GW8 SP3 Feedback on NetWare

Question

Maybe someone at Novell is reading these posts ....
Sorry guys but this SP is not your best effort - fortunately, these are
just findings from my test system
Where to start ....
1. Get numerous C00F (password passed in open call does not match
errors on various users (on this system all 5 users show this system
randomly)
Full Top down re-build does not help
Re-starting the POA seems to fix it for a day
2.GW Install does not recognize NWC mapped drives on Windows 7 - have
to map the drives using NET USE .... and CIFS
3. POA stop responding to external POP login requests via GWIA ... have
to re-start POA
4. POA does not process system maintenance jobs - re-sending the
request just generates a Duplicate request message
Deleting the NGWcheck.db does not help
System Info
NW 6.5 SP8 with patches
GW 8.03
Windows 7 SP3 with NWC 2 SP2 IR3

Answer 1

Last time I opened an SR, I ended up doing all the work and it cost
$1,000. They could not come up with any real method to fix my DMS so I
did it manually.
In any case, I'm also getting COOF on NGWGuard.db on my 2 POA's ....
I see that someone else has got that too
(https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010410)
In any case, I'm sure that others will be getting these errors and
Novell will be issuing a patch
I was going to install this patch prior to upgrading a client to 2012.
Good thing I tested first.
magic31 wrote:
>
> thhg;2206433 Wrote:
> > Maybe someone at Novell is reading these posts ....
> >
> > Sorry guys but this SP is not your best effort - fortunately, these
> > are
> > just findings from my test system
> >
> >
> > Where to start ....
> >
> > 1. Get numerous C00F (password passed in open call does not match
> > errors on various users (on this system all 5 users show this system
> > randomly)
> >
> > Full Top down re-build does not help
> >
> > Re-starting the POA seems to fix it for a day
> >
> >
> > 2.GW Install does not recognize NWC mapped drives on Windows 7 -
> > have to map the drives using NET USE .... and CIFS
> >
> > 3. POA stop responding to external POP login requests via GWIA ...
> > have
> > to re-start POA
> >
> > 4. POA does not process system maintenance jobs - re-sending the
> > request just generates a Duplicate request message
> > Deleting the NGWcheck.db does not help
> >
> >
> >
> > System Info
> >
> > NW 6.5 SP8 with patches
> > GW 8.03
> > Windows 7 SP3 with NWC 2 SP2 IR3
>
> Hi,
>
> Novell does not officially monitor these forums... If you want to give
> this some attention, and you have the option to (if you have
> maintenance on GroupWise) I'd recommend to open an SR.
>
> -Willem