Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP3 Administration Guide

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Contents 3
Contents
About This Guide 7
1 Overview of Archive and Version Services 9
1.1 Individual File Losses Impact Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
1.2 Benefits of Archive and Version Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.3 Key Concepts of Archive and Version Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
1.3.1 The Archive Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3.2 The Archive Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
1.3.3 NSS Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
1.3.4 Versioning Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
1.3.5 Job Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
1.3.6 File Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.3.7 Delete Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
1.3.8 Archive Versioning Plug-In for iManager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.3.9 Versioning Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
1.3.10 NSS File Version Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
1.3.11 NetStorage Archive Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
1.4 Scenarios for Using Archive and Version Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
1.4.1 Cross-Platform Work Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.4.2 Group Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.4.3 File and Directory Name Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
1.4.4 Selective File Versioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
1.5 What’s Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
2 What’s New or Changed in Archive and Version Services 19
2.1 What’s New (OES 11 SP2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
2.2 What’s New (OES11 SP1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
2.3 What’s New (OES11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
3 Planning for Archive and Version Services 21
3.1 Assessing Your Versioning Needs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
3.2 Designing the Archive and Version Services Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
3.3 Understanding Archive Server Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
3.4 Understanding Job Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
3.4.1 Job Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
3.4.2 Source Server Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
3.4.3 Run Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
3.4.4 Delete Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
3.4.5 Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5 What’s Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
4 Prerequisites and Guidelines 31
4.1 Network Architecture Prerequisites and Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
4.2 Server Prerequisites and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
4.3 Storage Media Prerequisites and Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.4 Fault Tolerance Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
4 OES 11 SP2: Novell Archive and Version Services Administration Guide
4.4.1 Multiple Connection Channels for Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
4.4.2 Software RAID Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
4.4.3 Server Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.5 Job Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.6 Schedule Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
4.7 Prerequisites for Using the NSS File Version Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
4.8 Prerequisites for Using the NetStorage Archive Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
4.9 Prerequisites and Guidelines for Retrieving File Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
4.10 Guidelines for Availability of File Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.11 What’s Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
5 Setting Up Archive and Version Services 39
5.1 Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.2 Installing and Configuring an Archive Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
5.2.1 Unsupported Service Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.2.2 YaST Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.2.3 Creating an NSS Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
5.2.4 Creating NSS Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
5.2.5 Configuring Jobs using iManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
5.2.6 Restoring Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.3 Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
5.3.1 Before You Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
5.3.2 Post-Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
5.3.3 Caveats on Upgrading from OES 2 to OES 11 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.4 Reinstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
5.5 What’s Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
6 Managing the Archive Server 47
6.1 Starting ArkManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
6.2 Stopping ArkManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
6.3 Updating the Archive Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
6.3.1 Updating the Archive Server Configuration with Modified eDirectory Credentials. . . . . . . . 48
6.3.2 Updating the Archive Server Configuration with Modified PostgreSQL Credentials . . . . . .48
6.4 Vacuuming the Archive Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
6.5 Backing Up the Archive Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.6 Backing Up the Archive Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7 Configuring Jobs in iManager 51
7.1 Accessing the Archive Versioning Plug-In in iManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
7.2 Configuring Archive Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
7.3 Configuring or Viewing Archive Server Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
7.3.1 Accessing the Server Properties Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
7.3.2 Setting Archive Server Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
7.3.3 Viewing Authentication Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
7.4 Configuring Default Job Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
7.4.1 Accessing the Default Job Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
7.4.2 Setting Default Job Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
7.4.3 Setting Default Source Server Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
7.4.4 Setting Default Run Schedule Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
7.4.5 Setting Default Delete Policy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
