[THIN] Re: NDS and Zenworks

  • From: "Moby" <moby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:36:12 -0600

We manage and run an extensive AD, NT domain, eDirectory, and 100K+ =
desktop
nodes with a large presence of Citrix servers thrown in.  We are running =
ZfD
on the Citrix boxes and it has been a God send.  Our application guys =
pretty
much only need to package an application once, and we can use it on =
desktops
and Citrix servers.

Managing Windows and NetWare boxes, I can tell you it costs us a lot =
less to
manage the NetWare (5.1 or higher) boxes than Windows.  Most of our NW
management is done via web browsers while Windows management requires
various MMC snapins and assorted tools.

Novell environments can be managed pretty effectively via VBScript.  =
Take a
look at http://developer.novell.com and look for Novell controls for
ActiveX.  Plenty of examples, plus various ASP scripts that demonstrate
customized NDS management via web browsers (although Novell provided web
based management tools provide almost all administrative functionality,
sometimes you want to "cook your own" to customize for your =
environment).

Also I think Novell's ZfD won the Comdex awards for best desktop =
management
tools last year.  Also take a peak at Zfd 4, which can do everything =
that
Zfd 3 does and more without requiring the Novell client and it can do it
over HTTP(S).

--Moby

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary =
safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.  -- Benjamin Franklin

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a
Jew.
Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was =
not
a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I =
was
not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.

--  Pastor Martin Niem=F6ller=20

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
Behalf
Of Chris Lynch
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:15
To: 'Charlie Fraser'
Cc: TheThin. net
Subject: [THIN] Re: NDS and Zenworks


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If your desktop group wants a good application to push out software,
then look at Intel LanDesk 6.2.  There are other apps out there that
work ALOT better than ZenWorks (Zen it is not).  I know that there is
Marimba, and someone made a mention of another application that will
push out software (I believe the topic was pushing software to
MetaFrame servers).
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Hell, try to manage a Novell box, and it's harder to manage than a
Windows 2000/2003 server.  Also, try to effectively manage a Novell
environment with WMI or VBScript.  Very limited (for very good
reasons).
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Chris

- -----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Fraser [mailto:fraserc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:25 PM
To: lynch00@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [THIN] Re: NDS and Zenworks


Chris, Thanks for your interest! My boss hit me with this today. Our
desktop management is moving to ZenWorks. My boss feels that if we
can get rid of AD the 2K servers will be easier to manage. Also a
Netware saleman got management hot on the idea. I already explained
that this will mean a total re-engineering of how Citrix is deployed.
My boss wants hard proof though.=20

Charlie

Chris Lynch wrote:


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I don't know where you can get horror stories, I just know from
experience, and other case studies.  There are case studies on
Microsoft's site and NetIQ's site.  Both are well done.

You need to explain that if you want to go to NDS, you will still
have to have an NT domain.  Period.  You will find that you will run
into issues if you don't.  That is, if your FP servers and other
servers that are going to contain data are not Novell servers.  If
they are going to be Windows NT/2000 based, you will have an extreme
administrative overhead.  Managing multiple user accounts.

Can I ask why management is considering going to NDS and NOT AD?  I
feel that I could better help you if I knew that.

Chris

- - -----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Fraser [mailto:fraserc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:23 PM
To: lynch00@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [THIN] Re: NDS and Zenworks


Chris, Management is considering it. We aren't having problems
persay.=20
We currently have LDAP, NDS and AD. They want to look at getting rid
of=20
AD all together for ease of use and consolidation. I am gathering=20
preliminary data. I agree that in an existing enviroment a change at=20
this point will be very costly in time, consulting and learning
curve. I=20
have to prove it now. Any idea where I can get case studies. horror=20
stories???????

Charlie

Chris Lynch wrote:

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Why are you getting rid of AD?  What problems are you having?  I would=20
=3D never recommend ANYONE going to NDS over AD.

Chris

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Behalf Of Charlie Fraser
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3:02 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] NDS and Zenworks



We are considering getting rid of Active Directory in favor of NDS=20
and=3D20 use ZenWorks to manage our Citrix server. Does anyone run NDS=20
and or=3D20 Zenworks now? How much of a pain is it going to be to=20
transition 6=3D20 servers and about 200 users? Thoughts? Opinions?

Charlie

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