Non-Advantage Troubleshooting Tools

Troubleshooting

Network Analyzers

Sometimes it is necessary to troubleshoot a problem with a network analyzer. Windows NT/2000/2003 Server comes with a basic network analyzer that can often trace packets enough to determine the source of the networking problem. There are also more elaborate network analyzer s on the market such as Net X-Ray and Lanalyzer.

CONFIG.NLM

Many times it is necessary to verify that a user's NetWare server has the correct NLMs installed and loaded. This can be done by loading NetWare's CONFIG.NLM which will simply dump information about the currently loaded modules to a file called CONFIG.TXT and then unload itself.

SCANBIND.EXE

SCANBIND.EXE is another tool provided by Novell and this utility will search the bindery for a given NLM. This is particularly useful if users are getting a 6060 error which means that the Advantage Database Server cannot be found.