Mastering NetWare 6 [With CDROM]

by James E. Gaskin

Book Overview

The Best Way to Move up to NetWare 6 NetWare 6 is a major release in the history of NetWare, providing improvements that will be appreciated by users and administrators alike. Mastering NetWare 6 is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782140238
• ISBN13: 9780782140231
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Sybex
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

intermediate netware users buy this

this is a very good guide - but it must be firmly stated, that it is mainly useful for intermediate users. There is no background to Netware, to aid the beginner, and no advanced tips, to help the expert. I began this book as a Netware newbie. The writing style is clear and often light-hearted. There's much more than the online documentation. However it all goes by pretty quickly unless you have had experience with Netware. Here's an example. The book is halfway through before getting into the nitty-gritty of server console commands. The author is following Novell's proscription to favour browser-based management, but I also believe that the author assumes his readers were into Netware networking around about the time they were going to Van Halen concerts. The sections on eDirectory and printing are very good, but more real life examples would have been better. Minasi's "Windows 2000 Server" has 300 more pages, and much of this is real life examples, which befit a "Mastering" book. Slightly in Gaskin's defence however, it should be stated that Netware is more stable than Windows Server, and there isn't as much troubleshooting to go over. Speaking of Windows, the potshots about Microsoft are annoying. Anyone bothering to read a book on Netware won't need convincing as to the weaknesses of Microsoft. The strengths of Netware should shine through, without an overt panegyric to Netware's superiority. However, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Bonuses include a 5 user c.d. of Netware, and Gaskin's email - he answers questions. So if you've had some Netware experience, get this book. As a newbie, I had to get Linberg's succinct "Netware Basics" book to catch up.

Novell Novice extreme

... Bought this book and started reading. WOW!!!. Had the OS installed, configured, setup and ready to put on line in 7 hours. Remember, this was done with only the book as a guide. Started on page one and went through the initial partitioning, install, setup and then took the time to figure out the migration routines for pulling the NT system info to the new Novell system. All with the aid of this book. One problem I encountered was the assumption that the author makes that if your installing Novell, you already know the basics and the mundane details are not needed...WRONG!!!. I don't hold this against the author as he is absolutely correct in not wasting time on the basics, however, for me it was a nightmare when I got to the iMANAGER part of the licensing and configurations. DUH!!! on my part but I could not figure out how to launch iMANAGER on the workstation with CLIENT installed. Novells website had errors on iMANAGER as well as the book had NO information on how to find or launch the iMANAGER. A lot of talk about how wonderful it was but unfortunately, I have never seen the screen with the iPRINT etc listed on the left side of the window. Hummm!!! Novell apologized for the confusion and walked me through the problem and the book took over from there.Would I recommend this book? Absolutely...No book can be perfect and especially when someone with absolutely NO experience in an operating system such as Novell is attempting to setup a server. Thanks for the effort in creating this book and I will be reading it from cover to cover. PS...it comes with a 90 day eval of Netware 6. Will put it on a test system at the office and play with it for a while. Especially when Microsoft gets done with their new licensing program in July. All my computers will be running Unix, Linux, or Novell with publishing from Star Office. Good luck all. If you are already familiar with Novell, than this book is a great source of information on updates and changes from Novell 5 to present. If you are new? Then this book will definetly get you up and going with a little support and imagination.

One of the best computer/technical books I've ever seen...

Gaskin really knows NetWare, and he really knows how to write.His prose is clear, precise, and full of wit.Even better, this book is worth every penny--other publishers might have padded this out to 1200 or even 1500 pages byinflating the typeface and sticking in lots of extra paddingmaterial (lists of RFCs, lots of other irrelevant stuff). SYBEXhad the good sense to keep it at "only" 800+ pages.The fonts are small enough that you can get figures and text allon two facing pages so you don't have to keep flipping back andforth just to get one concept down.The glossary is the best and most complete I've ever seen,giving detailed and complete definitions instead of the quickone or two-liners that most authors settle for.The "In a Hurry" sections are awesome--Gaskin puts in just theessential steps to get NetWare features going, so if you don'thave time to read through all the details, theory, and other stuff in the text you can get something workin, NOW, and thenread up on it later.Overall, an incredibly good book.