7.4.6 Applying Default Job Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
7.5 Configuring Job Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
7.5.1 Accessing the Job Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
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7.5.2 Setting Job Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
7.5.3 Setting Source Server Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
7.5.4 Setting Run Schedule Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
7.5.5 Setting Delete Policy Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
7.6 Creating a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
7.7 Editing a Job’s Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.7.1 Correcting Missing or Invalid Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
7.7.2 Modifying Job Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.7.3 Applying Modified Job Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
7.8 What’s Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
8 Managing Jobs 67
8.1 Viewing a Jobs Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.1.1 Generating the Jobs Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
8.1.2 Sorting the Jobs Report by Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
8.1.3 Setting the Refresh Rate for the Jobs Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
8.1.4 Understanding the Report Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8.2 Viewing a Job’s Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8.3 Starting or Scheduling a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
8.4 Stopping a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
8.5 Viewing the Archive Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
8.5.1 Understanding Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
8.5.2 Viewing Messages in the Archive Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
8.5.3 Viewing Messages in the Server Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
8.6 Filtering Messages in the Archive Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
8.6.1 Filtering Log Entries by Severity Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
8.6.2 Filtering Log Entries by Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
8.6.3 Setting the Display Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
8.6.4 Setting the Date and Time Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
8.6.5 Resetting the Log Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
8.7 Cleaning Up the Job’s User List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
8.8 Deleting File Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
8.9 Deleting a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
8.10 Viewing a Deleted Jobs Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
8.11 Salvaging a Deleted Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.12 Purging a Deleted Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
9 Running Archive and Version Services in a Virtualized Environment 81
10 Configuring Archive and Version Service for Novell Cluster Services 83
10.1 Benefits of Configuring Archive and Version Service for High Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
10.2 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
10.3 Installing and Configuring Archive and Version Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
10.3.1 Creating NSS Shared Disk Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
10.3.2 Creating Linux POSIX File System Shared Disk Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
10.3.3 Configuring Archive and Version Service on the Shared Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
10.4 Novell Cluster Services Configuration and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
10.4.1 Archive and Version Resource Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
10.4.2 Creating an Archive Service Cluster Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
10.4.3 Archive Load, Unload and Monitor Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
10.5 Configuring Jobs using iManager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
10.6 Managing Archive Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
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11 Migrating Novell Archive and Version Services to OES 11 SP2 93
12 Security Considerations for Archive and Version Services 95
12.1 NSS Encrypted Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
12.2 Secure Data Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
12.3 eDirectory and PostgreSQL Administrator Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
12.4 User Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
A XML Elements and Attributes for ArkConfig 97
B Sample Configuration Files 113
B.1 arkConfig.xml - Sample Configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
C Troubleshooting 115
C.1 Archive Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
C.2 Migration Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
C.3 NSS File Version Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
D Documentation Updates 123
D.1 January 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
D.1.1 What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
D.2 August 2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
D.2.1 What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
About This Guide 7
About This Guide
ThisguidedescribeshowtoconfigureandmanageaNovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11
SP2servertoarchivemultipleintervalbasedversionsoffilesforconvenientaccessandretrievalby
users.Itisdividedintothe followingsections:
Chapter 1,“OverviewofArchiveandVersionServices,”onpage 9
Chapter 2,
“What’sNeworChangedinArchiveandVersionServices,”onpage 19
Chapter 3,“PlanningforArchiveandVersionServices,”onpage 21
Chapter 4,“PrerequisitesandGuidelines,”onpage 31
Chapter 5,“SettingUpArchiveandVersionServices,”onpage 39
Chapter 6,“ManagingtheArchiveServer,”onpage 47
Chapter 7,“ConfiguringJobsiniManager,”onpage 51
Chapter 8,
“ManagingJobs,”onpage 67
Chapter 9,“RunningArchiveandVersionServicesinaVirtualizedEnvironment,”onpage 81
Chapter 10,“ConfiguringArchiveandVersionServiceforNovellClusterServices,”onpage 83
Chapter 11,“MigratingNovellArchiveandVersionServicestoOES11SP2,”onpage 93
Chapter 12,“SecurityConsiderationsforArchiveandVersionServices,”onpage 95
Appendix A,“XMLElementsandAttributesforArkConfig,”onpage 97
Appendix B,“SampleConfigurationFiles,”onpage 113
Appendix C,“Troubleshooting,”onpage 115
Appendix D,“DocumentationUpdates,”onpage 123
Audience
Thisguideisintendedfornetworkadministrators.
Feedback
Wewanttohearyourcommentsandsuggestionsaboutthismanualand theotherdocumentation
includedwiththisproduct.PleaseusetheUserCommentsfeatureatthebottomofeachpageofthe
onlinedocumentation.
