DSfW (Was: Re: A good problem to have)

[Alan Pearson]

Thanks for the info, very very useful

Regarding the client, Novell specifically state you shouldn't do that...

http://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2/acc_dsfw_lx/?page=/documentation/oes2/acc_dsfw_lx/data/bookinfo.html

Specifically :

10.2 Accessing Files by Using the Novell Client for Windows
Organizations that have the Novell Client for Windows installed on  
Windows workstations can continue to use the standard NCP methods,  
such as Novell drive mappings, to access data that is located on NSS  
or NCP volumes on DSfW servers.

IMPORTANT:Do not join workstations that use the Novell Client for  
Windows to the DSfW domain. Novell Client access and native Windows  
access to DSfW servers do not work well together on the same  
workstation.



Now that really sucked for me, I raised it as a query with Novell and  
they stuck by the lines above.
Interesting to hear it works for you though.



---
AlanP

On 28 Oct 2009, at 20:39, Toomas Aas wrote:

> Alan Pearson wrote:
>
>> Sorry to steal this thread, but what do you think about DSFW ?
>> It's been on my radar for 2 years since it was announced, but I  
>> really
>> can't see the benefit (except if you really need AD presentation).
>
> In my case I really did need AD presentation, because our financial  
> services people were sold an ERP software that absolutely requires  
> AD (being made in Redmond).
>
>> You can't have the novell client on the workstations that are in DSFW
>> domain, which is a major loss (think login scripts + ZW intergration)
>
> I have Novell client on workstations that are in DSfW domain. I also  
> use Zenworks 7 Desktop Management, the agent is installed on  
> workstations that are in DSfW domain and things are working. The  
> only thing I changed was disabling DLU and letting the domain take  
> care of local accounts on workstations.
>
> Don't try to come and tell me I can't have that ;)
>
>> I'm also not sure how multisite would work with each edir partition  
>> being
>> a separate 'domain' ?
>
> I don't have actual experience here (I have only one site) but what  
> I remember from the docs, you create the first domain ('forest root  
> domain') high in the tree, and subdomains under that (for example, O  
> is the forest root domain and OUs can be subdomains). You can't have  
> multiple domains in 'adjacent' containers (such as having two O's as  
> domains) and no more than 10 total domains per tree. Some tree  
> redesign might be required.
>
> --
> Toomas Aas
> ... I haven't lost my mind; I know exactly where I left it.
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