Estimate 500M of data can be moved per hour in either direction, and that we have to sleep some time. Ideally, the upgrade work will start late in the afternoon, the backup data copy will be done by morning, and the restore can be started by afternoon of the second day and complete by the following morning. If the work can be scheduled for a weekend, starting Friday evening, then most of the down time should be eliminated, leaving only mop-up work for Monday morning. Provide introductory training on new NetWare 4.x features, functionality, operational differences, etc. Complete Installation Worksheet .
Schedule upgrade time and date.
Document the desired new file server configuration Alert Computer Operations of scheduled time and date for upgrade. Verify that the Palindrome backup tapes are current. Disable Palindrome backups of file server. Back up all data on file server to another file server on the network. Use BindView to export file system trustee rights to a batch file.