Documentation Updates
ForthemostrecentversionoftheOES11:NovellArchiveandVersionServicesAdministrationGuide,see
thelatestNovellOpenEnterpriseServer11documentation(http://www.novell.com/documentation/
oes11/index.html).
Additional Documentation
Fordocumentationonaccessingandrestoringarchivedfileversions,seetheOES11SP2:Novell
ArchiveandVersionServicesUserGuide.
8 OES 11 SP2: Novell Archive and Version Services Administration Guide
ForinformationaboutNovellStorageServices,seetheOES11SP2 :NSSFileSystemAdministration
GuideforLinux.
ForinformationaboutNovelliManager,seetheiManager2.7.xWebsite(https://www.netiq.com/
documentation/imanager/).
1
Overview of Archive and Version Services 9
1
Overview of Archive and Version
Services
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforNovellOpenEnterpriseServer11(OES11)SP2server
providesaconvenientandcosteffectivewayforindividualuserstoinstantlyrestoreprevious
versionsofmodified,renamed,ordeletednetworkfiles.Ithelpstominimizetheuser’sunproductive
timeandfreesyoutofocuson
othercriticalITissues.Theusersimplyviewsalistofprevious
intervalbasedversionsofsourcefiles,selectsthefileneeded,thenrecoversit.Theusercanrecover
anyoftheavailableversions.Ifusersworkinacollaborativeenvironment,ausercandetermine
whichversiontochoosebased
onwhomodifiedadocumentandwhen.
ArchiveandVersionServicesisavailabletoarchiveusernetworkfilesthatarestoredonNovell
StorageServicesvolumesonOES11SP2servers.
Thissectiondiscussesthefollowing:
Section 1.1,“IndividualFileLossesImpactBusiness,”onpage 9
Section 1.2,“BenefitsofArchiveandVersionServices,”on
page 10
Section 1.3,“KeyConceptsofArchiveandVersionServices,”onpage 11
Section 1.4,“ScenariosforUsingArchiveandVersionServices,”onpage 15
Section 1.5,“What’sNext,”onpage 17
1.1 Individual File Losses Impact Business
Mostenterprisesimplementsometypeofdatabackupandrecoverytopreventmajordatalosses.
Backupsoccurperiodicallytopreventcatastrophiclossesofdata.Often,thefilesthatindividualslose
havealifecycleshorterthanthemajorbackupcycles.Untilnow,thesedatalosseshavebeenan
unfortunatecostof
doingbusiness.
Recoveryofasinglefileisnotusuallyasimpleprocess.Onlytheadministratorcanaccessthebackup
mediatoretrieveandrecoverthefile.Theusermustknowexactlywhenthefileexistedsothatthe
administratorcanfindtherightversionofthefile.Evenafterthe
fileisrecovered,theusermust
updatethefilewithchangesmadebetweenthetimeitwasbackedupuntilthetimeitwasmodified,
deleted,orlost.
Individuallossesofkeydataimpactbusiness.However,mostenterprisesleavepreventionand
recoverytothebestpracticesandpersonalhabitsof
users.Inatypicalnetworkenvironment,users
employdifferenttechniquestoensurethattheydonotlosecriticalfiles.Forexample,someusers
manuallysavemultipleversionsofafileunderdifferentnames.Otherssavethesameversionofafile
indifferentlocations.Somedoboth.
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Despiteprecautions,almosteveryuserhasaccidentallymodified,lost,ordeletedakeyfile.When
problemsoccur,theuserisleftwithtwochoices:
Waitfortheadministratortorecoverthefilefrombackupmedia, ifthefilewasbackedupatall
Painstakinglyrebuildthefilefromabackup
versionorfromscratch
Eithersolutionnegativelyimpactsbusiness:
It’sinefficient.Theusercannotaccessbackupfileswithoutadministratoraction.
It’sinconvenient.Theusermustwastetimerecreatingmaterials.
Itcanaffecttheenterprise’sabilitytomeetbusinesscommitments.Timelostcanimpactthe
user’sabilitytomeetmilestones,thereby
impactingdeliverytootherprocessesdowntheline.
1.2 Benefits of Archive and Version Services
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2providesbenefitsfortheenterprise,IT
administrators,andusers.
