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NetWare 5: At Your Command 6 manually loading CDMs, you can be certain that a specific value-added feature provided by the manufacturer is available. If you don't disable autoload, NetWare 5 will merrily chug along and load the default CDMs for all devices detected by NWPA as well as those CDMs that are manually loaded. Some issues, however, have been found with devices where only the manufacturer provided CDMs should have been used, but other default CDMs had been loaded. Specifically, when using a SCSI tape drive to make a backup, you should use the CDM that is recommended by the backup application manufacturer. Note: 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. To configure the virtual memory usage for NetWare 5, enter the SWAP command at the console. You would think that this command immediately swapped some memory. You might even be a little hesitant to use it. No horror stories with this one. SWAP simply produces a complete list of commands that allow you to take control and configure the virtual memory for your server. Look before you leap! A word of caution: any programs that make use of virtual memory will be affected by these settings. Troubleshooting server issues could take a lot of time. Wouldn't you like to have your system's configuration specifics right at your fingertips? Well, Novell thought you would and, consequently, added two new command options just for this purpose. The DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT command lists all your system's configuration default (straight-from-thefactory) parameters. To see what you've tweaked since the server landed, type DISPLAY MODIFIED ENVIRONMENT. Usually it's a much smaller list. Here you have it: the scoop on those NLMs. NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) are powerful code packages, or programs, that give you more control of your system. If you really want to make your system fly, learn which ones exist and how to use them. For simplicity, in NetWare 5 Novell even removed the LOAD command so you can save some keystrokes. To launch NLMs without the LOAD command, simply enter the module name. (In a year's time this saves a lot of keystrokes.) • To check if a specific module has been loaded, enter the MODULES command, followed by the name of the module: [MODULE_NAME]. Wildcards are allowed when searching for a particular module. If you forget the module's name, you can just enter MODULES. You can then view the list of every NLM that has been loaded since the server started. • Some NLMs are contained inside the SERVER.EXE file. These NLMs are called Bound-In and are loaded in a predetermined order when the server is started. • JAR.NLM, TAR.NLM, and ZIP.NLM are included with NetWare 5 and give you commandline access to compression utilities. There is no need to download the files separately. For more NLM tips, refer to section "Compaq Value-Added Server Tips." Let's clarify the CSET and SET commands. Don't stop yet! Stay-tuned for one Well, this is a great tip for those of us who can't remember more than of the top tips so far. three items in a row. To manipulate OS environment parameters on the fly, without having to memorize all their names, use the CSET [CLASS] console command. A list of [CLASS] ECG087.0998