User manual NOVELL IFOLDER 3.7 ADMINISTRATION

[. . . ] novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION Administration Guide Novell® iFolder® 3. 7 December 2008 www. novell. com OES 2 SP1: Novell iFolder 3. 7 Administration Guide novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 Legal Notices Novell, Inc. , makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this documentation, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. , reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to its content, at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes. Further, Novell, Inc. , makes no representations or warranties with respect to any software, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. , reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes. [. . . ] For information on how to set up a customerhosted channel, please see documentation for ZENworks Linux Management. Updating the Version Configuration Files 1 Copy the filename and version number given in the patch description. 3 Go to the location /opt/novell/ifolder3/lib/simias/web/update and open the version configuration file for the respective client. Platform Version Configuration File Linux unix-version. config Each time a Linux iFolder Client authenticates to an iFolder Server, it checks for an updated client on the server. The server uses unixversion. config file to determine whether an upgrade exists for a given linux client. The match attribute is compared against the client's /etc/issue file. A contains search is performed in order of the distribution tags listed in the file and the first match is used to upgrade the client. If no matches are found, the DEFAULT distribution is used. Windows verion. config If the specified version is greater than the iFolder version on the client, the user is prompted to upgrade their ifolder application with the one specified in the version. config file by filename. Macintosh mac-version. config Installing and Configuring iFolder Services 95 novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 4 Replace the existing filename and version number with the one you copied from the patch description for the respective client platforms. Platform Client Tag to Update (Example) Linux SLED 10 SP2 <distribution match="SUSE LINUX 10. 0 SP2 (i586)"> <version>3. 7. 1</version> <download-directory>suse-linux-10. 2-i586</ download-directory> </distribution> Windows Windows 32 Windows 64 (Vista) <distribution match="windows32"> <version>3. 7. 1. 17</version> <filename>ifolder3-windows. exe</filename> </distribution> Mac Intel Macintosh v10. 4. 11 <version>3. 7. 1. 17</version> <filenamme>ifolder-3. 7. 0-1. dmg</filename> 6. 12 Updating Mono for the Server and Client You can upgrade the Mono packages available in the SUSE distribution through Mono upgrade channel unless otherwise the iFolder Administrator guide specifies a particular version. Please check our online documentation to see if we explicitly support that version and to learn any necessary steps to make the upgrade work correctly. For information, see the latest version of the online documentation on the Novell iFolder 3. 7 Documentation Web site (http://www. novell. com/ documentation/ifolder3). 6. 13 Uninstalling the iFolder 3. 7 Enterprise Server Use YaST to uninstall the iFolder 3. 7 enterprise server . rpm file. Uninstalling iFolder 3. 7 software does not remove the Simias store, including the config files available in the /etc/apache2/ conf. d. When the server is re-installed, each of the iFolder clients must remove the old iFolder account and re-create it, even if the server IP address for the iFolder account has not changed. Users must also set up iFolders and share relationships again. 6. 14 What's Next You have now installed and configured your Novell iFolder 3. 7 enterprise server and provisioned iFolder services for users. To set up system policies for iFolder services, continue with Chapter 10, "Managing iFolder Services via Web Admin, " on page 121. 96 OES 2 SP1: Novell iFolder 3. 7 Administration Guide novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 Provisioned iFolder users can install the Novell iFolder 3. 6 client on their workstations, create iFolders, and share iFolders with other authorized Novell iFolder users. For information, see the OES 2 SP1: Novell iFolder 3. 7 Cross-Platform User Guide. Installing and Configuring iFolder Services 97 novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 98 OES 2 SP1: Novell iFolder 3. 