Novell Open Enterprise Server Administration Hamish Speirs Level 3 Pro Engineer Skyward hamishs@skyward.com Joe Marton Sales Engineer Novell North America jmarton@novell.com
Agenda Product Highlights Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 Open Enterprise Server 11 SP2 & Beyond Novell Filr & Novell iprint 2
Novell Open Enterprise Server Search (QuickFinder) Offline File Access (ifolder) iprint Clustering and High Availability Dynamic Storage Technology edirectory Domain Services for Windows Multi-Protocol Support Novell Storage Services (NSS) 3
Product Line Highlights Summer/Fall 2011 VMware Ready & Citrix Ready NW to OES2 In-place Upgrade Cool Solution NRM Updates delivered in Patch Channel MAC 10.7 DHX2 support for OES2 December 2011 OES11 ships 4
Product Line Highlights 1H 2012 Automated Upgrade to OES11 OES Nagios Plugins on CoolSolutions Novell Kanaka for Mac 2H 2012 Novell Client 2 SP2 (IR4) ships Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 ships January 2013 Windows 8 Support iprint Novell Client 2 SP3 5
Upgrade Resources Best Practices Support Offerings Free Training See more at - http://www.tinyurl.com/oesinfo 6
OES 11 Support Pack 1
Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 Over 50 new features including: Enhanced Management Capabilities New Cluster Services Management Simplified Linux User Management Ease of Deployment Single DVD install DSFW express installation Virtualization Interoperability Added Hyper-V and KVM support 8
OES11 Support Pack 1 Feature Summary Single DVD Install Simplified integrated Installation No more swapping DVDs for install/upgrade FTP remote Home Directory Centralized and flexible FTP file access User Auto-login to the home Directory specified in edirectory Designed for additional scalability Updated Ecosystem Support SLES11SP2, NICI 2.7.7, edirectory 8.8.7 edirectory Updates Improved performance & scale New debugging tools Domain Services for Windows Express Install Automated Install 9
OES11 Support Pack 1 Feature Summary - Continued Simplified Linux User Mgmt. Enhanced Workflows Ability to LUM enable by edirectory Container Virtualization Interoperability VMware, Xen, Citrix Xen today Hyper-V, KVM added for SP1 AFP Sub-tree search Simplifies Administration for Macs All users found in child OUs are automatically enabled 10
OES11 Support Pack 1 Feature Summary - Continued Migration Tools Faster sync performance Get patch for NW source Copy only Dir Trustees option Do not copy Trustees option Btrfs File system Support Use Btrfs with a Novell Cluster, Novell Client, or with the root partition Use File level snapshots to revert unwanted changes File System Management NCP Enable volumes in NSSMU Metamig Utility save/restore trustees Restore from Trustee.nlm Nssquota tool Now supports volume quotas Clear option removes quotas 11
OES11 Support Pack 1 Feature Summary - Continued Novell Cluster Services New Management Possibilities STONITH kill nodes via remote power control New Cluster Migrate Options -list, -most, -next New Management views My Clusters My Resources Print Admin wants to view only Print resources spread among multiple clusters Admin wants to see single view of health of multiple clusters 12
Automated & Unattended Upgrades Automated Upgrades Reduce Downtime Upgrade all servers from a central location Available for OES2 64bit upgrades Upgrade runs unattended One template to upgrade all your servers Passwords encrypted for high security How many IT hours does it take to Upgrade your Servers? Save Significant deployment costs through OES Automated Upgrade. Installation Server Servers to be upgraded unattended. 13
OES11SP1 - Dsrepair 14
New Release - Kanaka 2.7 New in Kanaka 2.7 Usability - Updated UI Productivity - Novell Login Script Support Security Generate your own SSL Cert. Collaboration Container based storage Keep Mac users productive with Novell AFP + NCS + Kanaka 15
OES 11 Support Pack 2 and Beyond
Adding Value to OES Simplified Deployment Novell Filr iprint Appliance Bi-Monthly Patch Updates Support Packs Active Directory Interoperability Enhancements / Value Additions Kanaka for MAC Storage Tools 17
Simplified and Automated Deployments OES Autoyast Tool OES AutoYast Tool Configure First Automated Deployment later Create unique Server Deployments Edit existing Server profiles Clone Servers or modify a clone Save Significant deployment costs through OES Automated Virtual or Physical deployments. Single Screen Install Saves time and removes complexity of manually writing scripts such as this - Note: Ship date to be determined. 18
Cross-Platform Authentication Domain Services for Windows Business Apps require AD authentication? Leverage your best-in-class edirectory identity store for all apps in your enterprise Go Clientless leveraging login scripts through AD Group Policies. Planned Updates NCP Client integration Sites & Services MAC Support NTLM Support WINS 19
OES Management & Protocol Updates File Server Management & Monitoring CIFS/AFP File / Connection - Management & Monitoring DFS Locate and Manage Junctions DST Quotas Nagios, Ganglia based monitoring Protocol Updates IPv6 Support SMBv3 20
