Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - UPGRADING TO OES-PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2009 Implementation Manual

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Upgrading NSS and Data Storage to OES451novdocx (en) 7 January 20104Upgrading NSS and Data Storageto OES Section 4.1, “About NSS in OES 2,” on page 51 Section 4.2, “Platform Differences in NSS,” on page 52 Section 4.3, “Moving Data from NetWare to OES 2,” on page 52 Section 4.4, “Planning to Upgrade NSS,” on page 53 Section 4.5, “Post-Upgrade Procedures,” on page 55 Section 4.6, “Upgrading Distributed File Services (DFS) to OES,” on page 564.1 About NSS in OES 2Novell ® Storage ServicesTM is available with NetWare® 5.0 and later. The NSS kernel has been opensourced and is included in Novell SUSE® SLES 9 SP1 Linux distribution and later and with NovellOES 2 SP2. The tools to manage NSS are available only in OES. Section 4.1.1, “NSS Is Designed for the Enterprise,” on page 51 Section 4.1.2, “More Reasons to Consider NSS,” on page 514.1.1 NSS Is Designed for the EnterpriseThe NSS file system is unique in many ways, mostly in its ability to simultaneously manage andsupport shared file services from different file access protocols. It is designed to manage accesscontrol in enterprise file sharing environments.One of its key features is the Novell Access Control Model, which securely scales to hundreds ofthousands of users accessing the same storage. NSS and its predecessor (NWFS) are the only filesystems that can restrict the visibility of the directory tree based on the user accessing the filesystem. Both NSS and NWFS have built-in ACL rights inheritance.NSS includes mature and robust features tailored for the file sharing environment of the largestenterprises.Dynamic Storage Technology works with NSS volumes on OES 2 SP2.4.1.2 More Reasons to Consider NSSNovell Storage Services is generally the best file system solution for customers transferring filesharing services from NetWare to OES. NSS file systems created on NetWare can be mounted onOES servers.The following characteristics of NSS on OES 2 SP2 should be noted in your planning: NSS volumes are cross-compatible between OES and NetWare. NSS data volumes can bemounted on either NetWare or OES and the data can be moved between them.