Benefits for the Enterprise
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11offerstwokeybenefitsfortheenterprise:
ItprovidesalowercostofmanagementforITdepartmentsbyallowinguserstoselfrestorefiles
fromanarchiveofintervalbasedfileversions.
Itprovidesameanstoallowuserstobemoreproductiveby
allowingthemtocorrecttheirown
accidentaldeletionsorfilemodificationmistakes.
Benefits for IT Administrators
ForITadministrators,NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2solvestheproblemof
individualfilerecovery.NolongerdoestheHelpDeskneedtodealwithusersaskingforaparticular
filetoberestored.ThisfreesITorganizationstofocusonmoreimportantsolutionsfortheusers
and
thecompanyasawhole.
Benefits for Users
WithNovellArchiveandVersionServices,theusercontrolsthefilerecovery;thereisnoneedto
completelyrebuildafileortoinvolvetheITdepartment.Userscanretrievefileversionsfrom
anywhere,atanytime,usingaWebbrowserandanactivenetworkorInternetconnection.
NovellArchiveand
VersionServicesforOES11SP2offersmanybenefitsforusers:
Theversioningprocessistransparenttousersuntiltheyneedtoretrieveapreviousversionofa
file.Versioning doesnotaffecthowapplicationsbehaveandrequiresnoactiononthepartofthe
user.
Allsecurityfeaturesandpermissions
ofthesourcefileareineffectforitsfileversionsifthefile
versionsarerestoredtoanNSSvolumeonaOES11SP2server.UsingNetStorage,userscanalso
downloadafileversionasanewfile,withoutitspriorrightsandmetadata,toothertypesof
storagemedia,suchastotheirlocalworkstations.
Versioningsupportscollaborativeworkenvironmentswheregroupsofuserscancreateand
modifysharedfiles.Thearchiveserverallowsaworkgrouptoproperlyselectpreviousversions
offilestheyareworkingon,basedonwhomodifiedafileandthetimestamp
oftheversion.
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NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2usesNovellNetStoragetoprovideaWeb
basedinterfacetousersforfileversionretrievalandrestoration.Userscanretrievefileversions
fromanyworkstationoperatingplatform,includingMicrosoftWindows2000/XP,Windows
Vista,AppleMacintosh,SUSELinuxEnterpriseDesktop(SLED)
10andlater.Allauserneedsis
aWebbrowserandanactivenetworkorInternetconnection.
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2providestheNSSFileVersionUtilityfor
Windowsclients.UserscanretrievefileversionsandrestorethemfromcompatibleWindows
workstations.
1.3 Key Concepts of Archive and Version Services
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2savesversionsofuserfilesatscheduled
intervals,storesfileversionsinanarchivedatabase,andmakesfileversionsavailableondema ndto
users.NovellOpenEnterpriseServerinstallsNovellArchiveandVersionServicesbydefaultaspart
oftheOES11
SP2install.However,theservicedoesnotrununtilyouconfigureandstartit.For
information,seeChapter 5 ,“SettingUpArchiveandVersionServices,”onpage 39.
Itisimportanttounderstandseveralkeyconceptsandtools:
Section 1.3.1,“TheArchiveServer,”onpage 11
Section 1.3.2,“TheArchiveDatabase,”onpage 12
Section 1.3.3,“NSS
Volumes,onpage 12
Section 1.3.4,“VersioningJobs,”onpage 13
Section 1.3.5,“JobSchedules,”onpage 13
Section 1.3.6,“FileVersions,”onpage 14
Section 1.3.7,“DeletePolicy,onpage 14
Section 1.3.8,“A r c h i v e VersioningPlugInforiManager,”onpage 14
Section 1.3.9,“VersioningPolicy,onpage 14
Section 1.3.10,“NSSFileVersionUtility,”onpage 15
Section 1.3.11,“NetStorageArchiveFunction,”onpage 15
1.3.1 The Archive Server
ThearchiveserverrunsNovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2,whichincludesthe
followingservices:
Allowinguserstosearchandrestorefileversions
Versionsoffilesbasedofconfigurableepochintervals
Nonintrusivebackupoffiles
Fullaccesscontrol,Workgroupbasedaccess
Increasedproductivity
Anarchiveserverand
thevolumesresidesinthesameNetIQeDirectorytree.
