Nigel Kendrick wrote:
Hi,
I am hoping someone can kick me up the learning curve (!) on Virtualization:
We have an old piece of data logging software that was written in Turbo
Pascal 6 using a file I/O module tuned to Netware and so it expects its data
files to be on a Netware server and will not access them locally or via an
MS/Samba share - essentially, it uses direct NCP calls for parts of its data
access.
The logging software was replaced two years ago, but we need occasional
access to the data for a minimum of 6 years and so I wondered whether I
could virtualize a Netware 3.x/4.x/5.x or 6./x server under Linux (or
Win..er..you know..).
I have found some articles on Netware 6.5 virtualization but would really
appreciate input from anyone actually doing this already - otherwise I'll
just have to keep the existing Netware server in the computer room to be
fired up about 3-4 times a year 'on demand'. For info, I'm running a Netware
6.5 1-user 'demo' licence - the original install was on Netware 3.12 until
the server died and no-one could find the original Netware floppies!
Thanks
Nigel Kendrick
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can your software communicate with Netware over tcp/ip or it needs ipx/spx?
I had installed a Netware 6 server on VMware WS 5 a couple of years back
in a scenario similar to yours. If memory serves right, problems were
lack of VMware tools (no big deal) and lack of ipx/spx (this may be
critical to you).
Yiorgos
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