In this case, there are a few options. First login as admin /b then use "setpass supervisor " to change the supervisor password. This should unlock the console. Or use fconsole (available on this site) to down the server. This will unlock the console, or break into debug (shift-shift-alt-esc) and do a "q" to quit and go back to dos. Don't use the last option if you don't have to. One last thing you can do is get the syscon utility (available here) and change the password for supervisor there. One of these will unlock the console for sure.

Use setpass.nlm (available here) to change the password so you can get on with business.

Use x-away (available here) to remove the flag. Or delete the files and recopy them.

Use "server -ns" to bring the server up with no startup.ncf. "server -na" for no autoexec.ncf. You can even use "server -ndb" to not load the nds database. You can use them all together if you like.

Use syscon to get the serial number. Command Center also should show this.

Download compmon.nlm. This will give you a nice compression screen and let you know what files are compressed, or decompressed and when.

Use dsmaint.nlm. This is the best way to do it.

Yes, a few ways that I know of. Use Jcmd.nlm, Nwcc.nlm, filer.nlm and toolbox.nlm. All work great and can allow you to do many things.

As a Guestimate use Novemem.exe. This is only a guestimate. Then use the statistics provided in Monitor to judge whether you have enough for what your asking the server to do or not.

Use the config7.exe and configreader. They are they easiest way to do a "status check" on your server. I like these two..

Use the Imgcopy.nlm or Jcmd.nlm to trasfer the coredump from the c: drive to the sys volume.

Use the dsdoc2.exe to find out what the ds error codes mean.

The First thing to do is download Tabnd2.exe and go through it. Then you can take the necessary steps to fix it.

If you have a good backup of the bindery on tape or somewhere, then you can use lasthope.nlm to give you a fresh bindery.  You can then login and restore the old bindery.

You can use a number of utilites to run an autopurge. Cleanvol.zip and Ap101d.zip are a couple them.

Yes, you can use novcro.nlm to schedule ncf files for execution.

Yes, you can use the ndir command to do a million things, this is one of them.  You have to know all the switches to use though.   or you can use the windows version and just point and click. wndir.zip.

Use copynlm1.exe. It is an nlm that will allow this.

Use drvspc.exe to determine what spec your lan card is.

Yes, nwsd6110.exe and Salv97.zip are a couple windows utilities.

There are a few ways to do this, openfile.exe and whohasit.zip are a couple one of them.

There is no reason you should not have a good copy of your bindery files. With bind.zip, you should NEVER be caught without a good backup of your bindery.

Command Center is the answer. With this utility you can take control of all your servers at once. This is a MUST have, or at least try.

Download scrsav.exe . There are a few good ones. FYI, the have fun screen saver included has abended servers.

Yes, Wnsyscon and Netasst.zip are a couple of great utilities.

Yes, Command Center is one way.

Thanks for the great site! We have found alot of useful utilities.

We know of only one set of utilities that will allow you to copy, or access the data on a NetWare volume that will not mount. Odr for NetWare. Ontrack makes a Utility specifically for NetWare just for this purpose. We contacted Ontrack asking for a demo to post on our site, or something to help these customers. Ontrack responded and gave us the following link: http://www.ontrack.com

We hope this information is useful to those who need it the most.

First load os2.nam (for 3.x) or long.nam (4.11). Then type the following command at the server console. "add name space long to vol1" Don't include the quotes on the command line, but do separate the words with a space.

Requirements:

• A server-class PC with a Pentium* or higher processor.
• A VGA or higher resolution display adapter (SVGA recommended).
• 550 MB of available disk space (50 MB for a boot partition, 500 MB for a NetWare partition).
• 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended to run Java*-based applications).
• One or more network boards.
• A CD-ROM drive that can read ISO 9660-formatted CD-ROM disks. Computers with bootable CD-ROM drives must fully support the El Torito specification.
• A PS/2* or serial mouse is recommended, but not required.

In Netware 5 you do not have to type the load command. Just type "monitor"

Type "display modified Environment" at the server console and you will see what set parameters have been modified from default.

There is a new nlm to load, and a new utility to use. The nlm to load is RCONAG6.NLM and the utility is rconj. Try it out it works well. You can launch RConsoleJ using one of the following methods:

1. ConsoleOne -> select server object -> Tools -> Remote Console
2. NWADMN32 -> Tools -> Pure IP Remote Console
3. SYS:PUBLIC\MGMT\RCONJ.BAT
4. RCONJ.NCF from the server console

In NW5, you can mount your dos partition as a Netware volume. By default only admin has rights to access it. NetWare mounts it as an NSS volume.. Issue "nss dosfat" at the console prompt.

Make sure all your 4.11 servers are up to the latest ds before attempting this install. The latest ds can be found on http://support.novell.com go to the minimum patch list.

You might want to take a look at PowerQuests ServerMagic utility. http://www.powerquest.com

In NetWare 4.x and 3.x you could only have One partition per Logical device. With the advent of NW5 there is now the ability to create up to 4 partitions per device.

You can use lasthope.nlm to reinitialize your bindery and thus avoid a reinstallation of the OS.

Go into "servman", monitor in NW5, and turn "enable file compression" off. This will disable compression for the whole server.

Novell released its First service pack for Netware 5 this week. Feb 12th 99. Make sure you download and apply it.

