Networker

Re: [Networker] Novell questions

2010-01-20 10:29:22
Subject: Re: [Networker] Novell questions
From: Tom Birkenbach <tom.birkenbach AT WMICH DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:27:14 -0500
In my testing and backup of NetWare servers (all 6.5x), I've found that that
SYS:\NETWORKR.INI gets created if it doesn't exist when NETWORKR.NLM is
exited or the "default server" entry gets updated to whatever NetWorker
server you had it last pointing to.  I was able to successfully startup
NetWorker without SYS:\NETWORKR.INI.  However, my NETWORKR.NCF script loads
NETWORKR.NLM with the "-s backup_server_name" switch so it doesn't attempt
to search for or attach to a different NetWorker server.

It is also my desire to migrate from one NetWorker server to another.  For
my Linux, AIX, Solaris and Windows clients, I need them to modify the
/nsr/res/servers file to recognize both my NetWorker servers.  As for
NetWare, there is no /nsr/res/servers file to modify.  I created one to see
what the client would do.  Creating and making changes to this file seems to
have no impact to the NetWare client.  I was able to create the client entry
in both NetWorker systems and both systems being able to successfully backup
and recover files for a NetWare client.  This tells me that there's nothing
on the NetWare client that restricts which NetWorker server can back it up.
 I see this as a potential security flaw, but our NetWare servers won't be
around much longer.

I hope this helps!
-Tom B.

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:08:25 -0500, Matthew Powell <mtpowel AT CLEMSON DOT EDU> 
wrote:

>Thanks for letting me know sir. If we are transitioning to a new server can
you have two entries in this file? Or would we have to change the file to
point back to original if we need data from the old backup server? Thanks.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Malone [mailto:KCMALONE AT salisbury DOT edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:30 AM
>To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Matthew Powell
>Subject: RE: Novell questions
>
>There is a networker.ini file that is in the root of SYS: on our Netware
servers that contains a line:
>
>default server="networkerservername"
>
>That should be where the default Networker server is listed for NetWare, I
am pretty sure.
>
>Kevin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Matthew Powell
>Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:23 AM
>To: Kevin Malone; EMC NetWorker discussion
>Subject: [Networker] Novell questions
>
>I have a question about Novell servers and their servers file. I have about
10 Novell servers that I need to get to a new backup server. I cannot find a
client for Netware but that is not the question. There is a client on there
now, I just want to be able to back the servers up with our new backup
server. On Linux and Windows there is a servers file located under /nsr/res
that contains the servers that are allowed to back them up. On our novell
servers they do not have a servers file and they work with our old backup
server. If I have an account that has rights do I need to add the new backup
server to a file somewhere to be able to back them up. Thanks for taking the
time to read this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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