Novell is running their re-connect tour and is coming to - of all places - Grand Rapids. Why did no one at Novell let me know!?
Anyway, they're coming - woo-hoo! Way better than hitting Detroit.
For those in Grand Rapids, here's the link to the tour page, just look for Grand Rapids on the right and click to register. It's being held at the JW Marriott in downtown, quite a lovely place, once you find parking and which floor the party's on. :)
http://www.novell.com/events/tour2012.html
BTW - Novell, have you contacted your few partners in town? Have you contact your customers? Please do!
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Prize Drawing? As in - should I have one?
Simply because I'm curious as to who else may follow me, or be subscribed to my blog, I've been thinking about having a drawing. But I'm not sure for what, or when I should do it or how the rules would work.
If you think I should have a drawing, drop a comment here or shoot me an email at wmnug at yahoo dot com. Given enough suggestions, I'll have a drawing. Just let me know in your comment or email what I should draw for...I have all sorts of Novell and partner (i.e. GWAVA, MA, Omni) swag, from old BrainShare backpacks to portfolios/pens/cups/gizmos and tons of t-shirts. Granted, my smallest size t-shirt is a large. I may - big may here - have a Ximian monkey laying around in a bag with no dog fur on it yet.
We're re:turning to the Novell we all once knew and loved...perhaps it's time I "re:turn" some of my swag to the daylight (and clean up my basement at the same time). :)
If you think I should have a drawing, drop a comment here or shoot me an email at wmnug at yahoo dot com. Given enough suggestions, I'll have a drawing. Just let me know in your comment or email what I should draw for...I have all sorts of Novell and partner (i.e. GWAVA, MA, Omni) swag, from old BrainShare backpacks to portfolios/pens/cups/gizmos and tons of t-shirts. Granted, my smallest size t-shirt is a large. I may - big may here - have a Ximian monkey laying around in a bag with no dog fur on it yet.
We're re:turning to the Novell we all once knew and loved...perhaps it's time I "re:turn" some of my swag to the daylight (and clean up my basement at the same time). :)
Sunday, March 21, 2010
BrainShare 2010 - Day #1
Okay, so technically I've been in Salt Lake since Friday, but this IS officially Day 1 of BrainShare. And I've been having great luck with running into people!
Hit the GWAVA Movie - good choice Richard! - then hit the GWAVA VIP Party after. Again, wonderful choices in food - love, love, love! the chocolate cake at the Marriott. Although, you can rarely go wrong with chocolate cake. Rhonda had a chance to tease me after the movie, she and Patrick and Craig headed off for food after the movie while Rusty, Brian and I headed to the party for the free food. I am a mooch after all.
I did miss a chance to say hello to Howard Tayler - creator of Scholock Mercenary and GWAVA Man who I rarely get to see these days. He was at the GWAVA movie helping throw out t-shirts and such. Hoping to catch him at Penguicon later this year if I can't catch him here.
Did get to see Christel's hat, it's cooler than mine (mine's very girlie and not at all like me), and Holly made it in as well. Christel got out of Chicago just in time. Brian and Dan (a new acquaintance from Toronto) both got stuck in Chicago last night due to weather. I ran into Kathryn on the way out of the movie and totally forgot to ask if she'd need to borrow my Dell mini. Had a senior moment, the first of many this week I suspect.
I missed catching Norm at the GWAVA Party, but did get to see Jimmy, and Teresa Kratzer, and Roger Dills (a virtual WMNUG member). Phil and Matt arrived, and then Jose showed up much to my surprise! So we have a bigger contingent from WMNUG than I expected.
Best luck was running into John Dragoon, and Ken Muir at the GWAVA party. Where, as usual, I rudely interrupted their conversations to say hello and thank you. And then I had the great pleasure of running into Ron Hovsepian outside of the Marriott where I again rudely interrupted a conversation (y'all know I mouthy, right?) and Rusty and I absconded with a few minutes of his time. Ron agrees with me that Rusty's very cool wife, Karen, is a saint.
I know there are people who may not agree with me, but I've always felt that Ron and John make a great team. I love these guys! They're genuinely nice, they put up with me (which says a lot about how tolerant they are), and they always stop to listen to people at BrainShare. When was the last time Bill Gates or any of the MS execs showed up and actually talked and listened to customers at TechNet? (Do I have that name correct? Here it is Sunday and I'm already a bit brain-fried).