NovellArchiveandVersionServicessupportsseveralstoragetopologies,asshowninthefollowing
figure.Becausefileversionsaretransferredindecryptedformat,thearchiveservershouldreside
behindthecorporatefirewall.Anytransferoffilesduringfileversioningorrestorationshould
occur
overasecureconnectionsuchasavirtualprivatenetwork(VPN).Thevolumeswithfilestobe
versionedcanresideonlocalorremoteserversandinsingleorclusteredconfigurations.
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Forinformation,see“PlanningforArchiveandVersionServices”onpage 21.
Figure 1-1 ExampleofStorageTopologiesSupportedbyNovellArchiveandVersionServices
ArkManager
ArkManageristhesoftwarecomponentthatmanagesthefileversionprocess.Thisguiderefersto
ArchiveserverastheserverwhichrunsthearkManagersoftware.
Foreacharchiveserver,youmustconfiguretheserver’sbasicproperties,optionallyconfiguredefault
jobsettings,andconfigurepropertiesforoneormoreindividualjobs.Basic
propertiesincludedetails
aboutthearchiveserveranddatabase.Defaultjobpropertiesspecifythepropertysettingstouse
insteadofpropertysettingsspecifictoaparticularjob.Anindividualjobspecifiestheproperty
settingstousewhenarchiv ingfileversionsforaspecifiedvolumethatresidesinthesameeDirectory
tree
asthearchiveserver.
TheArchiveVersioningpluginforNovellArchiveandVersionServicesallowsyoutoconfigure
server,defaults,andjobsettingsandtomanagejobs.Forinformation,see“ConfiguringJobsin
iManageronpage 51.
1.3.2 The Archive Database
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesusesaPostgreSQLdatabase.PostgreSQLisanobjectrelational
databasemanagementsystem(ORDBMS)basedonPOSTGRESpackage.
TheArchiveserverstoresthemetadatainformationoftheversionsofthefilesinthePostgreSQL
database.ThedatabaseisknownastheArchivedatabaseandresidesonthe
Archiveserver.
1.3.3 NSS Volumes
PrimaryVolume:ThePrimaryvolumecontainstheuserfilestobeversioned.
ArchiveVolume:TheArchivevolumecontainstheversionsoftheuserfiles.
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1.3.4 Versioning Jobs
Aversioningjobcapturescopiesofeligiblefilesonaspecifiedsourcevolumeatspecifiedintervals.
Eligiblefilesarethosethatexistinthesourcevolumeatthetimethevolumeisversioned,meetthe
generalversioningcriteria,andpassanyadministratorspecifiedfilteringcriteria.Youcandefine
onlyonejob
foragivensourcevolume.
Eachjobidentifiesthesettingsforthefollowingproperties.Fordetails,seeSection 3.4,
“UnderstandingJobProperties,”onpage 24.
Table 1-1 OverviewofJobProperties
ArchiveVersionServicesisnotsupportedoniFolderandNovellDistributedFileService.
1.3.5 Job Schedules
Youmustestablishascheduleforeachversioningjobthatmeetsusers’requirementsforfile
versioning,givenlimitedstorageandbandwidthresources.Versioningoccursforeligiblefilesat
scheduledintervals,calledepochs.InNetIQiManager,youcanalsomanuallypauseversioningjobs
andrunjobsondemand,asneeded.
Afile’s
lifetimemustspantheendofanepochtobeversioned.Onlyfilesthatexistwhenthe
versioningoccursareeligibletobeversioned.Ifausercreatesanddeletesafilewithintheepoch,it
cannotbeversioned.
Formoreinformation,seeSection 3.4.3,“RunSchedule,”onpage 26.
Property Description
Name The unique, administrator-specified job name that represents the relationship
between the archive server and a given source volume. The job name persists
for the life of the archive server and can represent only the specified source
volume.
Server The OES 11 SP2 server where the data to be versioned is located.
