User Guide

Using NetWare Accelerated Upgrade 15
Other Installation Options
103-000143-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Prepare the Target Server
The target server is the NetWare 4 or NetWare 5 server that you plan to
upgrade to NetWare 6. Make sure your target server meets the minimum
requirements listed below.
WARNING: Do not use NetWare Accelerated Upgrade to upgrade the first server
in your tree to NetWare 6. You must already have a server running NetWare 6 in
your tree in order to use NetWare Accelerated Upgrade. If you do not already have
a server running NetWare 6, do an inplace upgrade on a server in your tree, and
then upgrade the rest of the servers in your tree with NetWare Accelerated
Upgrade.
 A server-class PC with Pentium* Pro or Pentium II or higher processor
with a minimum of 180 MB of RAM. 512 MG of RAM is recommended.
HINT: 180 MB is the minimum requirement. If you plan to install additional
products after the upgrade, you might want to take into account the additional
memory requirements those products will have and plan for them now.
 Make sure the target server has enough disk space.
 30 MB of available disk space on the DOS partition. The
recommended total size of the DOS partition is 100 MB.
 1 GB minimum available disk space on volume SYS:. However, the
total recommended size of volume SYS: is 2 GB.
 (Optional) Load the RSPX and REMOTE NLM
TM
programs (for the
IPX
TM
protocol) or the RCONJAG6.NLM program (for the IP protocol)
on the target server if you are using script files to upgrade your server and
you want to see and access the target server’s server console from the
client workstation.
 (Conditional) If your target server is running ZENworks
TM
for Servers 2,
you must unload this application before upgrading your server. For more
information about upgrading servers with ZENworks, see ZENworks for
Server 2 Installation and Setup Guide (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/lg/zfs2/index.html) > Installing and Setting Up
Management and Monitoring Services > Setting Up Management and
Monitoring > Starting and Stopping Services.
To stop the Policy and Distribution Services, follow these steps:
 Enter CTRL/ESC at the server console of the NetWare server to list
the processes that are currently running.
 Select Distributor from the list.