I'm really liking this smaller format so far. Things are closer in and people are talking more and sharing more already. More people seem to be going out of their way to introduce themselves and step out of their comfort zones to ask questions and just talk. For example, on the way back to the hotel I ran into 2 very nice folks from Montana (who's names I forgot to ask) that are having issues with their migration. I asked about their NUI group (they dont' have one) and offered to give them my business card next time I see them so I can get them connected to this blog, and to Norm as well. (Again, senior moment forgot to tell them my name).
So, while I'm sunburned and tired, I'm still geeked enough to pull out my beloved little mini and post to this blog (although I'm not much of a blogger). We miss those of you who couldn't make it this year, and I'm very thankful I did manage to make it with the help of some very supportive organizations.
The Novell Community ROCKS!!!
Hit the GWAVA Movie - good choice Richard! - then hit the GWAVA VIP Party after. Again, wonderful choices in food - love, love, love! the chocolate cake at the Marriott. Although, you can rarely go wrong with chocolate cake. Rhonda had a chance to tease me after the movie, she and Patrick and Craig headed off for food after the movie while Rusty, Brian and I headed to the party for the free food. I am a mooch after all.
I did miss a chance to say hello to Howard Tayler - creator of Scholock Mercenary and GWAVA Man who I rarely get to see these days. He was at the GWAVA movie helping throw out t-shirts and such. Hoping to catch him at Penguicon later this year if I can't catch him here.
Did get to see Christel's hat, it's cooler than mine (mine's very girlie and not at all like me), and Holly made it in as well. Christel got out of Chicago just in time. Brian and Dan (a new acquaintance from Toronto) both got stuck in Chicago last night due to weather. I ran into Kathryn on the way out of the movie and totally forgot to ask if she'd need to borrow my Dell mini. Had a senior moment, the first of many this week I suspect.
I missed catching Norm at the GWAVA Party, but did get to see Jimmy, and Teresa Kratzer, and Roger Dills (a virtual WMNUG member). Phil and Matt arrived, and then Jose showed up much to my surprise! So we have a bigger contingent from WMNUG than I expected.
Best luck was running into John Dragoon, and Ken Muir at the GWAVA party. Where, as usual, I rudely interrupted their conversations to say hello and thank you. And then I had the great pleasure of running into Ron Hovsepian outside of the Marriott where I again rudely interrupted a conversation (y'all know I mouthy, right?) and Rusty and I absconded with a few minutes of his time. Ron agrees with me that Rusty's very cool wife, Karen, is a saint.
I know there are people who may not agree with me, but I've always felt that Ron and John make a great team. I love these guys! They're genuinely nice, they put up with me (which says a lot about how tolerant they are), and they always stop to listen to people at BrainShare. When was the last time Bill Gates or any of the MS execs showed up and actually talked and listened to customers at TechNet? (Do I have that name correct? Here it is Sunday and I'm already a bit brain-fried).
I'm really liking this smaller format so far. Things are closer in and people are talking more and sharing more already. More people seem to be going out of their way to introduce themselves and step out of their comfort zones to ask questions and just talk. For example, on the way back to the hotel I ran into 2 very nice folks from Montana (who's names I forgot to ask) that are having issues with their migration. I asked about their NUI group (they dont' have one) and offered to give them my business card next time I see them so I can get them connected to this blog, and to Norm as well. (Again, senior moment forgot to tell them my name).
So, while I'm sunburned and tired, I'm still geeked enough to pull out my beloved little mini and post to this blog (although I'm not much of a blogger). We miss those of you who couldn't make it this year, and I'm very thankful I did manage to make it with the help of some very supportive organizations.
The Novell Community ROCKS!!!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
February 1st is coming!
For those of you as yet unaware, February 1st marks the date that Novell begins locking users out of accessing patches and updates for current product lines. That is, or course, unless you have Maintenance on your agreement.
ALA customers, like my employer, are not affected (as far as we know). At least we managed to keep the TIDs open.
For me, this means that our end-users can no longer go home and download the GroupWise client to use on their home machines (woo-hoo!!). And, due to our license agreement, we cannot distribute the client in any way outside of our own network. So, if I get my way, end users will be relegated to using WebAccess (which rocks!) or hauling their work-supplied laptops home if they "really, really, really" need the full client.
