Micro Focus
Micro Focus (formerly Novell) offer products related to networked systems. Their main product in use within the University is a network operating system, Open Enterprise Server (OES), which provides the eDirectory directory services product for user and computer management, authentication and authorisation, together with networked file store, printing and many other functions. Micro Focus now offers the Open Enterprise Server (OES) product and also on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. To obtain the installation media for most of the products, you should download the evaluation versions from Novell. *
In addition to their networked operating systems and eDirectory directory services, Micro Focus offers a large portfolio of products, which include the following.
- OES (Groupware including email, calendaring, document management)
- Identity Manager (Identity Management)
- Zenworks (Management of desktops and servers, including inventory, user and computer policies, software deployment, asset management, patch management)
- SuSE Linux Desktop and Enterprise Server
- Micro Focus Linux Desktop
- Filr Printing
Oxford University has site licences (see below) for a number of these products, including the following:
- Server operating systems (OES v1 and v2, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server v9 and v10) and including eDirectory
- Zenworks Configuration Manager (previously Zenworks for Desktops)
- Filr
- Identity Manager (parts of product)
In addition, the University has a site licence for File System Factory from Condrey Consulting. This is a policy-driven file system management package to help automate the management of users' file store, including access rights, quotas etc. This product can manage Netware, Linux and Microsoft Windows filesystems, and will run against both eDirectory and Active Directory.
Oxford University has site licences for a number of Micro Focus products. Some of these licences are fully funded and are available without charge to departments and colleges; for others a charge is made. In general, the University also pays maintenance on these products, entitling users to any new versions as they become available.
Note that not all of the site licences are administered centrally by IT Services. For site licences administered by other parts of the University, IT Services generally maintains contacts with the administrators of the licences and can forward requests to participate, or provide licence codes on request as necessary. However, as IT Services does not manage these licences, it has no control over whether maintenance will continue for these products in the future.
To obtain the installation media for most of the products, you should download the evaluation versions from Novell (they haven't updated their website yet). *These evaluation versions are fully featured, and simply need to be licenced or activated using the appropriate codes in order to use them beyond the evaluation period (usually 90 days). See the contact details in the list below in order to obtain the appropriate codes. Note that an exception to this is Groupwise; the evaluation version cannot be turned into a fully licensed version, instead, you will need to obtain the full installation media via the contact details given below.
| Product | Administered | Licence Codes/Details | Download From | Notes | |
| OES 018 running SLES 12 |
IT Services | A charge is made for this software: see the IT Services Shop for details. To register to use the software and/or to obtain up to date codes, email software@it.ox.ac.uk | Novell |
https://www.novell.com/communities/coolsolutions/open-enterprise-server-2018-goes-gold/ For more details see the ITSS wiki
Micro Focus is now the name of these products - their website name hasn't caught up. |
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| OES | IT Services | A charge is made for this software: see the IT Services Shop for details. To register to use the software and/or to obtain up to date codes, email software@it.ox.ac.uk | Novell | Micro Focus is now the name of these products - their website name hasn't caught up. | |
| OES on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server | IT Services | A charge is made for this software: see the IT Services Shop for details. To register to use the software and/or to obtain up to date codes, email software@it.ox.ac.uk | Novell | Please see the instructions for Updating Novell Products for details of how to update OES/Linux | |
| SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) — v10 | IT Services | A charge is made for this software: see the IT Services Shop for details. To register to use the software and/or to obtain up to date codes, email software@it.ox.ac.uk | Novell | Please see the instructions for Updating Novell Products for details of how to update SLES | |
| File System Factory | IT Services | Contact software@it.ox.ac.uk | N/A | For futher information see the File System Factory site | |
| Identity Manager | Locally | Contact software@it.ox.ac.uk | Novell | Note that the University is only licensed for certain connectors. Contact software@it.ox.ac.uk to determine which | |
| Zenworks Configuration Manager (previously Zenworks for Desktops) | IT Services | A charge is made for this software: see the IT Services Shop for details. To register to use the software and/or to obtain up to date codes, email software@it.ox.ac.uk | Novell | Contact software@it.ox.ac.uk for installation queries |
Further details about updating OES/Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) may be obtained from the Updating Novell Products page.
For help and support from the Oxford ITSS Micro Focus / Novell community, subscribe to novell-admin-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk, or use the linked newsgroup.
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