Backup / Restore of Novell NetWare files from a Linux DS-Client
Creation Date: April 11, 2007
Revision Date: January 21, 2015
Product: DS‑Client (Linux)
Summary
This article deals with setup of Novell NetWare for Backup and Restore of NetWare files from a Linux DS-Client.
After Novell NetWare is configured correctly and its mount point is visible to Linux DS-Client, the NetWare files can be backed up (and restored) through:
• a Local File System backup set, if the file system is mounted on the DS-Client computer
• an SSH backup set, if the file system is mounted on a different network computer.
NOTE: You cannot use the NFS protocol to browse to a mounted NetWare File System.
Linux DS-Client can back up the following NetWare configurations:
• NetWare on Open Enterprise Server (with Novell Client for OES)
• NetWare on SuSE 11 (with Novell Client for SuSE 11)
NOTE: You must install the corresponding Novell NetWare Client on the target backup/restore computer.
See Also
Configuring NetWare Server
After a NetWare volume is mounted and its share is visible to DS-Client, its files can be backed up and restored like any other pure data backup sets:
• On the NetWare Server, install Novell Client for the corresponding type of operating system (Open Enterprise Server, SuSE 11). Novell Client automatically starts upon successful installation.
• Login to NDS using either gnwlogin or nwlogin utilities. By default, they are located in /opt/novell/ncl/bin;
• By default the Novell Netware of the server that logged in will be mounted on /var/opt/novell/nclmnt.
• If you are using the DS-Client on the NetWare Server, you can create Local File System backup sets to backup files under the mounted NetWare volume(s). If you are using DS-Client on another machine, you can create an “SSH” backup set to backup files under the mount point.
See the following Knowledge Base articles for information on specific situations: