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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:26:28 -0800
From: John Navarro <jnavarro@MCGRAW-HILL.COM>
Subject: Re: Netware 4.1 SMP

Ok, here's what's going on at Brainshare regarding SMP.

With Netware 4.1, SMP is an OEM product.  This is mainly due to the .LAN
and .DSK drivers being written in assembler and not C.  Also, those drivers
weren't written to scale on multiple processors.  Also, the layer that
describes the hardware (PSM.NLM) is compiled by the vendors to their
specific hardware.

GreenRiver, however, changes all this by including a general Intel PSL.NLM
that works with MPC compliant hardware.  The .LAN and .DSK drivers are
rewritten in C and work the the SMP version of CLIB. I've seen and "touched"
GreenRiver running an a 4 processor HP here and all I can say is that it is
pretty slick.  The most impressive feature of GreenRiver next to SMP is the
automatic abend recovery.  Yep, you read it right.  No more dead servers
due to page faults!  GreenRiver will trap and put to "sleep" the offending
NLM and resume processing.  No one will know there was an abend except for
the trap messages displayed on the console.  The server also copies the
trap info to a log file on the C: drive and then migrate it to a log file
on sys:.  For you skeptics, this was demoed LIVE.  But, if the offending
NLM is part of the system, well, then you out of luck.

Insider info, look for the beta of the DOS and Windows 32bit client to be
released at the end of the month.

The weather is great in Utah, and the forecast is calling for rain
Saturday, but who cares, we will all be gone by then.

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 01:08:07 GMT+0001
From: "Szekeres Bela, Jr." <SZEKERES@EVT.BME.HU>
Subject: Re: Abends and Green River

>I notice from the session abstracts for Brainshare Europe that there
>are sessions on how to take the server down after an abend and still
>allow people to save their files. Any comments anyone (yes I am
>trying to raise the money to get to Nice :-)
>
>Garry Scobie

After Abend:

1. Get into the debugger (Ctrl+Alt+R Shft+L Shft).
2. type: eip=CSleepUntilInterrupt
3. type: g

This will put the active process (which abended) into sleep until it
gets an interrupt. Hopefully, it will not, until you can down the
server (or at least dismount all volumes).

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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 13:09:48 -0600
From: Joe Doupnik <JRD@CC.USU.EDU>
Subject: NW 4.x tape backups

	I thought the group might be pleased to know that in the next
release of NW 4, code name Green River no assigned number, it will be
possible, realistic, and easy to restore a server, volume, NDS, parts
of NDS tree, whole NDS tree from tape. It uses a new TSA410.NLM and
TSANDS.NLM to do the work. This will be a clean safe live-in-real-time
without loss backup (no file closing) and restore method.
	This is a very fine piece of work by the SMS group of Novell
and was presented this week at Brainshare. The specs were still loose
enough for them to make an addition yesterday at my request.
	GR is expected to ship at the end of the summer (+/-). No,
this material will not run on NW4.10 and predecessors.
	Joe D.

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Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 06:41:28 -0700
From: Randy Grein <rgrein@halcyon.com>
To: "NetWare 4 list" <netw4-l@bgu.edu>
Subject: Re: Netware Applcation Manager

Well, Scott, We've used it a bit in the office, but can't rely on it too
much as the SEs all use laptops for field work. The really impressive
part was Brainshare, with thousands of accounts and hundreds of
workstations, all running win95 and NAM to deliver groupwise, etc. VERY
impressive, and it was flawless!

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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 06:51:36 -0700
From: Randy Grein <rgrein@halcyon.com>
To: "NetWare 4 list" <netw4-l@bgu.edu>
Subject: Green River, was Re: Tape Backup Systems

>Is there a document somewhere detailing the enhancements/fixes planned
>for Green River?

Green River Release Further Simplifies Network Management
Tasks, Reducing Time and Effort

	OREM, Utah - June 25, 1996 - Novell, Inc. today
announced strong positive customer response to Novell
Directory Services (NDS) enhancements in the next release of
the NetWare* 4 operating system, code-named Green River.
Green River includes a new NDS tool, NDS Manager, that lets
network administrators monitor and manage the replication and
partitioning of multiple NDS trees through an easy-to-use
graphical utility, making management of enterprise networks
simple and efficient. NDS Manager provides administrators with
improved control of user objects stored in the directory and
network resources and more efficient network management.

	Other Green River NDS enhancements include a User
Template Object, which allows administrators to set defaults for
new user objects and to make changes to multiple NDS objects
simultaneously, and the ability to view and manage audit logs
through NDS. Together, these features help make Green River
a powerful network, intranet and Internet solutions platform that
will adapt and grow with a company's business, providing an
enduring competitive edge.

	"With NDS enhancements such as NDS Manager,
Green River is a logical update path for our NDS infrastructure
servers," said Michael Lewis, senior engineer, networks at
Chevron. "Nothing else offers us the security, flexibility and
ease-of-management we need to maintain secure directory
trees."

	"NDS Manager makes my job as network administrator
much faster and simpler," said Dan Blevins, technical analyst,
Microsystems and LANs at Hallmark Card. "The Graphical User
Interface (GUI) allows me to make changes to the company's
directory tree on the fly, including replications and partitions to
the directory. NDS is the only directory that offers the extensibility
and scalability I need to manage a complex directory efficiently
and cost-effectively."

About NDS
	With over 15 million users, Novell's directory service is
the most robust global directory service available today. NDS is
hierarchical, object-oriented and extensible, providing unique
identification of, and location-independent user access to, any
network resource, such as applications, printers and other
networked devices. Users and objects can be organized into
logical "tree" structures that can be managed and accessed
from anywhere on the network. NDS is the only directory service
on the market that meets users' requirements for a secure
network environment through rules-based security
administration.

	Novell further reduces customers' cost of ownership by
leveraging NDS throughout its network solutions. GroupWise 5,
the upcoming release of Novell's expanded client/server email
system with full document management capabilities, uses NDS
to unify messaging with network access and administration.
ManageWise 2.1, announced this week (see corresponding
press release "Novell ManageWise Delivers Cross-Platform
Management Services"), utilizes NDS-based network
information to provide a comprehensive PC LAN management
system. In addition, NDS provides developers with a powerful
framework for creating distributed client/network applications
that leverage NDS for network management and user access to
network resources.

	"The directory service we provide with NetWare 4 is the
industry's leading global directory service, and the
enhancements in Green River continue to improve on what is
already clearly recognized as the most flexible, secure and
easy-to-use directory available today," said William Donahoo,
senior director of product marketing at Novell. "New features
such as NDS Manager allow network administrators to better
manage their growing networks through NDS."

NDS Manager
	NDS Manager replaces the DOS-based Partition
Manager tool available in NetWare 4.1 with a hierarchical
graphical tool that allows administrators to make changes to
directory trees, including updating NDS itself, without taking
down the server. NDS Manager also allows administrators to:
Automatically detect and update out-of-date versions of NDS on
servers;
  *Incorporate and manage multiple trees through partitioning
and replication services for the directory database;
  *Make repairs to the directory easily from client workstations
anywhere on the network; and
  *Run as an integrated part of the NWAdmin utility.

About Green River
	Green River, the next version of Novell's market-leading
NetWare network operating system, provides the network
platform for comprehensive network, intranet and Internet
solutions. This platform significantly eases installation,
migration and administration of networking processes.
Currently slated for release later this year, other major features
of Green River include:
*Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) scalability to support
network applications and intranets;
*Integrated TCP/IP and DHCP support to simplify network
management and ease user access to both corporate intranet
and Internet resources;
  *C2-level security to protect sensitive data during
transmission across networks;
  *Advanced network printing capabilities to give users
more control over their printing;
  *NetWare Application Launcher (NAL) to centrally administer
network applications and provide location-independent network
access; and
  *Easier network migration planning and installation functionality.


AND


Slated for fall release, next NetWare release expands access to
corporate network, intranet and Internet-based information

	OREM, Utah * June 18, 1996 * Novell, Inc. today announced it
shipped beta software for the next release of the NetWare* 4 network
operating system, code-named Green River, to over 2,800 development
and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners. Green River will
improve users' access to information and resources throughout
networks, intranets and the Internet, while reducing the overall costs of
owning and maintaining those networks. Based on positive beta
customer response regarding the reliability of the Green River software
currently in testing, Novell has expanded its beta program to include
developers and OEMs, giving them time to optimize their products and
solutions for the launch of Green River this fall. By first customer ship,
Novell anticipates thousands of third-party partner products will run with
Green River.

	With over 55 million users, NetWare continues to be the world's
best-selling network software. Novell worked with its installed base to
identify the network server features they required; based on that
feedback, the company designed Green River as a powerful solutions
platform that requires less network administration than other network
operating systems. Major enhancements to the next version of NetWare
include:
  *Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) scalability to support network
applications and intranets;
  *Integrated TCP/IP support to simplify network management and ease
user access to both corporate intranet and Internet resources;
  *C2-level security to protect sensitive data during transmission across
networks;
  *Advanced network printing capabilities to give users more control over
their printing;
  *Easier network migration and installation functionality; and
  *New graphical administration tools to better manage companies' network
and Novell Directory Services* (NDS*) environments.
Developers can now incorporate these services into their own
applications, enabling their customers to create and use networks that
can adapt to their business processes and provide them with an
enduring competitive advantage.

	We're extending the industry's leading network operating system
to become an integrated solutions platform by adding new services,*
said William Donahoo, senior director of product marketing for Novell.
*Using these new services in Green River, companies will find they can
extend their existing corporate networks to intranets and the Internet,
streamline their network installation and administration processes, and
significantly cut their overall cost of ownership in the process.*
Scalable, Secure Platform for Intranet and Internet Applications

	Companies can install Green River and leverage SMP with NDS,
C2-grade network security and NetWare/IP* 2.2 with dynamic host
configuration protocol (DHCP) support to safely run and access critical
applications such as Oracle and Sybase databases, leading messaging
systems including Novell GroupWise*, search engines and other
network applications across corporate networks, intranets and the
Internet. C2 network security will also enable NetWare to serve as a
platform for electronic commerce. In addition, full TCP/IP support gives
users the freedom to choose IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols to run their
networks and benefit from direct intranet and Internet connections.
Installation, Migration and Administration Made Easier

	The Green River release of NetWare simplifies NOS installations
and upgrades from previous NetWare versions. New hardware
auto-detection identifies network cards in a server and automatically
installs the correct LAN drivers to speed NetWare installation. Two new
utilities also help administrators upgrade NetWare 2 or NetWare 3
servers by automatically migrating modeled bindery information to
existing NetWare 4 trees.

	To further simplify overall network user and resource
administration, Green River also features new NDS Manager and
NetWare Administrator (NWAdmin*) tools. NDS Manager* provides a
new GUI NDS utility that lets network managers see and administer
multiple directory trees simultaneously, and NWAdmin enables global
changes to multiple user, resource and data objects in the directory to
further expedite administration processes.
End Users Realize Benefits

	Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) functionality will give
network users and administrators access to, and better control over, all
network printing resources, letting users check the status of their
network printing. The NetWare Application Launcher* (NAL) also gives
users more control over their network environments by providing
consistent access to their network applications and resources, enabling
complete location-independent networking. NAL works with Novell 32-bit
client software for Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT
environments. Also, Novell is including in Green River desktop client
support for all major operating systems, including DOS, Macintosh, OS/2,
Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT and UNIX.
Green River Delivers on Net2000

	Green River supports Novell's Net2000 developer initiative to
enhance and ease the development and deployment of new
network-aware applications and components. With Net2000 application
programming interfaces (APIs), developers can create network
applications and components easily using popular development
environments and tools.

	The networking services in Green River provide developers with
a robust networking infrastructure for distributing objects across global
networks, introducing a reliable foundation for distributed network,
intranet and Internet applications,* said Gary Mueller, vice president and
general manager of Novell's Developers Services Division. *The
DeveloperNet* Update, Novell SDK CD-ROM, Release Eight gives
developers full Basic and Visual Basic scripting capabilities to create
networked applications that can leverage computing logic across those
networks.

	Green River incorporates Net2000 features including remote and
source-level debugging facilities to give developers easier ways to trap
NLM errors written in C or C++, enhance and fine-tune operations, and
provide more reliable components. *We are very excited about integrating
our WAN adapters with Green River,* said Igor Krichevsky, business unit
manager at Eicon Technology. *Its IP functionality and scalability make it
an excellent platform for intranet and Internet connectivity, while its
source-level debugging facilities allow us to bring our solutions to market
that much sooner.*

	The NetBasic Network and Management Extensions (NMX) engine
in Green River allows NLMs and components to share a common
interface to expose their services and functionality. *The Green River
release represents Novell's attention to the developer. Both client and
server programming of NetWare applications will be much easier,* said
Gary Dowdy, president of Apiary, Inc. *On the client side, developers
want ActiveX Controls for Visual Basic, Delphi and C scripting
languages; Green River delivers these tools.*

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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 21:25:32 -0500
From: Darwin Collins <dcollins@fastlane.net>
To: netw4-l@bgu.edu
Subject: Re: Green River Open Beta vs. Beta 6.0

Not much to report.

Have not done any disaster recoveries so can't judge if the new DSBACKER
is doing its job.

No problems with the newer NWADMIN.  Actually, with it increased
functionality, I am enjoying it.  It appears to co-exist with 4.10
satisfactory.

New NDSMGR had some problems.  It would bomb when handling Netware 3.11
server objects, when those servers were not available.

Don't have multi-processor, can't evaluate that.

There are user templates that you can create.  They are now created as a
class 'User Template', so folks can not login with them.

I have not had any problems with existing NDS utilities working with
4.11.

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