The Novell Server Consolidation Utility runs on a Windows workstation on the network.
See Workstation Requirements for more information.
When the utility starts up, you select either NetWare NDS®/eDirectory or Microsoft Windows Domain as the source type. This selection determines the type of your consolidation project.
For NetWare/eDirectory consolidations, the Server Consolidation Utility lets you copy entire volumes or specific directories to one or more destination servers in the same eDirectory tree or in different eDirectory trees. The accompanying rights, trustees, ownership, and name space information are copied to the destination server along with the files.
The following table lists the supported source and destination servers for NetWare/eDirectory consolidations.
*Not supported when consolidating data to OES Linux servers
As part of a NetWare/eDirectory consolidation, you can reassign several NDPS® Printer Agents within the same tree to a single NDPS Print Manager. This simplifies your network printing configuration.
You can also use the Server Consolidation Utility to copy data from Windows NT domains to servers in Novell eDirectory trees. As with NetWare data, permissions and ownership information for NTFS files and folders are transferred intact, along with the necessary users, groups, and passwords.
The following table lists the supported sources and destinations for Windows domain consolidations.
Note that the Server Consolidation Utility accepts Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory domains, as well as Windows NT 4.0 domains, as sources. However, you can consolidate data from only one Active Directory domain at a time.
The Windows workstation (or server) where you run the Server Consolidation Utility must be a registered member of the domain.
With the Server Consolidation Utility, you model your consolidation project using drag-and-drop procedures.
The utility's main project window displays the source tree on the left-hand side and the destination tree on the right-hand side. To model your project, you simply drag folders or entire volumes from the source pane and drop them to the desired location in the destination pane. This gives you a visual representation of how the data will be organized on the destination servers.
No data is actually copied during the modeling phase, so you are free to rearrange the data structure until you are satisfied with it.
When you are ready to proceed with the data copy, the Server Consolidation Utility performs a pre-copy verification of the project. This helps prevent errors from interrupting your server consolidation and allows you to correct mistakes before data is copied to the destination servers.