Migrating from Novell NetWare to Windows NT Server 4 [Paperback]

Sue Plumley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 14, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0471175633 | ISBN-13: 978-0471175636 | Edition: 1

How will my files transfer?

How do I set up a print server?

What kinds of adjustments will my users need to make?

Can I compress files in NT?

What is a domain?

Can I migrate more than one NetWare server at a time?

If you're a NetWare network administrator who's considering migrating to Windows NT Server 4, you probably have hundreds of questions like these. In this step-by-step guide, bestselling author Sue Plumley answers all of your most pressing questions. Learn what to do, why you're doing it, and what order to do it in. Build skills and confidence for the inevitable customization work to come.

Migrating from Novell NetWare to Windows NT Server 4 gives you technical coverage of Server set-up and administration. You'll get detailed checklists and network diagrams to prepare your system and your users for the new environment.

Inside you'll find:

• Troubleshooting sidebars in every chapter
• Handy tables comparing NetWare terms with the corresponding NT nomenclature
• Postmigration advice on how to use NT Server most efficiently
• Unbiased assessments of what NT adds to (and subtracts from) network functionality

This practical, well-organized guide gives you proven, hands-on advice on how to accomplish the smoothest and most trouble-free migration possible.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Many companies who currently use NetWare for their corporate network system require servers which are easily interoperable for handling many new technologies and the Internet. For these NetWare users, the new Windows NT 4.0 is the logical and popular choice for upgrading their systems. This comprehensive guidebook shows network managers and administrators how to migrate from NetWare to NT. Not only does the book offer step-by-step instructions, it is also written in a way to help build the skills necessary to customize and maintain the server. Includes detailed checklists and network diagrams to prepare both the system and system users for the migration.

From the Back Cover

How will my files transfer?

How do I set up a print server?

What kinds of adjustments will my users need to make?

Can I compress files in NT?

What is a domain?

Can I migrate more than one NetWare server at a time?

If you're a NetWare network administrator who's considering migrating to Windows NT Server 4, you probably have hundreds of questions like these. In this step-by-step guide, bestselling author Sue Plumley answers all of your most pressing questions. Learn what to do, why you're doing it, and what order to do it in. Build skills and confidence for the inevitable customization work to come.

Migrating from Novell NetWare to Windows NT Server 4 gives you technical coverage of Server set-up and administration. You'll get detailed checklists and network diagrams to prepare your system and your users for the new environment.

Inside you'll find:

• Troubleshooting sidebars in every chapter
• Handy tables comparing NetWare terms with the corresponding NT nomenclature
• Postmigration advice on how to use NT Server most efficiently
• Unbiased assessments of what NT adds to (and subtracts from) network functionality

This practical, well-organized guide gives you proven, hands-on advice on how to accomplish the smoothest and most trouble-free migration possible.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 14, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471175633
• ISBN-13: 978-0471175636
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,271,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars You must be kidding!, January 5, 2000

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This review is from: Migrating from Novell NetWare to Windows NT Server 4 (Paperback)

I want the book titled migrating from NT to Novell Netware 5!

I cannot see anyone in their right mind going the other direction!

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to move to NT and this book helps!, February 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Migrating from Novell NetWare to Windows NT Server 4 (Paperback)

Like the Macintosh/PC debate, the NetWare NT debate will always cause heated opinions. I wanted to move to NT and I'm glad I did. NT is a much better NOS in my opinion and this book helped me!

3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Whole Book is Absurd, December 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Migrating from Novell NetWare to Windows NT Server 4 (Paperback)

Migrate from NetWare to Windows NT? Who in their right mind would even consider such a move, now that we have had the best part of three years to compare NetWare 4.11/4.2/5.0 with NT Server 4.0.

This book presents a formula for disaster, and in my opinion, it would now constitue actionable professional negligence on the part of any network engineer who even attempted such a migration.

Of course, the integration of NT Server 4.0 into the NetWare NDS network with NDS for NT is another matter altogether. If one needs or desires NT Servers in a network, one first constructs the firm foundation of the network (NetWare NDS), and then the NT boxes are brought in with NDS for NT.

Integration is the key to success on this issue. Migration is the way to disaster. Hopefully, this book will not be reprinted.