Solaris PC NetLink 2.0 software is compatible with SP4, and testing has shown that Solaris PC NetLink software also works fine with Windows NT Server 4.0 (with SP5 and SP6) with Windows NT default Registry settings.

Yes. A Solaris PC PC NetLink system can be a member server that provides file and print server functionality without using any of its resources for authentication duties (which belong to PDCs and BDCs).

The Solaris PC NetLink software product enables Windows NT interoperability with servers running the Solaris Operating Environment. A server running Solaris PC NetLink software provides Windows NT 4.0 Primary Domain Controller (PDC), Backup Domain Controller (BDC), and Member Server functionality, and Windows NT file system (NTFS) and printing support to various Windows clients.

Solaris PC NetLink 2.0 software was tested with Windows 2000 and XP, and interoperates with that environment just as a Windows NT 4.0 server would interoperate in the backward compatibility mode. This means that servers running Solaris PC NetLink software are able to provide services to Windows 2000 and XP clients and interoperate with Windows 2000 servers in the same way as a native Windows NT 4.0 server.

Yes. Solaris PC NetLink software does have a Registry to support the data that is required to support its NT services. Since it is not running the Windows NT operating system, it does not need or contain the majority of the information that an NT system needs. Because it contains less data, and that data does not change frequently, there is far less chance for the type of Registry corruption that sometimes plagues NT systems.

All TracePlus applications are compatible with Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server running either Service Pack 5 or Service Pack 6a. We do not support any other Service Packs. TracePlus does not support Windows NT 4.0 with no service pack installed. With the release of Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 Server SP1, Microsoft introduced a feature called Data Execution Prevention (also known as DEP).

Yes. The PC NetLink 2.0 software installation function supports upgrading an existing PC NetLink 1.2 software installation. However, if you are still running Solaris PC NetLink 1.0 or 1.1 software you must upgrade to release 1.2 first in order to take advantage of the upgrade support in PC NetLink 2.0 software

Can Solaris PC NetLink software be integrated with components of the Microsoft BackOffice suite; specifically, Exchange Server, SQL server, SMS (System Management Server), and Microsoft Internet Information Server? Administration

Solaris PC NetLink software incorporates AT&T's Advanced Server for UNIX, which in turn incorporates Windows NT 4.0 PDC source code licensed from Microsoft.

The Solaris PC NetLink software 2.0 release builds on the foundation of earlier versions and adds many new features: Solaris PC NetLink 2.0 software supports more than one instance (set of PC NetLink daemons) of PC NetLink on a single Solaris environment system. Each instance appears to an NT client as a separate NT server. This feature enables all nodes in an HA cluster to run an instance of PCNL.

The Solaris PC NetLink 2.0 software product supports Solaris 9, Solaris 8, Solaris 7, and Solaris 2.6 Operating Environments. A server running Solaris PC NetLink software currently cannot support DFS as a front-end server (but it can participate on the back end). Microsoft offers DFS for sites wanting to migrate to Windows 2000, but the primary file-sharing protocol in Windows NT 4.0 remains SMB. Solaris PC NetLink software provides an NTFS-compatible file access.

No. While Casper Tech Edition can be used to clone all versions of Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME, 98, and 95, it does not support cloning Windows NT 3.x or 4.x platforms. Not officially. While Casper Tech Edition can be used to clone a Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server system, such use is not officially supported by Future Systems Solutions. Yes. Casper Tech Edition supports all versions of Windows XP Professional, including the x64 (64-bit) Edition.

If the person is a Windows NT systems administrator, he or she can use many of the familiar Windows NT administrator tools to manage the Solaris PC NetLink server. Some UNIX system knowledge is required to perform the other Solaris PC NetLink tasks. Below is a matrix of Windows NT and Solaris PC NetLink tools needed to support this product. Other commands are listed in the Solaris PC NetLink 2.0 Administration Guide and the Solaris PC NetLink 2.0 Installation Guide Yes.

Not by default. However, you can accomplish this by using the Policies feature of the Solaris PC NetLink Server Manager. Additionally, you should use the Registry editor to change the value of UnixFilePerms from 0664 (1B4 hex) to 02664 (5B4 hex), which sets the mandatory lock bit on newly created files. This will enforce locking between Windows NT environments and Solaris applications that apply advisory locks to a file.

Windows NT ships with NTBACKUP.EXE which is suitable for backing up most installations however its features are quite basic, for the larger more complex installations one of the following may be worth a look

No. While Casper can be used to clone all versions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98, and 95, it does not support cloning Windows NT 3.x or 4.x platforms. Not officially. Future Systems Solutions does not support the use of Casper on Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

Yes. However, Exceed 6.2 or 7.1 or newer must be installed on your NT/PC box. Exceed is a X-server package for Windows. Ansys GUI has not been certified with other X-server software packages on Windows. However, it should work with all UNIX workstations, including Linux.

Is it possible to establish a mapping between Solaris PC NetLink user names and Solaris user names? Troubleshooting

Windows NT (both the Workstation and Server) is a 32-bit Operating System. It is a preemptive, multi-tasking Operating System, which means that the Operating System controls allocation of CPU time, not the applications, stopping one application from hanging the OS. NT supports multiple CPU's giving true Multi-tasking, using symmetrical multiprocessing, meaning the processors share all tasks, as opposed to asymmetrical multiprocessing, where the OS uses one CPU and the applications another.

All TracePlus applications are compatible with Windows 2003 Server running Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2). TracePlus supports Windows 2003 Server with no service pack as well.

Answer: Most software that runs under NT 4.0 will run under Windows 2000; however there have been some software packages that do not run under Windows 2000. Some software requires power user or administrator privileges to run, and some require that they be run from the account that they were installed from. Both Beams Division and the TOC group has tested various software packages under Windows 2000. Beams Division's results are at http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/network/w2k-software.

The limit in a Solaris PC NetLink server will be imposed by the maximum amount of storage that the server can hold. This means that a Solaris PC NetLink server can handle as much storage and as many logical volumes as the Solaris operating environment can.

No. The PowerCam 2.0 Digital Camera requires a USB power connection and Windows NT does not support USB.

Yes. If you used the sam2passwd or passwd2sam utilities, the user names will already be mapped. If you did not use these utilities, you can map the names using the Solaris PC NetLink Server Manager User Account Mapping feature. Consult your documentation for information about using this interface. The mapuname command also enables you to perform the mapping from the command line. See the man page for the mapuname(1) command for detailed information.

a) Run Idem and configure your source-destination folders, set menu Log active if you whish a daily report of list of files processed. d) to run the Idem Service, ensure that you follow above considerations about Windows and account rights. run it using a true account with the appropriate rights (something like 'Administrator'). Do not use the default 'LocalSystem' account. This is necessary to be able to replicate files out of the NT box (and this is not our conditions but Microsoft's..

On Windows NT/2000/XP, a service is a special kind of executable program that runs in the background. Services are used for programs that are constantly working, such as network protocols or database servers. Most WWW servers on Windows NT/2000/XP are implemented as services. A service is different from other programs in several ways: Services aren't run interactively, although the NET START and NET STOP commands can be used to start or stop a server.