## NetWare Plug-In Notes

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Plug-In Prerequisites

Before You Register This Plug-In

File Ownership

Using the Plug-In Registration Wizard

Editing Scan Proxy Information

Enabling File System Scans

Processor Type Reporting

Uninstalling the Plug-In

### Plug-In Prerequisites

- The Capacity Reporter 5.0.1 (or greater) Windows NT/Windows 2000 Agent must be installed on the computer that will act as a Capacity Reporter proxy agent.
- The Capacity Reporter Agent computer must have Novell NetWare client software version 4.70 installed.
- The Capacity Reporter Agent computer must be a Novell NetWare 4.2 or 5.1 server system.

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### Before You Register This Plug-In

The Plug-In Registration Wizard prompts for the following information; organize it beforehand to save time:

- The simple (not distinguished) name of the NetWare server
- The NetWare user name, password, and NDS context of a user with at least File Scan effective rights to all the volumes being scanned. You may want to create a NetWare user especially for Capacity Reporter use.
  To collect file details into a .CSV file on volumes being scanned, the user must have File Scan, Read, Writer, Create, and Erase effective rights to the volumes being scanned.

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### File Ownership

NetWare file ownership is based on which NetWare user last modified the file. Directory ownership is based on the NetWare creator ID. NetWare users are reported using their NDS distinguished name in dotted notation (for example, user.orgunit.org).

Many NetWare administrative utilities report file ownership based on which user created the file. Capacity Reporter file ownership helps you find the NetWare users modifying files.

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### Using the Plug-In Registration Wizard

For general instructions on using the Plug-In Registration Wizard, see Basic Instructions for Running the Plug-In Registration Wizard.

Specific instructions for registering a NetWare server include:

1. When registering a NetWare server with the Capacity Reporter Server, you must follow these guidelines when entering information in the Required Registration Information dialog box:
   - NetWare Server Name — Enter the simple (not distinguished) name of the NetWare server as it is known on the network.
   - SRM Display Name — Enter the name of the NetWare server that you want to be displayed in Sun StorEdge SRM reports.
2. The Plug-In Registration Wizard for NetWare servers contains an additional dialog box not described in the Basic Instructions for Running the Plug-In Registration Wizard. Use these guidelines when entering information in the second Required Registration Information dialog box:
   - Proxy Agent for Volume Scans —— Enter the name of a Capacity Reporter 5.0.1 (or greater) Agent computer running on Windows NT/Windows 2000. This is the system used to perform remote scans of the file systems (volumes) on the selected NetWare server.
   - NetWare Server Name — This box is automatically filled in with the name that you entered in the NetWare Server Name box in the previous dialog box. However, you can change or edit the entry if necessary.
   - User Name — Enter the name of a NetWare user with File Scan effective rights to the volumes being scanned.
   - Password — Enter the password for that user — it is kept encrypted in the Capacity Reporter database.
   - Context — Enter the NDS context for that user. Do not include a leading period when entering the context. Otherwise, the file system scans fail. The context must be in the same NDS tree as the NetWare server being scanned.

   Note: To confirm that the server name is correct, try logging in with the credential you plan to use for file system scanning, and then use an UNC name on the proxy agent computer (for example, \\server\sys\public) to confirm that your scan can access files and directories.

3. If you successfully registered the NetWare server, it will be located in the group named Default Computer Group. You may want to create a new Capacity Reporter Computer Group (for example, NetWare) and place your NetWare servers in that group.

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### Editing Scan Proxy Information

You must follow these steps to change the proxy agent used for volume scans, the NetWare user name, password, and context information used when performing file system scans of NetWare volumes.

Using Capacity Reporter, you can edit the proxy system settings for a registered NetWare server. For example, you can change the Capacity Reporter Agent computer to use for computer scans, or you can set up a computer and security for file system (volume) scanning to get volume usage details.

To edit scan proxy information:

1. Launch the software.
2. Click the Options tab, and then click the Scans notebook.
3. In the navigation pane, click select proxy. The Select Proxy page is displayed.
4. Next to the NetWare option, click Modify. The Modify Scan Settings for NetWare page is displayed.
5. In the Select a managed object list box, select the NetWare server you want to modify, and make the necessary changes.

You can change the following settings:

- Computer Scan Agent — Enter the name of a managed Capacity Reporter Agent computer that has the correct plug-in installed on it. Computer scans of NetWare servers do not require a lot of agent system resources. If you select a Capacity Reporter 5.0.1 (or greater) Agent computer that does not have the correct plug-in installed, all computer scans for the selected NetWare server fail.
- File System (Volume) Scan Agent — Enter the name of a Capacity Reporter 5.0.1 (or greater) Agent computer running on Windows NT/Windows 2000. This will be the system used to perform remote scans of the file systems (volumes) on the selected NetWare server (enabled by installing the Novell NetWare client on the agent system).
  File scans of NetWare volumes require more server resources than computer scans do. The agent computer doing the file scans can be a different computer than the computer selected to perform the computer scans.
- NetWare Server Name — This must be the simple (not distinguished) name of the NetWare server as it is known on the network.
- User Name — Enter the name of a NetWare user with File Scan effective rights to the volumes being scanned.
- Password — Enter the password for that user — it is kept encrypted in the Capacity Reporter database.
- Context — Enter the NDS context for that user. Do not include a leading period when entering the context. Otherwise, the file system scans fail. The context must be in the same NDS tree as the NetWare server being scanned.

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### Enabling File System Scans

Although devices in this category are registered as managed computers with the Capacity Reporter Server, the file systems that are discovered during a computer scan cannot be scanned until they are enabled for scans explicitly by the user. The file system (volume) scans of NetWare servers provide information about file system usage based on last NetWare user modification of files. To enable a volume scan, the Capacity Reporter user with the proper account privileges must perform the following procedure.

To enable file system scans:

1. Launch the software.
2. Click the Resources tab, and then click the Computers notebook. The Managed Computers Report is displayed.
3. In the Computer Name column, select the NetWare server for which you want to enable scanning. The Single Computer Report is displayed.
4. Scroll down to the File Systems Report, and click Modify to change the scanning enabled status of the file systems displayed in the table. The File System Scan Settings page is displayed.
5. In the Scanning Enabled column, select the check boxes beside the file systems that you want to scan, and click Submit.

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### Processor Type Reporting

NetWare servers may incorrectly report their processor types as "Pentium Pro", due to an apparent limitation in the Novell client's ability to report processor information.

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### Uninstalling the Plug-In

If you want to remove the plug-in from a computer, use the Add/Remove Programs applet in Windows Control Panel to do so. You must do this on the computer where you installed the plug-in.

To uninstall the plug-in:

1. Click the Start button, and then click Settings -> Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. The Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box is displayed.
3. Select SRM Plug-In for NetWare from the list, and click Add/Remove. The Uninstall Wizard launches.
4. Click Next, and then click Finish. The plug-in files are removed from the computer.

Note: If you uninstall the Capacity Reporter 5.0.1 (or greater) Agent from a computer, it automatically removes all plug-ins installed on that computer.

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