Novell Appnotes October 2003
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Novell’s Online Technical Journal October 2003 Novell AppNotes® SECTIONS: 108 NET MANAGEMENT 121 NET SUPPORT 127 CODE BREAK 139 VIEWPOINTS Spotlight on Novell Ximian Services AppNotes Developer Notes 4 Enabling Enterprise Linux with Novell Ximian 66 Integrating Applications with the IP Address Services Management Framework 14 Cluster-Enabling DHCP, DNS, and SLP Services in 79 How to Deploy Novell exteNd Director 4.1 NetWare 6 Enterprise on Tomcat 4 46 Creating ZENworks Inventory Reports Using the 98 How to Build J2EE Applications Using Novell Crystal Reports Designer Technologies: Part 10 Novell’s Online Technical Journal Novell AppNotes® Novell AppNotes Richard L. Smith Editor-in-Chief Novell AppNotes® (formerly Novell Application Notes, ISSN# 1077-0321, and now Ken Neff Managing Editor including the former Novell Developer Notes) is published monthly by Novell, 1800 S. Edward Liebing Senior Editor Novell Place, Provo, UT 84606. The material in the AppNotes is based on actual field experience and technical research performed by Novell personnel, covering topics in these Rebecca Rousseau Editor main areas: Jeff Fischer Research Engineer • Network design and optimization strategies Robert Rodriguez Online Production • Network management tactics • Novell product internals and theory of operations Wes Heaps, Michelle Barnum Graphics • Novell product implementation guidelines • Integration solutions for third-party products • Network applications development and tools Editorial Comments This information is designed to benefit Novell’s technical audience consisting of systems engineers, Direct any comments or suggestions about the support engineers, consultants, programmers, network managers, and information systems personnel. content of AppNotes to: Richard L. Smith Permissions Novell AppNotes Novell, Inc. MS PRV F-141 You must obtain permission before reproducing any material from the Novell AppNotes in 1800 S. Novell Place any form. To quote from or reprint any portion of an AppNote, send a written request to: Provo, Utah 84606 USA [email protected]. Voice (801) 861-6508 Fax (801) 861-4123 E-mail [email protected] AppNotes on the Web The AppNotes are available on the Web at http://www.novell.com/appnotes. Subscribe for the AppNotes email to be notified when new contend is posted to the AppNotes website at http:/ /developer.novell.com/email/. AppNotes was produced using Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, WebWorks Publisher Professional, and HP LaserJet printers. Copyright © 2003 by Novell, Inc., Provo, Utah. All rights reserved. Novell, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of these Application Notes (AppNotes) or of any of the third-party products discussed in the AppNotes. Novell reserves the right to revise these AppNotes and to make changes in their content at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes. These AppNotes do not constitute an endorsement of the third-party product or products that were tested. Configuration(s) tested or described may or may not be the only available solution. Any test is not a determination of product quality or correctness, nor does it ensure compliance with any federal, state or local requirements. Novell does not warranty products except as stated in applicable Novell product warranties or license agreements. Letter from the Editor October 2003 Dear AppNotes Readers: Here in the Northern Hemisphere, October heralds a very noticeable change in the seasons. Gone are the bright warm days of summer, and the falling of the leaves is often marked by feelings of letdown as we hunker down and prepare for winter. But just as we here are making the transition to fall, those of you in the Southern Hemisphere are cheering the arrival of spring and looking forward to summer. As with most things, changes in the seasons are both good and bad, depending upon your outlook—or in this case, where you happen to be at the time. The same can be said about the recent change in how we deliver AppNotes. Since its debut in 1990, Novell AppNotes has been a premier printed technical journal, recognized as one of the best of its kind. In those days, paper was the best way to make information available to the largest number of readers. But, just as the seasons change, so do many other things—including how people look for information. The past 10 years have seen radical changes in how we gather and use information. Back then, the availability of technical information was limited in both quantity and accessibility. Today all you need is a networked computer and, with a bit of thought and time, you can find just about anything you need to know. This new information consumption paradigm is the fundamental reason behind Novell's decision to stop distributing printed copies of AppNotes. Over the past few years, the increasing ease of finding and reading content online has resulted in a steady decrease in the number of hard-copy subscribers. As resources become scarcer and more thinly stretched here at Novell, it has become