NetWare Support in Windows Millennium Edition (306973)

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NetWare support in Windows Me includes the capability to back up the NetWare 3.11-3.12 server bindery and NetWare file and directory attributes from NetWare server volumes, including trustee information. Use the Back up NetWare Bindery option to back up your NetWare bindery files.

All NetWare file attributes and trustee information (except Mac name space information) is backed up. When these files are restored to a NetWare volume, the extended information is also restored. If the trustee information does not apply to the restoration location, it will not be restored. Note that an error message is added to the log file if this occurs.

A network administrator on a NetWare 3.11-3.12-based server can back up and restore the server bindery. The bindery is automatically selected for backup if any file from the SYS volume is selected and the Restore Bindery option in the Options dialog box is also selected. Restorations work similarly. If the Restore Bindery option is selected in the Options dialog box and any file on the SYS volume is selected for restoration, you are prompted to restore the bindery.

Notes

The SYS volume must be restored before other volumes on a server to prevent the loss of trustee information. Be sure the SYS volume is mapped to an earlier letter than other volumes. For example, if a server has three mapped volumes, E:, F:, and G:, be sure that the SYS volume is mapped to drive E.

For trustees, EAs, and bindery backup or restoration, the user must be logged into the server as a network administrator and the Novell 32-bit NetWare client must be installed.

Although NetWare Directory Services may appear in the selection panes, their folder structures cannot be backed up or restored.

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