B.0 Comparing Resources Support for Linux and NetWare

Table B-1 compares clustering support for using Novell Cluster Services on Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 and on NetWare 6.5 SP8.

NSS pool cluster resources can be cluster migrated from NetWare to Linux as part of a cluster conversion. If the resource contains data only, no additional steps are required. However, clustered services can require special handling. See the OES 2015 SP1: Novell Cluster Services NetWare to Linux Conversion Guide.

Table B-1 Comparison of Clustering Support for Services on Linux and NetWare

Service	NetWare 6.5 SP8	OES 2015	For conversion information, see
AFP (Apple Filing Protocol)	Yes See Setting Up for Macintosh in the NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS, and NFS (NFAP) Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring AFP with OES Cluster Services for an NSS File System in the OES 2018 SP2: OES AFP for Linux Administration Guide.	See Section 5.0, Novell AFP.
Apache Web Server	Yes See Apache with Novell Cluster Services in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Resource Configuration Guide.	Yes; use the standard Apache Web Server for Linux.	See Section 6.0, Apache HTTP Server.
CIFS (Windows File Services)	Yes; Novell CIFS See Setting Up for Windows in the NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS, and NFS (NFAP) Administration Guide.	Yes; Novell CIFS See Configuring CIFS with Cluster Services for an NSS File System in the OES 2018 SP2: OES CIFS for Linux Administration Guide.	See Section 8.0, Novell CIFS.
DFS (Novell Distributed File Services) Volume location database (VLDB)	Yes See Clustering Novell Distributed File Services in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Distributed File Services Administration Guide.	Yes See Clustering Distributed File Services in the OES 2015 SP1: Novell Distributed File Services Administration Guide for Linux.	See Section 9.0, Novell Distributed File Services VLDB.
DHCP	Yes See Clustering in NetWare 6.5 in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell DNS/DHCP Services Administration Guide.	Yes DHCP for Linux supports using a shared Linux POSIX file system or a shared NSS pool for the cluster resource. See Configuring DHCP with OES Cluster Services for the Linux File System in the OES 2018 SP2: DNS/DHCP Services for Linux Administration Guide.	See Section 10.0, DHCP Server.
DNS	Yes See Creating a Cluster-Enabled DNS Server in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell DNS/DHCP Services Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring DNS with OES Cluster Services in the OES 2018 SP2: DNS/DHCP Services for Linux Administration Guide.	See Section 11.0, DNS Server.
Dynamic Storage Technology service	Not available	Can be used in a cluster, but the service is not clustered. See also Storage, DST shadow volume pairs.	DST runs on each OES node and you set the global server-level parameters to be the same on each one.
eDirectory 8.8x	No	No	eDirectory has its own redundancy built in (multiple replicas) and would not benefit from being clustered.
Certificate Server	Yes See Server Certificate Objects and Clustering in the Novell Certificate Server 3.3.1 Administration Guide.	Yes See Server Certificate Objects and Clustering in the NetIQ Certificate Server Administration Guide.	See Section 7.0, eDirectory Server Certificates.
exteNd Application Server and MySQL	Yes; NetWare 6.5 SP2 or earlier. See Configuring Novell exteNd Application Server and MySQL with Novell Cluster Services in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Resource Configuration Guide.	Not available on Linux.	This install option was discontinued beginning in NetWare 6.5 SP3. See also MySQL.
FTP Server	Yes See Cluster-Enabling NetWare FTP Server in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell FTP Administration Guide.	No; use the Novell FTP (Pure-FTPd) solution. See Cluster Enabling Pure-FTPd in an OES Environment in the OES 2018 SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide.	Not applicable
Identity Manager Bundle Edition	Can be used in a cluster, but is not clustered. Requires Identity Manager 3.5.	Can be used in a cluster, but is not clustered. Requires Identity Manager 4.0.2. See the Identity Manager 4.0.2 Overview Guide.
iPrint	Yes See the NW 6.5 SP8: iPrint Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring iPrint with Novell Cluster Services in the OES 2018 SP2: iPrint Administration Guide.	See Section 12.0, Novell iPrint.
MySQL	Yes See Configuring MySQL on Novell Clustering Services in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell MySQL Administration Guide.	Yes; use the standard MySQL service for Linux. See Section 13.0, MySQL.
NCP Server	Can be used in a cluster, but is not clustered.	Can be used in a cluster, but is not clustered. See also Storage, NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems.	NCP Server runs on each server node in the cluster. It should have the same configuration on each node of the cluster.
NetStorage	Yes See Configuring NetStorage with Novell Cluster Services in the NW 6.5 SP8: NetStorage Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring NetStorage with OES Cluster Services in the OES 2018 SP2: NetStorage Administration Guide for Linux.	No known issues.
NFS	Yes See Cluster-Enabling Native File Access for UNIX in the NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS, and NFS (NFAP) Administration Guide.	No; use the standard Linux solution for NFS.
Novell iFolder 2.1.x	Yes	Not applicable	iFolder 2.1x is replaced by Novell iFolder 3.9.
Novell iFolder 3.9	Not applicable	Yes See Clustering iFolder Servers with Novell Cluster Services for Linux in the Novell iFolder 3.9.2 Administration Guide.	See Migration in the OES 2018 SP2: Migration Tool Administration Guide.
Printing	Yes	Yes	See iPrint.
Storage, DST shadow volume pairs	Not applicable	Yes See Configuring DST Shadow Volume Pairs with OES Cluster Services in the OES 2018 SP2: Dynamic Storage Technology Administration Guide.	DST shadow volumes are on shared NSS pools that are created separately, then managed in the same load/unload scripts.
Storage, NCP volumes on Linux POSIX file systems	Not applicable	Yes See Configuring NCP Volumes with OES Cluster Services in the OES 2018 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide.	The NCP Server service is not clustered; its volumes can be clustered.
Storage, NetWare Traditional volumes	No	Not applicable
Storage, NSS pools and volumes	Yes See Setting Up Cluster Resources for Novell Cluster Services in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration Guide.	Yes See Configuring and Managing Cluster Resources for Shared NSS Pools and Volumes. For a feature comparison, see Cross-Platform Issues for NSS in the OES 2018 SP2: NSS File System Administration Guide for Linux.	See Section 14.0, Novell Storage Services Pools.
Tomcat	Yes See Configuring Tomcat and Novell Cluster Services in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Resource Configuration Guide.	Yes; native to Linux Use a similar procedure to the one outlined for Tomcat on NetWare, but use the Linux locations and files.	You cannot convert the NetWare Tomcat configuration for a Linux server.
Xen guest servers as nodes in a cluster	Virtualized NetWare nodes can be used in NetWare clusters. Nodes can be any combination of virtual and physical servers.	Virtualized OES nodes can be used in OES clusters. Nodes can be any combination of virtual and physical servers.	See Configuring OES Cluster Services in a Virtualization Environment.
Xen virtual machines on the host server	Not applicable	Yes; use the Xen and XenLive templates.	See Virtual Machines as Cluster Resources.
VMware guest servers as nodes in a cluster	For VMware products that support NetWare, virtualized NetWare nodes can be used in NetWare clusters. Nodes can be any combination of virtual and physical servers.	Virtualized OES nodes can be used in OES clusters. Nodes can be any combination of virtual and physical servers. See OES 2015 SP1: Novell Cluster Services Implementation Guide for VMware.