necessary to re-focus the effort required to create a printed publication. Let me be clear: the value of the content we produce in AppNotes was never in question, just the expense of delivering it in a way that is no longer preferred. With the new focus on online content, you can continue to expect and receive the high quality but now even more timely technical content targeted directly at Novell's products and technologies. We've taken this opportunity to revise the look of AppNotes and make more use of color. For those of you who need or want printed copies of individual articles or entire issues of AppNotes, we'll continue to provide PDF (Acrobat) versions of each article and a full eBook of each issue that you can download and make high quality printouts. With that, let's get to that content for October. … On the AppNotes side, along with “Cluster-Enabling DHCP, DNS, and SLP Services in NetWare 6” by Dr. Frieder Schmidt and Hylton Leigh and “Creating ZENworks Inventory Reports Using the Crystal Reports Designer” from J Somakala, you’ll find “Enabling Enterprise Linux with Novell Ximian Services.” This AppNote will help those who have little or no knowledge of the recently-acquired Ximian products understand what they are all about. For developers, we have “Integrating Applications with the IP Address Management Framework” by CH Ganapathi and “How to Deploy Novell exteNd Director 4.1 Enterprise on Tomcat 4” by Ulrich Romahn. Those of you who are responsible for building and customizing Web portals will be very interested in the latter Developer Note. I hope you enjoy the new online AppNotes and the other changes going on around you. Remember that, for things to get better, something must change. Richard Smith [email protected] Editor-in-Chief http://www.novell.com/appnotes October 2003 1 October 2003 AppNotes 4 Enabling Enterprise Linux with Novell Ximian Services Adapted from a Ximian Sales Presentation This AppNote introduces Novell Ximian Services (NXS) and related technologies that Novell recently acquired from the purchase of Ximian. 14 Cluster-Enabling DHCP, DNS, and SLP Services in NetWare 6 Dr. Frieder Schmidt Hylton Leigh This AppNote describes a high-availability implementation of DHCP, DNS, and SLP Directory Agent services on a NetWare 6 cluster. 46 Creating ZENworks Inventory Reports Using the Crystal Reports Designer J Somakala This AppNote explains how to create inventory reports from Novell ZENworks for Desktops and ZENworks for Servers using the Crystal Reports Designer included in Crystal Reports 8.0 and 8.5. Crystal Reports is a third-party product for producing customized reports from various types of databases. Developer Notes 66 Integrating Applications with the IP Address Management Framework CH Ganapathi This AppNote discusses two different interfacing mechanisms for integrating an application with the IP Address Management Framework in NetWare 6.5. It helps you decide which interface an application should use to integrate with the framework. It also explains the features provided by the framework that the application can make use of. 79 How to Deploy Novell exteNd Director 4.1 Enterprise on Tomcat 4 Ulrich Romahn This Developer Note explains how to deploy Novell exteNd Director 4.1 Enterprise on the Tomcat 4 application server. 98 How to Build J2EE Applications Using Novell Technologies: Part 10 J. Jeffrey Hanson This is the tenth in a series that outlines a platform and methodology for Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application development on NetWare using a service-oriented architecture. In this AppNote, we will investigate Novell technologies that allow us to create and host UDDI servers on the NetWare platform. http://www.novell.com/appnotes October 2003 1 Net Management Net Management 108 Network Novice 116 Directory Primer iFolder 2.0 eDirectory 8.7 Features 113 Tips and Tricks Navigating the AppNotes Web Site Effectively Net Support 111 Net Support 121 TIDbits 124 Dear Ab-End TIDbits highlights some of the more useful Dear Ab-End provides answers to technical Technical Information Documents that are questions in an advice column format. published on Novell's support Web site. Code Break Code Break 127 Developer Q & A 135 DeveloperNet News Developer Q&A provides answers to technical DeveloperNet News is a conduit for keeping developer-related questions. current on the latest Novell DeveloperNet events and program updates. Viewpoints 129 Viewpoints 139 Ramblings 140 Lightweight Access Ramblings is a monthly opinion column by our Lightweight Access is a look at the lighter side of Editor-in-Chief. This month’s topic: Open Source, networking, including humorous observations, Freeware, GPL...Wow!! What Does It All Mean? jokes, and other diversions to give you a break from the daily grind. http://www.novell.com/appnotes October 2003 2 AppNote Enabling Enterprise Linux with Novell Ximian Services Adapted from a Ximian Sales Presentation and various product evaluation guides This AppNote introduces Novell Ximian Services (NXS) and related technologies that Novell recently acquired from the purchase of Ximian.