Topic: Operating Systems
Answer: This Linux distro has a geeko as a logo
Question: What is SUSE Linux?
In case you didn't know, Watson - the computer that beat the reigning Jeopardy champions, is based on Novell's SUSE Linux. For many that may be no news, for others it might be. Anyway, Novell did a write-up, here's the URL:
http://www.novell.com/promo/suse/ibm-watson.html
I've been busy decorating my new office with some of my accumulated Novell Swag, and I added a new piece that just arrived on Saturday. A ZENworks 11 shirt that says "he11o" on the front. I'll try to get a picture posted a bit later. It's a sweet shirt, even if I'm too big for it.
I'm wondering though, have any of you run into the issue with creating Windows 7 images using Audit mode where it doesn't exit Audit mode properly and pops up a "Windows cannot complete the installation" error after running sysprep? Seems it's been an issue since it was at an RC version, but there's no single fix for it yet. That's what I'm troubleshooting this week. If I come up with anything useful, I'll post it here.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Another reason to love Novell
I'm currently working on finalizing an imaging process (and the needed step-by-step documentation) for a customer using ZENwork Configuration Management. It's a very slick solution and works great. Windows 7 on the other hand, not so slick, and something of a PITA when it comes to USB drives.
Part of the process requires the use of an .XML file for an unintended install. Easy enough, copy the little file to a USB flash drive, pop that in the machine being used to create the image and off you go, right? Wrong. Windows 7 64-bit doesn't like my 16GB SanDisk Cruzer device. Stomach falls to my knees as it has my GroupWise archives that I've yet to fully export. Quick, run pop the same device into my work laptop. No go. Pop same device in my trusty, personal Toshiba laptop that's NOT running Windows 7 and it's seen just fine.
What's a girl to do? Grab one of her 4GB Novell USB drives from last BrainShare and voila, we're in business! Just another reason for me to love Novell and all of their partners who take such good care of me and provide me with fun "toys" like my little 4GB USB drives. Luckily I have several of these little goodies so at least one is always in a laptop bag somewhere. So once again, it's Novell to the rescue for a Windows issue.
Part of the process requires the use of an .XML file for an unintended install. Easy enough, copy the little file to a USB flash drive, pop that in the machine being used to create the image and off you go, right? Wrong. Windows 7 64-bit doesn't like my 16GB SanDisk Cruzer device. Stomach falls to my knees as it has my GroupWise archives that I've yet to fully export. Quick, run pop the same device into my work laptop. No go. Pop same device in my trusty, personal Toshiba laptop that's NOT running Windows 7 and it's seen just fine.
What's a girl to do? Grab one of her 4GB Novell USB drives from last BrainShare and voila, we're in business! Just another reason for me to love Novell and all of their partners who take such good care of me and provide me with fun "toys" like my little 4GB USB drives. Luckily I have several of these little goodies so at least one is always in a laptop bag somewhere. So once again, it's Novell to the rescue for a Windows issue.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Looking for a job?
OneCommunity is looking for an MCSE with Novell experience to join their team. If you're interested, shoot me an email at wmnug at yahoo dot com and I'll get you some more info.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
BrainShare 2011 dates - October 11-14
Danita Zanre pointed out to the NGWList just a few minutes ago that BrainShare 2011 dates have been announced as being October 11-14. Woo-hoo! Go BrainShare! Go BrainShare!
I hope to get some more notes posted soon, but have been very busy the past few days with the new job and all sorts of activities. You can now find me at Optimal Solutions in Grand Rapids. So, if you're looking for a reseller in West Michigan (or anywhere in Michigan really) you know who to talk to now.
And if you're looking for help in Indiana, Illinois or anywhere in the MidWest really, call on Norm O'Neal at OneCommunity and they'll be happy to give you a hand as well.
I hope to get some more notes posted soon, but have been very busy the past few days with the new job and all sorts of activities. You can now find me at Optimal Solutions in Grand Rapids. So, if you're looking for a reseller in West Michigan (or anywhere in Michigan really) you know who to talk to now.
And if you're looking for help in Indiana, Illinois or anywhere in the MidWest really, call on Norm O'Neal at OneCommunity and they'll be happy to give you a hand as well.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Pre-planning for migration to Linux
As I work on this contract gig I was reminded again of how smaller shops may not be taking into consideration all the things you need to plan for when migrating from NetWare to Linux. Things like DNS/DHCP being hosted on NetWare and the fact that you can't do an in-place upgrade.
DNS/DHCP on NetWare has a really nice management tool, unfortunately it didn't get ported to OES-Linux. Best bet is if you have another method for hosting DNS/DHCP, such as Cisco gear, I'd suggest moving it off before doing a migration.
SLP is another thing you need to consider. It's easier to create a second SLPDA on a new Linux box that is in place prior to migration, that way you can tweak it if need be without causing your end users a lot of downtime.
And then there's the tree CA that needs to be moved. None of this is a big surprise though as we have been in migration mode for years. I just haven't put together a full checklist yet.
The good news is the migration tool works really well, so move of data and such works awesome, it's just that you need another physical or virtual server to move to. No in-place upgrades, sorry folks.
DNS/DHCP on NetWare has a really nice management tool, unfortunately it didn't get ported to OES-Linux. Best bet is if you have another method for hosting DNS/DHCP, such as Cisco gear, I'd suggest moving it off before doing a migration.
SLP is another thing you need to consider. It's easier to create a second SLPDA on a new Linux box that is in place prior to migration, that way you can tweak it if need be without causing your end users a lot of downtime.
And then there's the tree CA that needs to be moved. None of this is a big surprise though as we have been in migration mode for years. I just haven't put together a full checklist yet.
The good news is the migration tool works really well, so move of data and such works awesome, it's just that you need another physical or virtual server to move to. No in-place upgrades, sorry folks.
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