Instant Access

Preparing to Install

There are four recommended tasks to prepare your network for NetWare 6.5:

• Back up your data

• Update eDirectory (if necessary)

• Update eDirectory schema (if necessary)

• Update the Certificate Authority object in eDirectory

Installing

• To install a new server, insert the NetWare 6.5 Operating System CD-ROM into your server's CD-ROM drive and reboot the server.

Upgrading

• NetWare 6.0 To upgrade to NetWare 6.5, choose one of these options:

  1. Perform an in-place upgrade by running INSTALL from the root of the NetWare 6.5 Operating System CD-ROM.

  2. Use the NetWare Server Consolidation Utility to transfer volumes , directories, users, printers, and printer agents from a source server to a previously installed NetWare 6.5 destination server.

• NetWare 5.1 To upgrade to NetWare 6.5, choose one of these options:

  1. Perform an in-place upgrade by running INSTALL from the root of the NetWare 6.5 Operating System CD-ROM.

  2. Use the NetWare Server Consolidation Utility to transfer volumes, directories, users, printers, and printer agents from a source server to a previously installed NetWare 6.5 destination server.

  3. Use the NetWare Migration Wizard from a workstation to move server data only from an existing source server to a new NetWare 6.5 destination server.

• Any NetWare 5 or NetWare 4 To upgrade to NetWare 6.5, choose one of these options:

  1. Use the NetWare Server Consolidation Utility to transfer volumes, directories, users, printers, and printer agents from a source server to a previously installed NetWare 6.5 destination server.

  2. Use the NetWare Migration Wizard from a workstation to move server data only from an existing source server to a new NetWare 6.5 destination server.

• NetWare 3 To upgrade to NetWare 6.5, use the NetWare Migration Wizard from a workstation to move server data only from an existing source server to a new NetWare 6.5 destination server.

• Windows NT v4 To upgrade to NetWare 6.5, use the NetWare Server Consolidation Utility to transfer volumes, directories, users, printers, and printer agents from a source server to a previously installed NetWare 6.5 destination server.