User Guide

30 NetWare 6 Overview and Installation Guide
NetWare 6 Overview and Installation Guide
100-004725-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Preparing the Network
Before you introduce a NetWare 6 server into an existing network, you must
run NetWare Deployment Manager to update the network.
To update the network for NetWare 6, you must do the following:
1 Log in from a Windows 95/98 or Windows NT/2000 workstation to your
existing network as a user with the Supervisor right.
If prompted to log into the network while using NetWare Deployment
Manager, you can enter the server name or click Details and specify the
IP address.
2 Run NetWare Deployment Manager (NWDEPLOY.EXE), located on the
NetWare 6 Operating System CD.
3 Double-click the Network Preparation folder to view the tasks and read
the Overview section to get an understanding of the tasks.
4 Back up any server data and Novell
®
eDirectory data following the
instructions in the Back Up Data step.