But really, who in their right mind needs a full working client of any email client to keep up with work email? Perhaps I should qualify that a bit - that is anyone who's smart enough to keep their work email for work and have a separate account (such as gmail or ymail or Yahoo!) for their personal stuff. Because our users DO and are ENCOURAGED to use their work accounts for everything, they want the full client and there will be some backlash, but I don't care. I don't have to support them! (BWAhahahaha)
ALA customers, like my employer, are not affected (as far as we know). At least we managed to keep the TIDs open.
For me, this means that our end-users can no longer go home and download the GroupWise client to use on their home machines (woo-hoo!!). And, due to our license agreement, we cannot distribute the client in any way outside of our own network. So, if I get my way, end users will be relegated to using WebAccess (which rocks!) or hauling their work-supplied laptops home if they "really, really, really" need the full client.
But really, who in their right mind needs a full working client of any email client to keep up with work email? Perhaps I should qualify that a bit - that is anyone who's smart enough to keep their work email for work and have a separate account (such as gmail or ymail or Yahoo!) for their personal stuff. Because our users DO and are ENCOURAGED to use their work accounts for everything, they want the full client and there will be some backlash, but I don't care. I don't have to support them! (BWAhahahaha)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
The odd things that trip me up in my daily work
I just got done patching our GroupWise system - now all on Linux boxes - with the hot patch for GW 8.0.1. I love the new process! Way easier than in the past and the helpful installer even tells you what else needs to be patched. Way cool!
So, for those of you who haven't done it yet, here's a brief step-by-step - this is for Linux installs only (doesn't matter if it's OES2-Linux or plain old SLES as we have both and it worked the same).
1. Down all your agents just to be on the safe side (and it's fun to give users downtime)
2. Extract the files from the tar file you downloaded
3. Open a terminal window, change to the folder where you just extracted everything to
4. Launch the installer - ./install
5. Do the primary domain first, so click on the "Create or update a GroupWise System". You don't "have" to do it this way, but at least you know you'll be updating your SDD properly. Do the same for any secondary domains you may have that also host a SDD. Otherwise, you can simply update the secondary domains similar to the any secondary POAs.
6. If, like us, you have more than one POA and they're running on separate servers, go to each POA, extract the files from the tar or use a CD where you've done that already, run the installer and select Install Products | Install Agents. If you have a C1 install, it will automatically note that you need the Adminstration files updated and do it for you. Pretty cool!
7. To update your WebAccess agent, unpack the tar, launch the installer select Install Products | Install WebAccess. It picks up that you need both the agent and the application updated, as well as any Administration or agent (i.e. MTA) files that you may need.
8. Restart all your domains and POAs.
9. Use the web consoles to verify that you are at build 8.0.1HP89145. (For POA's it's port 7181, MTAs port 7100, GWIAs port 7125, WebAccess 7211 - if you're usin the defaults).
Hope this helps some!
So, for those of you who haven't done it yet, here's a brief step-by-step - this is for Linux installs only (doesn't matter if it's OES2-Linux or plain old SLES as we have both and it worked the same).
1. Down all your agents just to be on the safe side (and it's fun to give users downtime)
2. Extract the files from the tar file you downloaded
3. Open a terminal window, change to the folder where you just extracted everything to
4. Launch the installer - ./install
5. Do the primary domain first, so click on the "Create or update a GroupWise System". You don't "have" to do it this way, but at least you know you'll be updating your SDD properly. Do the same for any secondary domains you may have that also host a SDD. Otherwise, you can simply update the secondary domains similar to the any secondary POAs.
6. If, like us, you have more than one POA and they're running on separate servers, go to each POA, extract the files from the tar or use a CD where you've done that already, run the installer and select Install Products | Install Agents. If you have a C1 install, it will automatically note that you need the Adminstration files updated and do it for you. Pretty cool!
7. To update your WebAccess agent, unpack the tar, launch the installer select Install Products | Install WebAccess. It picks up that you need both the agent and the application updated, as well as any Administration or agent (i.e. MTA) files that you may need.
8. Restart all your domains and POAs.
9. Use the web consoles to verify that you are at build 8.0.1HP89145. (For POA's it's port 7181, MTAs port 7100, GWIAs port 7125, WebAccess 7211 - if you're usin the defaults).
Hope this helps some!
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