Try "NSS Menu" It will create a volume the easy way. You can also use nwconfig. Remember to leave some unpartitioned space on your drive to create the nss partition and volume.

You can cheat and do it the quick and dirty way by typing "cdrom" in Netware5. It will mount your cdrom as an Nss volume. Then type volumes after it mounts it.

You might want to take a look at dsdesigner. With this gui windows tool you can import all the info from dsdiag.nlm and have a Gui picture of your tree that you can do many things with. For those not familiar with configreader, this is a tool used to import the info generated from the config.nlm. Both are a must for a NetWare environment.

"Load install -dsremove" will do the trick. Just enter pass all the errors and it will remove ds. For Netware 5 servers replace install with nwconfig.

There is something you can do. Novell can recreate your admin user or change your admin password with a special nlm only they have.  You will have to call Novells support staff for further details.

You can type "flush cdbe" at the server console and this will do the trick.  Type "display modified env" to see what parameters have changed from default.

NetWare 5 eliminates this issue with NSS, but if you want to learn more about the directory limitations of 3.x and 4.x refer to a tid called NetWare 3.x and 4.x Directory Entry Limits (Last modified: 21JAN1999)  TID document (1202046)

There is a reason. The timesync debug screen comes on when time synchronization has been lost. And can always be turned off with "set timesync debug=0".

There is another way other than powering the server off, or breaking into the debugger to bring that server down gracefully.  Press the following three keys all at the same time.  Ctrl, Alt, Esc.   This will ask you if you want to down the server.  Say Yes and it will dismount your volumes and bring your server down gracefully. This does not always work, but it is always worth a try.

Normally we ALWAYS recommend applying these service packs, but according to Novell, this service pack could cause problems with your NSS volumes. It could wipe them out.  You do not want to apply this pack until they fix this problem.   A second update to Service Pack 3 will be released soon. At that time you should be safe applying this pack.  For more info go to http://support.novell.com

Onsite is a Great tool and if you have not tried it you should. We encourage you to get a copy and see for yourself.

Look no further.  We have a beta version, of the one that is going to be shipped with Novells next version of Netware.  This can also be downloaded from support.novell.com.  Ndsftpserver.

Do the following:

1. Do "unload proxy" at the server console prompt
2. Do "load proxy -cc" at the server console prompt

The "cc" is for Clear Cache". This will clear or flush the proxy's cache to zero.

We recommend 2 products.   First Novells Internet Caching Appliance, or second Novell border Manager.   Both are great at providing a proxy solution,  a caching solution for your webserver, or in increase the performance of surfing the web.

RESET ENVIRONMENT:  This command will display and prompt for every set parameter that has been changed from its default value, querying the console user whether to change the value back to its default value or to skip to the next modified set parameter.

http://www.novell.com/year2000/

http://www.novell.com/year2000/.   Also don't forget your clients.  Make sure you have the latest Novell client and that all you workstations have the appropriate patches. 

Now on to our Techtip.  Netware 5.1 is shipping soon, but a lot of you are still running 3.12 or 3.2.  these are great Operating Systems, but there are alot of reasons to upgrade.  Here are a couple:

• NetWare 3.12 can only support  2 million directory entries per volume.  Eventually you will hit these limits and then you will have to redo your volumes. Tid (1202046)   On the other hand, 5.x with NSS volumes can support much much more.  In fact  NSS volumes are capable of holding trillions of files in a single directory. Tid (2953006).
• One other point is web related.  With everyone moving towards the web, it is important to embrace this technology and put as much on the web as you can.  Instead of sending company news around on a memo, put it on the web. NetWare 5.1 has a webserver, ftp server and a websearch all built in.  We know it is expensive to upgrade, but it is also very expensive to be on old technology and have your company running less efficient.

We encourage you to apply this service pack.  There were some important fixes made that you want to avoid finding. Also NetWare 4 Support Pack 8 was released on the same day. You can find both of these at http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm#nw

Procedure

1. At the server console prompt, type LOAD MONITOR <Enter>
2. Choose "Cache Utilization" from the "Available Options" menu.
3. Write down the percentage of Long Term Cache Hits shown in the lower window of the screen. Tracking cache hits helps you predict when you need more RAM before you experience serious performance loss. If the percentage of Long Term Cache Hits falls below 90 percent, add more RAM to the server.
4. (Optional) To temporarily free up RAM, unload any NLM programs that are not critical.

Use this switch when loading server.exe

• nl   (no logo)   others:
• ns  (no startup.ncf)
• na  (no autoexec.ncf)
• ndb (no nds database)

Don't worry, it is easy.  To change the web managers ip address, find the nsadmin.conf file and modify it.  For the webserver, you have to change the obj.conf and magnus.conf files.  You can find these under sys:\novonyx\suitespot\https-webserver\config.   The web managers file are under admin\config.

Then use tid (10012858) to your advantage.  This is a tid written by Novell support.  You can find this tid by searching http://support.novell.com

High utilization can be caused by various things.  Bindery scans, compression turned on during the day, Nds issues, the list goes on.  To ensure you have troubleshot this issue correctly, download and follow TID (2916430).  You can find this on support.novell.com

We strongly recommend that you apply these service packs because they resolve a lot of issues.

Well you can.  Netware 5.1 supports  "webdav".   Install the Netware Enterprise Server and you can now use webfolders to copy, rename, move, etc files on a Novell Server using only your windows workstation.