Mount Point The OES 11 SP2 NSS volume where the data to be versioned is located. Each
volume can be the target of only one versioning job.
Snapshot Pool The OES 11 SP2 NSS pool where the snapshots of the source volume are
temporarily stored while file versions are written to the archive database.
Free Space ID ID of the free space object to be used for storing snapshot data. For example, /
dev/hda.
Sectors Specifies the number of sectors on free space to be used for storing snapshot
data. The value needs to be an integer, for example, 409600.
Filter Sets criteria to determine which files in the source volume are eligible for
versioning.
Run Schedule Specifies when to start the job and the frequency for running the job
Delete Policy Determines the lifetime of file versions in the archive.
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1.3.6 File Versions
Fileversionsareactualcopiesoffilestakenatscheduledintervals,asdeterminedbythe
administrator.Nomatterhowmanychangesusersmakestofilesduringanepoch,onlythoseeligible
filesthatexistattheendoftheepocharesaved.
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2
canuseNSSpoolsnapshottechnologyto
capturepointintimecopiesofallfiles,evenifthefileisinusewhentheversioningprocessbegins.If
thesnapshotoptionisnotused,the versioningprocesscapturesonlyeligiblefilesthatarenotdeleted
andnotexclusivelyopenedat
thetime.
Userneedsandlimitedstorageandbandwidthresourcesarekeyconsiderationsforsettingthe
criteriatodeterminewhichfilesareeligibleforversioning.Filescanbefilteredtoincludeorexclude
sourcefiles,accordingtotheirpath,fileextension,orfilenamepatterns.Ifauser’sfilesmeetthe
filtering
criteria,theyareeligibleforversioning.Forinformation,seeSection 3.4.5,“Filter,”on
page 28.
Usersdonothavedirectcontroloverwhichoftheirfilesgetversioned,whentheversioningoccurs,
orthestateoftheirfileswhentheepochendsandthecopyismade.Userscanaccessfilesnatively
with
theNSSFileVersionUtilityonaSLED10/SLED10SP1orWindows2000/XP/Vistadesktop,or
theycanaccesstheirfileversionsatanytimeandfromanywhereusingtheNetStorageArchive
function.Forinformation,seetheOES11SP2:NovellArchiveandVersionServicesUserGuide.
1.3.7 Delete Policy
TheDeletePolicydetermineswhenandwhichofajob’sfileversionstoautomat ically deletefromthe
archivedatabase.Versionedfilescanhavealimitedlifetimeinthearchive.Youoptionallyconfigurea
job’sDeletePolicytosetthemaximumkeeptimeandthemaximumnumberofversionstoretain.
The
DeletePolicycanallowindefiniteretentionofatleastonemostrecentversionedfile.
Formoreinformation,seeSection 3.4.4,“DeletePolicy,onpage 27.
1.3.8 Archive Versioning Plug-In for iManager
Afteryouconfigureyourarchiveserveranditsversioningjobs,youcanusetheArchiveVersioning
pluginforiManagertomanagethosejobs.Youcanstartandstopjobs,viewalistofjobs,andview
informationabou tjobs,suchastheir currentstatus,configurationdetails,andrunschedules.You
can
alsoviewtheArkM anagerlog,whichlistsallnormal,warning,anderrormessagesforeachjobon
thearchiveserver.
Forinformation,seeSection 7.1,AccessingtheArchiveVersioningPlugIniniManager,”onpage 51.
1.3.9 Versioning Policy
TheVersioningPolicydeterminesthecriteriatofilterthetypeoffilestobeversioned,durationand
numberofversionsretainedforagivenvolume.Toaccessthisinformation,theuserrightclicksthe
versioningiconinthesystemtrayandselectsViewVersioningPolicy.
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1.3.10 NSS File Version Utility
TheNSSFileVersionUtilityprovidesconvenientanddirectaccessinanativeWindows2000/XP/
VistaorSLED10/SLED10SP1environmenttoarchivedversionsofuserfiles.Theutilityintegrates
withyourdesktoptoprovideaRestoredArchivedVersionsoption,whichallowsuserstoviewrecent
versions
oftheirfilesandrestorethedesiredfile.Usersselectthedesiredversionofthefile,thenclick
Restoretoviewthefilelocallyortorestorethefileversiontoanetworkstoragelocation.
