2.6 Deciding What Patterns to Install

Minimal Base System

The minimal base system is the base runtime system.

Additional packages and patterns need to be added to make this pattern useful for running physical hardware that contains only a minimal multiuser boosting system.

AppArmor

AppArmor is an open source Linux application security framework that provides mandatory access control for programs, protecting against the exploitation of software flaws and compromised systems. AppArmor includes everything you need to provide effective containment for programs (including those that run as root) to thwart attempted exploits and even zero-day attacks. AppArmor offers an advanced tool set that largely automates the development of per-program application security so that no new expertise is required.

This pattern is selected for installation by default.

X Window System

In continuous use for over 20 years, the X Window System provides the only standard platform-independent networked graphical window system bridging the heterogeneous platforms in today's enterprise: from network servers to desktops, thin clients, laptops, and handhelds, independent of operating system and hardware.

This pattern is selected for installation by default.

OES Backup/Storage Management Services (SMS)

The OES backup infrastructure (called Storage Management Services or SMS) provides backup applications with the framework to develop a complete backup and restore solution.

SMS helps back up file systems (such as NSS) or application data (such as data from GroupWise) on NetWare and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) to removable tape media or other media for off-site storage. It provides a single consistent interface for all file systems and applications across NetWare and SLES.

This pattern selects and installs these services:

OES CIFS

CIFS (Common Internet File System) is a network sharing protocol. OES CIFS enables Windows, Linux, and UNIX client workstations to copy, delete, move, save, and open files on an OES server. CIFS allows read and write access from multiple client systems simultaneously.

This pattern selects and installs these services:

This pattern cannot be installed on the same server as these services:

OES Cluster Services (NCS)

OES Cluster Services is a server clustering system that ensures high availability and manageability of critical network resources including data, applications, and services. It is a multinode clustering product for Linux that is enabled for OES eDirectory and supports failover, failback, and migration (load balancing) of individually managed cluster resources.

OES Cluster Services lets you add Linux nodes to an existing NetWare 6.5 cluster without bringing down the cluster, or it lets you create an all-Linux cluster. With a mixed cluster, you can migrate services between OS kernels, and if services are alike on both platforms (such as NSS), you can set the services to fail over across platforms.

Using OES Cluster Services with iSCSI technologies included in OES, you can build inexpensive clustered SANs on commodity gigabit Ethernet hardware. You can leverage existing hardware into a high availability solution supporting Linux and NetWare clusters.

This pattern selects and installs these services:

This pattern cannot be installed on the same server with these services:

OES DNS

OES DNS uses OES eDirectory to deliver information associated with domain names, in particular the IP address.

This eDirectory integration lets you have centralized administration and management of DNS servers across the enterprise and lets you set up a DNS zone via OES eDirectory.

This pattern selects and installs these services:

OES eDirectory

OES eDirectory services are the foundation for the world's largest identity management, high-end directory service that allows businesses to manage identities and security access for employees, customers, and partners. More than just an LDAP data store, eDirectory is the identity foundation for managing the relationships that link your users and their access rights with corporate resources, devices, and security policies.

This pattern selects and installs these services:

This pattern cannot be installed on the same server as these services:

OES iManager

OES iManager is a Web-based administration console that provides secure, customized access to network administration utilities and content from virtually anywhere you have access to the Internet and a Web browser.

iManager provides the following benefits:

This pattern selects and installs these services:

OES iPrint Advanced

OES iPrint Advanced service offers a single, scalable solution for managing all of your printing needs across multiple office locations from any device. It allows users to print from their smartphones, tablets, and any email-enabled devices. It lets the users print quickly, easily, and more securely.

This pattern selects and installs these services:

This service requires the CUPS service, which will run on port 3017 instead of port 631.

OES NCP Server / Dynamic Storage Technology

OES NCP Server for Linux enables support for login scripts, mapping drives to OES servers, and other services commonly associated with Client for Open Enterprise Server access. This means that Windows users with the Client for Open Enterprise Server installed can be seamlessly transitioned to file services on OES.

NCP Server includes OES Dynamic Storage Technology, which allows seldom-accessed files on NSS volumes to be automatically moved, according to policies set by the administrator, from faster-access storage to lower-cost storage media where the files can be more easily managed and backed up.

Services included with NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) are file access, file locking, security, tracking of resource allocation, event notification, synchronization with other servers, connection and communication, print services and queue management, and network management.

This pattern selects and installs these services:

OES Remote Manager (NRM)

OES Remote Manager lets you securely access and manage one or more servers from any location through a standard Web browser. You can use OES Remote Manager to monitor your server's health, change the configuration of your server, or perform diagnostic and debugging tasks.

This pattern selects and installs these services:

OES Storage Service AD Support

Beginning with OES 2015, you can join the OES server to an Active Directory domain to provide seamless access to the Active Directory identities on the NSS resources. Thereby, the Active Directory users can natively access the NSS resources, administer them, and provision rights and quotas for Active Directory trustees. This solution is termed as OES Storage Services Active Directory (NSS AD) Support.

This pattern selects and installs the following services:

This pattern cannot be installed on the same server as these services: