Compaq 307560-001 Compaq Tips and Tricks for NetWare 5 - Page 11

Compaq Tips and Tricks for NetWare 5 11 • Compaq Management Agents for Servers -- Data collection and repository agents that provide in-depth subsystem information concerning statuses and faults on Compaq servers, workstations, desktops, and portables. • Compaq Survey Utility -- Enhanced serviceability tool that delivers online configuration capture and comparison. This utility also gives you the ability to view the Integrated Management Log while your server is running. • Diskette Builder Management -- Utility that automates the creation of installation diskettes for products on this management disc. • Systems Management Toolkit -- Integration tool that unifies third-party management products with Compaq Insight Manager. If you already have your copy of the Management CD-ROM, then let's waste no time. • To install and mount the disc.... Do you remember? For information on mounting the CDROM, look back at the IMPORTANT tip under the SmartStart install. • To install the Compaq Insight Management Server Agents and update all Agents in memory and on the hard drive, type [VOL_NAME]:\AGENTS\NETWARE\ENG\COMPAQ\CPQAGIN.NLM. • To install the Compaq Survey Utility, type [VOL_NAME]:\SURVEY\NETWARE\ENG\ SINSTALL.NLM. Do you want the utility to automatically load during server startup and perform its system logging? Just type SINSTALL -IAUTO_INST. In fact, when you use this option, the utility will automatically perform system logging every Wednesday at noon. Software Application Tips To switch between software applications, just press Ctrl+Esc. This quick click (easier done than said) brings up the Task Manager that aids in application switching. Whenever you want to return to the system console, just press Ctrl+Esc, then Esc once more. You can also press Alt+Esc to toggle between console screens. Here comes another great freebie! To use the free Novell LAN Workplace for DOS, check out the NetWare Client CD-ROM in \PRODUCTS\DOSWin32. LAN Workplace is a DOS-based TCP/IP stack used to communicate with the server from a DOS or Windows 3.x- based client. When using NWTAPE.CDM, any applications that use Advanced SCSI programming Interface (ASPI) will not work properly; instead, to make your backup, you should use the SBACKUP program provided with NetWare 5. Using ConsoleOne with NetWare 5 Whew! There's a lot of confusion with ConsoleOne, the ConsoleOne GUI, the Java Console, the Java GUI, the Java X-GUI, and the XWindows GUI. Maybe it's because Java is the buzzword of the Internet, and we all love to drop those buzzwords amongst our Internet buddies. Right? GUI is also a great buzzword. And face facts, GUI just sounds like state-of-the-art computerese. However, we often misuse this terminology until it becomes an imbedded definition in our personal technology database. So let's clear the air and start speaking the same lingo. First of all, ConsoleOne is the Novell management application software-written in Java-that brings data closer to the user with no loss of control. Java is an Internet-standard programming 118R-1099A-WWEN