TheNSSFileVersionUtility,isprovidedontheWelcomepage.Forinformationaboutusingthe
utility,seetheOES11SP2:NovellArchiveandVersionServicesUserGuide.
1.3.11 NetStorage Archive Function
Fileversionsresideinthearchivedatabaseonthearchiveserver.Userscanrestorefileversionsfrom
thearchivedatabaseatanytimefromanywhereusingtheArchivefunctioninNovellNetStorage.
UsingtheNetStorageinterfaceintheenterpriseportal,auserviewsalistofavailableversionsofa
file.
Theusersimplyselectsthepreviousversionofthefile,thenclicksRestoretodownloadthefile
versiontoaspecifiedlocationwheretheuserhasthenecessarypermissions.
IfauserrestoresthefileversiontoaOES11SP2NSSstoragelocation,thearchiveserverrecoversthe
file
versionandalltherightsandmetadataaboutthefile.Ifauseroptstodownloadthefileversion
elsewhere,thefileissavedasanewfile,withoutthepriorrightsandassociations.
Forinformation,seetheOES11SP2:NovellArchiveandVersionServicesUserGuide.
1.4 Scenarios for Using Archive and Version Services
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2isavaluableassetintoday’sdiversified
workplace.Thissectiondiscussesthefollowingusagescenarios:
Section 1.4.1,“CrossPlatformWorkEnvironments,”onpage 15
Section 1.4.2,“GroupCollaboration,”onpage 16
Section 1.4.3,“FileandDirectoryNameChanges,”onpage 16
Section 1.4.4,“SelectiveFileVersioning,”onpage 16
1.4.1 Cross-Platform Work Environments
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2providesaWebbasedinterfacetothearchive
databaseinNovellNetStoragewiththeArchivefunction.Userscanretrievefileversionsfromany
workstationoperatingplatform,includingNetWare,MicrosoftWindows2000/XP/Vista,Apple
Macintosh,SLED10,andSLED10SP1.All
auserneedsisaWebbrowserandanactivenetwork or
Internetconnection.
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1.4.2 Group Collaboration
Inasharedworkgroup,ateamworkscollectivelytoshareinformation,createinformation,and
processinformation.Filesareregularlyshuffledbackandforthbetweenusers,andtheyareusually
workedonbymorethanoneperson.Sectionsofapresentationarecreatedbydifferentpeopleand
eithermergedorare
simplyeditedintoanexistingfilethatispassedaround.
ResearchhasshownthatpeopletendtosolvetheproblemsassociatedwithlackofversioninginPC
networksystemsbyattemptingtodoanadhocversioningsystem.Unfortunately,everyonedoesita
bitdifferently.Someputaversionordate
inthenameofthefile,suchas
MarketAnalysisv3.ppt
.
Othersputdatesinthefilename,suchas
MarketAnalysis2002Oct03.ppt.
Stillothersusefile
folderswithversionsordatesinthenamesofthefolders.Mostarenotconsistentwiththeir
techniquesandmanydonoteventry.Itisespeciallytroublesomewhenthefilesareshared,because
noteverypersonalschemeisalike.Evenwiththesevariousmethods,mistakes
happen.
NovellArchiveandVersionServicesforOES11SP2supportscollaborativeworkenvironments.The
archiveinterfac eallowsausertoviewpreviousversionsandseeinstantlywhowasthemodifierof
eachoftheversionswithoutopeningfileversionstoattempttoascertainwhomodifiedit.
Forexample,Tomand
Aliceworkedtogethertoprepareapresentation.Twoweeksago,Alice
deletedsomeeditsthatTommadetothefile.Now,theteamneedsthoseedits back.Alicecannot
recallwhenshedeletedtheedits.BygoingtotheWebbasedarchiveaccess,Alicecanviewprevious
fileversions.Themodifier
ofthefileislistednexttoeachfileversion.Aliceeasilyidentifiesthefile
versionfromabouttwoweeksagothatshowsupwithTomasthemodifierofthefile.Shecanview
thefileversionorrestorethefile,asneeded,torecoverthe lostmodifications.
