Infrastructure
- Storage Spaces Direct
- Windows Volume Mgmt.
- Windows File Systems
- Deduplication
- Volume Shadowcopy Services
- Storage Replica
Unfortunately, Novell Netware is pretty much dead as an operating system. These pages will not be updated anymore, but will be retained for a while for the benefit of the faithful who continue to use this excellent operating system.
Novell did create the Open Enterprise Server, a SUSE Linux based OS that runs most of the old NetWare server functions.
Netware Remote Manager (NRM) will collect and report on lots of Netware disk statistics. Be aware that NRM is a powerful tool that can do a lot of damage, use with caution. This description relates to the Netware 6.5 version
To access NRM, type the following in a browser window
http:/server-tcp-ip-address:8008
server-tcp-ip-address could be your server name if you have DNS running. 8008 is the default port address; you may have another port configured.
Select 'Volumes' From the Manager Server section of the left hand menu, then select the volume you want to analyse. This will list out the directories and files in the root. To get full volume information, click on 'Inventory' from the top line then wait. It can take several minutes to collect the information, depending on how big the volume is. Once the info is collected, you will be presented with a large number of charts and tables that show big space users, datasets by size, datasets by creation date, datasets by accessed date and more. The two tables below show a disk space usage summary for a volume, and a graph of files by last modified times.
It is possible to drill down from many of these results and get further information, for example to find out just what the biggest files are, click on the group, and wait again while Netware scans its directories, then it will come back with a list of files.
Once you are into NRM select
View Statistics
from the Manager Server section of the left hand menu, then
Health Statistic Trend Graphs
and you will see the following window
Select the items you want to report on, click on 'Draw Selected Graphs' and you will see a graph like
From the the left hand menu select
Media Manager Statistical Information
then
Real –time monitor
And you will see the following table
You can drill down on either the IO request rate or the data transfer rate. The graph below shows the data transfer rate, and will refresh every 10 seconds or so.