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Storage Manager for Novell NetWare
Portlock Software
www.PortlockSoftware.com
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Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Portlock Software. All rights reserved.

Release Notes
November 29, 2002


CONTENTS

1.  What's New in Release 3.11.

2.  Overview.

3.  Installation and Removal.

4.  Known Issues.

5.  Command Line Options.

6.  Software Updates.

7.  Reporting problems to us.

8.  Additional Information and Support.

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1.  What's New in Release 3.10 (Nov-29-2002)

    This section has been moved to the file history.txt

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2. Overview

   Storage Manager for Novell NetWare is a comprehensive tool for managing
   storage on Novell NetWare servers. Full support for execution on Novell
   NetWare and MS-DOS through our stormgr.exe + stormgr.nlm modules.

   The following versions of Novell NetWare are supported:

     - Novell NetWare 3.12 and 3.20
     - Novell NetWare 4.10, 4.11 and 4.20
     - Novell NetWare 5.0, 5.1 and Small Business Suite 5.1
     - Novell NetWare 6.0

     Note: NetWare 3.11 is not supported.

   The following versions of DOS are supported:

     - MS-DOS 6.22 - Recommended for running stormgr.exe
     - MS-DOS 7.x  - (Window 95/98 DOS) Recommended for running stormgr.exe
     - DR-DOS 7.02 - NOT recommended for running stormgr.exe

     MS-DOS 6.22 or DR-DOS 7.x is fine for running Storage Manager on
     NetWare as DOS does not affect Storage Manager on NetWare.

   Supported Diagnostic Partition features include:

     - Copy Compaq, Dell and IBM Diagnostic partitions.
     - Delete Compaq, Dell and IBM Diagnostic partitions.
     - Image and Restore Compaq, Dell and IBM Diagnostic partitions.

   Supported DOS Partition features include:

     - Copy DOS FAT16 partitions.
     - Delete DOS FAT12 and FAT16 partitions.
     - Create DOS FAT16 partitions in either MS-DOS or DR-DOS format.
     - Hide DOS FAT12 and FAT16 partitions.
     - Image and Restore DOS FAT12 and FAT16 partitions.
     - Unhide DOS FAT12 and FAT16 partitions.

   Supported Novell NetWare partition features:

     - Copy NetWare partitions.
     - Create NetWare partitions.
     - Delete NetWare partitions.
     - Hide NetWare partitions.
     - Move NetWare partitions.
     - Resize NetWare partitions.
     - Unhide NetWare partitions.
     - Upgrade NW 3 and NW 4 partitions to the new NW 5 format.

   Supported Novell NetWare volume features include:

     - Image and Restore NetWare volumes.
     - Copy, clone and resize NetWare volumes.
     - Single-segment volumes.
     - Multi-segment volumes.
     - Mirrored partitions.
     - NetWare Partition Hotfix.
     - Block Suballocation.
     - Compression.
     - DOS, LONG, MAC, NFS Name Spaces.
     - DSK Device Drivers.
     - HAM (NWPA) Device Drivers.

   Supported Novell NSS partition features:
     - Create NSS partitions.
     - Delete NSS partitions.
     - Hide NSS partitions.
     - Resize NSS type 1 (Non-Storage Group) partitions.
     - Resize NSS type 2 (Storage Group) partitions.
     - Image and Restore NSS partitions.
     - Unhide NSS partitions.

   Supported Novell NSS volume features include:

     - Copy, clone and resize NSS Type 1 volumes.
     - Copy, and clone NSS Type 2 volumes.
     - Copy an NSS Non-Storage Group volume to a Storage Group volume.
     - Copy an NSS Storage Group volume to a Non-Storage Group volume.
     - Image and Restore NSS volumes.

   Image Manager:

     - Image a server to a tape drive or file on a different NetWare server.
     - Restore a server from a tape drive or file on a different NetWare
       server.

   Unsupported Features:

     - Volumes with Data Migration enabled.
     - FTAM Name Space.

   Video Monitors

     - Storage Manger does not support monochrome monitors. Color VGA mode
       is required for both the video adapter and the monitor.

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3. Installation and Removal.

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   Installation for NetWare:

    This software is packaged as a zip file. Create a temporary directory on
    your system and unzip the files. This software does not require an
    installation before use. However, there are three supported installation
    methods:

    1) Installation using INSTALL.NLM (NW 3 & 4) or NWCONFIG.NLM (NW 5).
       Copy the files either to a floppy diskette or to a temporary
       directory on your server. Using INSTALL.NLM or NWCONFIG.NLM select
       "Product Options". Then select "Install a product not listed".

    2) Create the directory SYS:/STORMGR. Copy the files to the SYS:/STORMGR
       directory on your server. The software can also be copied to any
       directory on your server.

    3) Installation using PINSTALL.NLM. From the server console type:
       "load a:pinstall.nlm" if the files are on a floppy diskette, or
       "load <path>/pinstall.nlm" if the files are on a directory on the
       server.

  The default installation directory is SYS:/STORMGR.

  To execute the software type: "load sys:/stormgr/stormgr" at the server
  console.

  See the command line options section below.

  To remove the software, use INSTALL.NLM (NW 4) or NWCONFIG.NLM (NW 5).
  Select "Product Options". Then select "View/Configure/Remove installed
  products". Then select STORMGR and press delete.

  To uninstall for NetWare 3, you will need to manually delete the directory
  and its contents SYS:/STORMGR.

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  Installation for DOS:

    1) This software is packaged as a zip file. Create a temporary directory
       on your system and unzip the files. This software does not require an
       installation before use.

