Preface

Welcome to NetWare 6! Anytime, Anywhere, Always Up!

Leonardo DaVinci once said that inside every stone is a beautiful statue waiting to be exposed. "The trick," he said, "is chiseling away the pieces that don't belong."

Leonardo DaVinci is my inspiration for the CNE Study Guide series of Novell certification companions. Through great effort, I have identified the core of NetWare 6 and it is very beautiful. The bottom line is that this book is your guide on a wonderful quest for NetWare 6 CNE Update certification. It will help you to focus your formal education, study guide lessons, and/or hands-on skills. To aid you during your quest for "life-changing" knowledge, I offer two types of help at key points during the adventure.

TIP

Highlights time-proven management techniques and action-oriented ideas. These tips are great ways of expanding your horizons beyond just CNEship they're your ticket to true nerdom.

REAL WORLD

Welcome to the real world. I don't want you to be a two-dimensional CNE in a three-dimensional world. These icons represent the other dimension. In an attempt to bring this book to life, I've included various real-world scenarios, case studies, and situational walk-throughs.

In the first leg of our exciting NetWare 6 CNE journey together, we will explore the top 20 new and enhanced features of NetWare 6 and then walk through a detailed NetWare 6 installation for the ACME organization. Then, for those of you who are already running NetWare 4 or NetWare 5, we will learn how to prepare your network for migration by using NetWare Deployment Manager, and how to migrate to NetWare 6 in Chapter 2.

After you have installed NetWare 6 and migrated any legacy servers, it's time to build an enhanced eDirectory tree with version 8.6. That's Chapter 3. Then, in Chapter 4, we will shift our focus to advanced NetWare 6 management by using Remote Manager, iMonitor, and iManager. Next, in Chapter 5, we will learn how to configure, manage, and maintain Novell's newest file storage technologies: Novell Storage Services (NSS), NetStorage, and NetDrive.

In Chapter 6, we will return to NetWare 6 bells and whistles with a comprehensive discussion of NetWare 6 access technologies, including Novell Native File Access Pack, iFolder, iPrint, and NetWare Web Access. Finally, we will complete our NetWare 6 Update journey with Novell Cluster Services (NCS) the "Always Up" piece of NetWare 6.

That is Novell Course 3000: Upgrading to NetWare 6 in a nutshell. As you can see, there's a lot of information to cover, and you can't do it alone. I'm guessing that at some point, you will want to apply all this life-changing knowledge to a physical, practical application a network, perhaps. One assumes that you will act on this book's technical concepts, philosophies, schematics, lab exercise, puzzles, tips, and examples.

In the meantime, I'd like to hear from you as I strive to provide the best certification study materials available. Please feel free to e-mail me at [e-mail]. Let me know how you liked this book and/or what features you would like added.

So, get prepared for an adventure through Novell's certification jungle. And don't forget your guide…there's no limit to where you can go from here!

Enjoy the show and good luck on the exam!