts and I don't know how to stop it. 

In your last comment you said to transpose the master/slave licenses
between servers. Somehow, I stumbled across that and did it.  Did it
stop the beeping?  Not a chance. 

If I could stop that beeping, everything else seems to be done. 
Or, transfer the license back, Fdisk the new server, and start over one
more time.   I'm getting good at this.

Tim Alderman

P.s. even when done I'm keeping that old server and my windows 2000
workstation machine, intact. they work so well together, just need
rest.


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> license to agree, is huge.  How huge?  Well, if I remove the old server
> from the LAN the new one starts beeping, like every 5 seconds. The
> console says 'lost communication' with old server.    Now I CAN log into

You didn't remove the replica that is on the old server, did you? 
Otherwise, from the replica ring "configuation", the new server would 
still think the other server holds the R/W (if you have swapped the 
replica type) and tries to find it ...


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talder wrote:

> First step, find definition of 'licensed object'. Not in the manuals,
> nor in the glossary on the Novell.com web site, can I find what this
> means. I tried every single object in nwadmin, and when each opens,
> there is no 'assignment' button.

You should see the servername_NLS object in the tree - and if you don't 
have the Licensing snapin installed for NWAdmin, you will still see the 
objects but they will have a black/white "?" icon instead. Without a valid 
license file installed, you would still have 2 connections allowed (known 
as "runtime license") to the new server.


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Remove the replica on old server? not hardly. My goal is to 
build a new server, copy the files, ensure that I can log into
the new server from any workstation.  I added the step of
transposing that MASTER for the license, but on the old
server it has the copy marker R/W. 

Thanks to your help, the above has been done.  What prevents me from 
shutting down the old server is that keeping.   Can I somehow go into
NWADMN while logged on the new server and delete the objects 
found that relate to the old server?  Will that stop the beeping
so I can call this project DONE?

Time synchronization, which is what it's beeping about, doesn't
matter to me, I can look at the clock gadget on my windows desktop. 

Tim Alderman, Oakland, CA USA, old netware sysop


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THANKS Peter, for separating threads in this discussion.  When I bought
my  5.1
it came with a 5 user license disc on a floppy. I installed it as
prompted and thought that was it.  In ten years of running, not once has
the OS complained,
and yes at times I have had 3 users logged in (one being the Cheyenne
tape 
backup which I used to use long ago).

I found 2 entries  as follows:
NLS_LSP_NEPTUNE (old server's name)
NLS_LSP_NEPTUNE2 (new)
The icon for these looks like  a server with a paper off the side.

AND.. right above that are four more icons, square buttons, as
follows:
Novell+NetWare 5 Conn SCL+510
SN:300483xxx (my serial number)
Novell+Netware 5  Server+510
SN:300483xxx

Clicking on EITHER serial number above I was surprized to find:
'Explanation:the specified license certificate is not a valid NLS
license certificate. '
'Suggested Action: Delete and reinstall the license certificate. If the
problem persists, contact your vendor. '
'Return code: 0xc004017 NLS_INVALID_CERTIFICATE'

Should I delete these and see if I can reinstall? 

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Yes, I would try to reinstall the license as I think the issue being 
trying to install the same license twice ...


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talder wrote:

> Remove the replica on old server? not hardly. My goal is to
> build a new server, copy the files, ensure that I can log into
> the new server from any workstation.

Recall that a replica is basically a "copy" of your tree. And when you 
have two copies, they will communicate with each other and sync the 
changes (such as password changes). So, if you simply turn one off or 
taken it off line, the other will still think its up and tries to talk to 
it .. thus your "The console says 'lost communication' with old server." 
error.

Once you're happy that the new server is working, then you can "deinstall" 
NDS from the old server - this just removes the tree data and will not 
touch your data files - using NWCONFIG, and then remove that server.

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Here is a TID that outlines the process of removing your old server when 
you're ready to:

http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=10056593&sliceId=&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=162550874&stateId=0%200%20162556048


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MY THANKS TO ALL  who assisted me in this effort. 
without your help, given for free, I would not have been able to
successfully protect my investment in Netware 5.1

The server was transferred, the process almost came to halt when I
discovered the power connector to the floppy drive on the source (old)
server had been partially disconnected, preventing me from
transferring
those all important 'NICI' files.   I had to take it down to fix that
but
fortunately that old hard drive had to spin up one more time. It did.

This ends this discussion thread. further comments, if any, should be
sent
to tim@electron.org   THANKS AGAIN


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talder wrote:

> I had to take it down to fix that
> but
> fortunately that old hard drive had to spin up one more time. It did.

Whoohoooooo!


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