    2) Copy the following files to a floppy:
       - stormgr.exe or stormgrv.exe (see below)
       - stormgr.clm
       - stormgr.lic
       - tcpipn.nlm (Supports TCP/IP with the Novell Client for DOS)

    3) The DOS software supports IDE, EIDE, SCSI, and Fibre Channel
       devices. For SCSI devices an ASPI device driver needs to be
       loaded.

    4) On some systems, himem.sys may need to be loaded. Use the Storage
       Manager command line option "-memtest" to verify if all physical
       memory can be seen from Storage Manager when running under DOS.

  To execute the software type: "stormgr" at the DOS prompt. The stormgr
  module will load, detect available disk drives, and then execute the
  module stormgr.nlm. To enable DOS support for TCP/IP, add the command
  line option -tcpip.

  The module stormgr.exe behaves like a NetWare console. This module enables
  software written for NetWare servers to load under MS-DOS.

  See the command line options section below.

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4. Known Issues

      There are no known bugs in the software except for those listed in
      the What's New section for this product version. See history.txt for
      more specific details.

   This version does have the following limitations (by design):

     - Volumes with FTAM Name Space are not supported.

     - Volumes with Data Migration enabled are not supported.

     - The software supports a maximum of 64 logical disk drives per server.
       Note that a RAID-5 array appears as one logical disk drive to NetWare.

     - The software supports a maximum of 256 NetWare partitions per server.

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5. Command Line Options

   This version supports a number of command line options that can be used
   to modify the behavior of the software.

   Command Syntax:
	stormgr [options]

   The following are valid command line options:

     -help

	Display the help screen. All other options will be ignored.

     -cmd=filename

        This options specifies a file to be processed for commands. This
        option turns on Storage Manager Scripting. This option is not
        currently available. This is a special command for Novell's
        NetWare 6 Evaluation CD.

     -dvd

	Enable support for CD/DVD writers (default).

     -nodvd

	Disable support for CD/DVD writers.

     -ignore=[1-64]

	Ignore the specified disk drive. This is commonly used on Fibre
        Channel SANs that have multiple paths to the same device. Using
        this switch causes Storage Manager to ignore the disk drive.

     -logfile=filename

	This option creates a file on either a NetWare volume or a file
	located on the DOS partition to store status and error information
        from Storage Manager.

     -memtest (DOS only)

        This option will cause Storage Manager to report how much memory
        could be allocated when running under DOS. By adding or removing
        himem.sys the best memory allocation strategy can be found.

     -nodefrag
        After a resize is complete, do not defragment the directory tables.
        Resizing a volume normally involves moving the FAT and directory
        tables. The directory tables are then fragmented after a resize.
        The software will then defragment the directory tables after a
        resize to improve volume performance.

     -nwio

	The software supports using either the older NetWare NWIO (DSK) I/O
	subsystem interface and the newer NWPA (HAM) interface. This command
	line option specifies to use the older NWIO (DSK) interface.

	Note: This option is not available on NetWare 5.x or 6.x servers.

     -nwpa

	The software supports using either the older NetWare NWIO (DSK) I/O
	subsystem interface and the newer NWPA (HAM) interface. This command
	line option specifies to use the newer NWPA (HAM) interface.

	Note: This option is not available on NetWare 3.x servers unless the
	NWPA update package has been installed. This is the only interface
	available for NetWare 5.x and 6.x servers.

     -os=version

        This option sets the version of NetWare that Storage Manager
        emulates when running under DOS. Valid versions are 3, 4, and 5.

     -port=<tcpip port number>

        This option changes the TCP/IP Port number used for TCP/IP
        communications. By default, Storage Manager uses port 19000.
        Both the sending and receiving processes must use the same
        port number.

     -verbose

        This option increases the amount of information placed into the
        logfile. For some types of operations, the information will be
        extensive created logfiles of hundreds of megabytes. This option
        is sometimes needed for technical support. Do not enable this
        option unless requested by technical support.

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6. Software Updates

    Storage Manager supports updating itself over the Internet. The update
    feature will connect to our web server and retrieve a file that lists
    the latest files. No information about your server or software is sent
    to our web server. We use the HTTP "GET" command for all software
    downloads.

    An error message will sometimes occur about not being able to resolve
    the address www.portlocksoftware.com. This is fixed by loading the
    Novell NLM netdb.nlm which provides the DNS name resolution that
    Storage Manager needs. As a fallback we have hard coded the IP address
    of our web server into Storage Manager.

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7. Reporting problems to us.

   Portlock Software is very interested in any comments regarding
   Storage Manager. Many features in the current product are the result
   of customers letting us know what they need.

   When reporting a problem to us, use the command line option -logfile
   to help us identify the problem.

   stormgr -logfile=filename

   Also, make sure that you are using the latest version of Storage
   Manager. We will ask you to upgrade to the latest version before
   providing support. Check the history.txt file to see if your issue
   has already been addressed.

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8. Software Updates

   Storage Manager supports updating itself over the Internet. The update
   feature will connect to our web server and retrieve a file that lists
   the latest files. No information about your server or software is sent
   to our web server. We use the HTTP "GET" command for all software
   downloads.

   An error message will sometimes occur about not being able to resolve
   the address www.portlocksoftware.com. This is fixed by loading the
   Novell NLM netdb.nlm which provides the DNS name resolution that
   Storage Manager needs. As a fallback we have hard coded the IP address
   of our web server into Storage Manager.

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9. Additional Information and Support.

   Please visit our web site to obtain addition documents on Novell NetWare
   and Storage Manager: www.PortlockSoftware.com/documents/index.htm.

   For technical support send email to: support@PortlockSoftware.com.

   For sales support send email to: sales@PortlockSoftware.com.

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