1.4.3 File and Directory Name Changes
Fileanddirectorynamesarelikelytochangeduringtheirlifetimes.NovellArchiveandVersion
ServicesforOES11supportsfileanddirectoryrenaming.Ittrackschangestothefilename,suchas
whenauserrenamesafileatsomepointintheprocessofitscreationandmodification.Italso
tracks
changesmadetothefile’ssubdirectory(orpath)ifitischanged.
1.4.4 Selective File Versioning
Itisnotdesirableorpracticaltoversioneveryfileinavolume.NovellArchiveandVersionServices
allowsadministratorstodeterminewhichfilesontheirserversgetversionedandtheversioning
intervalsonapervolumebasis.
Forexample,considerasourcevolumethatcomprisesmultipledirectories:Users,Shared,and
severaldirectoriesforapplications.AlthoughthefilesintheUsersandShareddirectorieschange
frequently,thefilesintheapplicationsdirectoriesarefairlystable.NovellArchiveandVersion
Servicesallowstheadministratortoexcludefilesinapplicationsdirectoriesfromversioning.
Theadministratorcanselectivelycontroltheversioningfrequencyforeachvolume.
Forexample,
consideraUsersvolumewithfilesthatchangeintermittentlythroughoutthedayandaShared
volumewithfilesthatchangeattheendofeachscheduledworkshift.NovellArchiveandVersion
Servicesallowstheadministratortoschedule30minuteepochsfortheUsersvolumeand schedule
thestart
timeandsubsequentepochstocoincidewithshiftchangesfortheSharedvolume.
Theadministratorcancontrolthetypesoffilestobeversioned.Forexample,consideraProductivity
volumethatcontainsbothWebdevelopmentapplicationsanduserfiles.WithNovellArchiveand
Versionservices,theadministratorcanspecifytheextensions
offileslike
.doc
or
.html
tobe
versionedinaProductivityvolume.
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1.5 What’s Next
Usethefollowingtabletodeterminewheretofindinformation:
Table 1-2 PossibleTas ks
To Perform This Task Refer To
Planning your Novell Archive and Version Services for
OES 11 SP2 implementation
Planning for Archive and Version Services (page 21)
Assessing your implementation plan against the
prerequisites and guidelines
Prerequisites and Guidelines (page 31)
Setting up a new archive server “Setting Up Archive and Version Services” on page 39
Configuring the versioning jobs Configuring Jobs in iManager (page 51)
Managing the archive server Managing the Archive Server (page 47)
Managing the versioning jobs Managing Jobs (page 67)
Managing security for archive services Security Considerations for Archive and Version
Services (page 95)
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What’s New or Changed in Archive and
Version Services
ThissectiondescribesenhancementsandchangesinArchiveandVersionServicessincetheinitial
releaseofNovellOpenEnterpriseServer(OES)11.
Section 2.1,“What’sNew(OES11SP2),”onpage 19
Section 2.2,“What’sNew(OES11SP1),”onpage 19
Section 2.3,“What’sNew(OES11),”onpage 19
2.1 What’s New (OES 11 SP2)
TheArchiveandVersionServicesinOES11SP2hasbeenmodifiedtorunon64bitSUSELinux
EnterpriseServer(SLES)11SP3.
IMPORTANT:BeginningwithOES11SP2,thereisnoactivedevelopmentorenhancementto
ArchiveandVersionServicesandsupportwillbelimitedtosecurityfixes.
2.2 What’s New (OES11 SP1)
TheArchiveandVersionServicesinOES11SP1hasbeenmodifiedtorunon64bitSUSELinux
EnterpriseServer(SLES)11SP2.TherearenootherchangesintheOES11SP1releaseofArchiveand
VersionServices.
2.3 What’s New (OES11)
TheArchiveandVersionServicesservicehasbeenmodifiedtorunonOES11.Therearenoother
changesintheOES11releaseofArchiveandVersionServices.
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Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP3 Administration Guide

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