File Server Updates - > 8TB NSS Pools Add support for > 8 TB NSS Pools Easy in-place conversion No double storage!! Across the wire Migration - migtools Pool Move and Convert ( manual ) Large files beyond 8TB Benefits Supports data center growing storage needs >8TB volumes and file sizes 21
NSS access for AD users Allows corporations with mandates to consolidate to one directory ( AD) to leverage NSS file system investment and keep NSS features/benefits. MMC manages MS rights on NSS volumes Windows / AD Server User maps via CIFS to NSS, and leverages AD group policies for client drive mappings Works for DSFW environment and AD environment NSS Storage OES Kerberized CIFS access Authentication User Workstations 22
File Server Updates Technical Enhancements: Delayed Block Allocation ( faster read on disk) Spinlock avoidance for cached reads ( fast cache read) Big Submit BIO Write Integrated DirCache w NCP/CIFS Benefits: - Faster read & write performance - Reduced login times - Faster Backups 23
File Server Updates SSD Support NSS Optimized for SSD Meta-Data Cache Store Rebuild/Verify Pools 10x faster Backups 10x faster Data Store Random read operations done at lightning speed Higher scalability Ideal for VDI deployments 24
Open Enterprise Server Moving Forward 2H 2012 1H 2013 2H 2013 Open Enterprise Server OES 11 SP1: SLE11 SP2 KVM & Hyper-V Support Btrfs Support Single DVD install FTP Home Directory AFP sub-dir login search NCS STONITH NCS management DSFW express install Automated Upgrade iprint Updates : Windows 8 Novell Client : Windows 8 Support SSO with Live ID & OES File shares IDM 4 Bundle Edition edirectory 8.8.7 for OES2 and OES11 iprint Appliance BCC for OES11 OES11 SP2 : SLE11 SP3 Simplified and Automated deployment DSFW - NCP & Mac support CIFS & AFP File/Connection Monitoring, DST Quotas NSS > 8TB Support * Novell Filr Dropbox for the enterprise Future (2014) IPv6 Support NSS for AD NSS Performance 25
Open Enterprise Server, Filr & iprint Roadmap 2012 2013 2014 SLES11 SP2 SLES SLES11 SP3 SLES12 Open Enterprise Server OES11 OES11SP1 OES11SP2 OES11SP3 Wasatch OES 2 EOL Novell Filr Internal Rollout T.P. Filr v1 Beta Filr next Updates Novell iprint iprint Appliance v1 iprint Appliance v2 OES11SP1 Windows 8 Support Open Enterprise Server: Support Packs every 12-18 months with consolidated patch releases every 2-3 months. Novell Filr: Tentative plan to have smaller frequent updates. Novell iprint: Tentative plan to have smaller frequent updates. Green indicates locked plan 26
OES and Novell Filr
Introducing Novell Filr Only Novell Filr provides secure mobile device access to files stored on your file servers Home directories and server folders integrated, with access controls and quotas honored 28
File Sharing Without Boundaries Access Share Discover Enterprise Focus Secure Policy Driven Simple File Access and Sharing Dropbox easy! Native device habitats. Give users control they demand. Secure Enterprise level policies, and Administrative controls. Leverage existing file system and storage investments Access, Share, Search, across enterprise file system boundaries 29
Novell Filr Overview Filr Soft appliance on VMware Self contained VM option External MySQL db and Search VMs Windows XP, 7, 8 MAC* OS X 10.7, 10.8 ios 5.x, 6.x (iphone, ipad) Android 2.3, 4.x Web access clients Web based management LDAP user/group provisioning Shared folders and home directory integration Policy controlled sharing OES2 SP3, OES11 SP1 Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2 File system rights and quotas honored No server agents or schema extensions required servers 30
File Access in Novell Filr Your personal files (can be mapped to your home directory) The files and folders you are currently sharing with others Consistent experience Windows XP, 7, 8 MAC* OS X 10.7, 10.8 ios 5.x, 6.x (iphone, ipad) Android 2.3, 4.x Web access See what s new (new shares, updates, comments) Files and folders other users have shared with you Shared folders assigned to you by the IT admin (G:\Finance) 31
OES11 with Novell Filr Workloads with Deployment Flexibility User & IT Productivity ifolder Novell Filr Enhanced Upgrade Utilities Novell Linux Volume Manager Novell Cluster Services iprint Interoperability Domain Services for Windows SAMBA AFP stack CIFS stack Identity Manager 3.6 Bundle Edition File Storage Networking & Management POSIX File Systems Novell Client Dynamic Storage Technology NetStorage Novell Filr A & V Novell Filr DNS & DHCP NSS Novell edirectory DFS w/ Junction Support QuickFinder Novell Filr Auto YaST Novell imanager Novell Remote Manager XEN Virtualization (optional) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 32
Novell iprint Appliance
Novell iprint Appliance * Coming 3Q 2013 Supports printing from Mobile Devices No Drivers required on the device Printing rendered on the server Native IPP Client Apps for ios and Android Supports Secure Printing Fallback e-mail based printing AirPrint Support iprint Appliance Simple to Deploy/Configure Drop into any environment AD and edirectory Compatible * Pricing and entitlement to be determined. Pre-Beta Image 34
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