7 Administration Guide novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 7 Migrating iFolder Services 7 The OES 2 Migration Tool has a plug-in architecture and is made up of Linux command line utilities with a GUI wrapper. You can migrate Novell iFolder 3. 2 running on OES 1 Linux and iFolder 2. x on OES 1 Linux or on Netware® to Novell iFolder 3. 7 running on the OES 2 Linux SP1 platform. Migration can be done either through the GUI Migration Tool or through the command line utilities. To get started with migration, see "Overview of the Migration Tools" in the OES 2 SP1: Migration Tool Administration Guide. For information on iFolder Migration, Upgrade and Coexistence see "Novell iFolder Upgrade, Migration, and Coexistence" in the OES 2 SP1: Migration Tool Administration Guide. Migrating iFolder Services 99 novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 100 OES 2 SP1: Novell iFolder 3. 7 Administration Guide novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 Running Novell iFolder in a Virtualized Environment 8 8 Novell iFolder 3. 7 runs in a virtualized environment just as it does on a physical server running OES 2 Linux SP1, and requires no special configuration or other changes. To get started with virtualization, see Introduction to Xen Virtualization (http://www. novell. com/ documentation/vmserver/virtualization_basics/data/b9km2i6. html) in the Getting Started with Virtualization Guide (http://www. novell. com/documentation/vmserver/virtualization_basics/data/ front_html. html). For information on setting up virtualized OES 2 Linux, see Setting Up Virtual Machines (http:// www. novell. com/documentation/vmserver/virtualization_basics/data/b9uglku. html) in the Getting Started with Virtualization Guide (http://www. novell. com/documentation/vmserver/ virtualization_basics/data/front_html. html). 8. 1 What's Next To learn more about managing Novell iFolder 3. 7, continue with Chapter 9, "Managing an iFolder Enterprise Server, " on page 103. Running Novell iFolder in a Virtualized Environment 101 novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 102 OES 2 SP1: Novell iFolder 3. 7 Administration Guide novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 Managing an iFolder Enterprise Server 9 9 This section describes how to manage your Novell® iFolder® 3. 7 enterprise server on Novell Open Enterprise Server platform. Section 9. 1, "Starting iFolder Services, " on page 103 Section 9. 2, "Stopping iFolder Services, " on page 103 Section 9. 3, "Restarting iFolder Services, " on page 103 Section 9. 4, "Managing the Simias Log and Simias Access Log, " on page 104 Section 9. 5, "Backing Up the iFolder Server, " on page 105 Section 9. 6, "Recovering from a Catastrophic Loss of the iFolder Server, " on page 106 Section 9. 7, "Using TSAIF to Back Up and Restore the iFolder Store, " on page 107 Section 9. 8, "Recovering iFolder Data from File System Backup, " on page 114 Section 9. 9, "Moving iFolder Data from One iFolder Server to Another, " on page 116 Section 9. 10, "Changing The IP Address For iFolder Services, " on page 117 Section 9. 11, "Securing Enterprise Server Communications, " on page 117 9. 1 Starting iFolder Services iFolder services start whenever you reboot the system or whenever you start Apache services. As a root user, enter the following command at the terminal console: /etc/init. d/apache2 start 9. 2 Stopping iFolder Services iFolder services stop whenever you stop the system or whenever you stop Apache services. As a root user, enter the following command at the terminal console: /etc/init. d/apache2 stop 9. 3 Restarting iFolder Services If you need to restart iFolder services, you must stop and start Apache services: As a root user, enter the following command at the terminal console: /etc/init. d/apache2 stop /etc/init. d/apache2 start Managing an iFolder Enterprise Server 103 novdocx (en) 13 May 2009 Avoid using the Apache Restart command, instead you must use Apache reload command. [. . . ] For information, see Section 3. 5, "What's New in Novell iFolder 3. 0 (OES Linux), " on page 36. The server is supported for Novell Open Enterprise Server on Linux servers. The client supports Linux, Windows, and Macintosh desktops. 3. 1 Bundled Section 3. 4, "What's New in Novell iFolder 3. 1 (OES SP1 Linux), " on page 36Adds support for Open Enterprise Server (OES) SP1 Linux servers and repairs known defects. For information, see . 3. 2 Bundled Adds support for OES SP2 Linux servers and repairs known defects. [. . . ]