Transferring Files from a Decommissioned Netware Server
Here's the situation - you've remotely migrated all the data and printing services from a Netware server onto it's replacement, and you have just completed uninstalling eDirectory / NDS... the servers are locked away in the data center.
Just before you power it off, you find that one of the migrated volumes are not complete - data is missing! D'oh!
The old server is still powered up, but you can no longer authenticate to it across the network (no longer in the tree) - tools such as Adrem Free Console are no good, since you need to be able to authenticate. You still access to the server console, via the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) / DRAC (Dell Remote Access Controller) - whew!
Getting the data off via ftp is the most straight forward, but is not a native app - thankfully it can be accessed via Bash. At the console prompt, type 'bash' then <enter> to drop into the shell. By default you'll find yourself on the SYS volume, with no obvious way of getting onto any of the other volumes. The data you need to rescue is on the DATA volume.
- At the Bash prompt, type 'mkdir /data', then press <enter>
- Type 'vi /etc/PATHTAB', then <enter>.
- Hit 'i' to enter insert mode and type '/data data:\'.
- Press 'Escape', then ':wq' and <enter>.
- Type 'exit' <enter> to unload the Bash shell, then type 'BASH' <enter> at the console prompt to load the shell again.
- Type 'cd /data' <enter> then 'ls' <enter> to display the root of the DATA volume - voila.
Now you have access to the data, the final step is to manually transfer over the missing portions of the data - using ftp, navigate to your selected folder, type 'ftp' <enter>, then 'open <new server>'. Once you've entered your username and password, you can now 'put <file>' to transfer across your missing data - you get the idea anyway.
