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Re-install ManageWise 2.6

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I've recently done a NW4.11 - NW5.1 server migration (new hardware). We had ManageWise 2.6 running on the old server and I think I need to re-install MW on the new server (when I tried to manually load MW I had an abend). Unfortunately I cannot findthe license for MW! Is it likely to be stored on the old server? Is it possible to just copy over some license files from the old to the new server?

Also, I presume MW 2.6 is compatible with NetWare 5.1?

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by rogerndgreen

Chris

It looks like you are going to have a problem. The following was culled from Novell's web site
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Q: I'm going to migrate from NetWare 3.xx or NetWare 4.xx to NetWare 5.x. Will ManageWise migrate?
A: No. ManageWise installs NetWare version specific files.

Novell recommends:

1. Removing the ManageWise items from the servers AUTOEXEC.NCF file:

[To unload ManageWise before downing the server as Novell recommends, see TID 2936908.]

NMSBASE.NCF LOAD MEMMGR.NLM - NetExplorer server only
NETXPLOR.NCF - NetExplorer server only
NMA2.NCF
LANZ.NCF
MW_AUTO.NCF
ISTART4.NCF (MW 2.5 & 2.6 only, and only if installed from the MW CD and if it is no longer wanted.)2. Restart the server so none of the ManageWise NLM's are loaded.

3. Uninstall ManageWise, see TID 2937283, also 10011891.

4. Migrate to NetWare 5.x.

5. Install ManageWise 2.7 (required for NW 5.1 servers) to the server. Apply the latest support pack for MW 2.7.

Note: The scope of this document does not consider existing Btrieve databases and porting them to the next version of ManageWise, especially the Inventory databases. ManageWise 2.5 & 2.6 use Btrieve 6.10f. ManageWise 2.7 uses Btrieve 7.0 (Pervasive 2000). A couple of issues to consider would be if Btrieve 6.x databases function exactly the same on NW 4 and NW 5 and how to migrate Btrieve 6.x databases to 7.x. A re-install or new install of ManageWise would probably be agood time to close out reports from the previous environment and start fresh with new Inventory scans.

6. Restart the server. Some of the ManageWise pieces are load order specific thus requiring a restart of the server.
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It looks like a MW upgrade is required as well.

Roger

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