Netware incorporates proprietary system calls that can be utilised by developers for file locking. date retrieval and many other functions. If you are using mars-nwe the Netware server emulator, it may be that not all these system calls are supported. The calls themselves have changed since Netware 3.11 (which mars-nwe emulates). This may be the source of your problem.
Further, if this is the source of your problem, and you are able to get a test system running MYOB, it is likely that if MYOB works fine with a single workstation it will not ALWAYS work well in multi- user mode, it is important that you emulate the customers environment. You will need to test using simultaneous input from multiple workstations, and attempt to cause "file read/write collisions". While I have no knowledge of MYOB, my experience with other databases running on Netware servers indicates that file locking failure (and file unlocking failure) is a major cause of database corruption and "deadly embrace" causing user abort and further file and database corruption. Sad as it may seem, if MYOB will NOT support their product on a Linux server running a Netware emulator, you would be very foolish to proceed. File corruption in an accounting database can be extremely costly for the client (and, ultimately for you if you recommend they ignore MYOB and proceed). Why not downsize (remove all applications) the existing Netware server and leave ONLY MYOB on it? Then install a second, more powerful Linux machine configured as a mars-nwe server, to which the users could authenticate and use as the general purpose fileserver/applications server. To my mind that would be the safest alternative and should earn you kudos from your customer. On 2 Jan 2002, at 17:29, Vince Meissner wrote about: [SLUG] Linux not suitable as a fileserver for MYO > I've got a client that uses MYOB Accountant's Office. > It's a multi-user practice managment, time billing, invoicing type > program. > > They're looking at replacing their existing Novell server which is at > the end of it's life. > I had them sold on the idea of a Linux based server until we discovered > this little gem from MYOB's support pages. > > ****************************************** > Question > Is Accountants Office supported on a Linux Server? > > Answer > No, Linux is not a compatible Network Operating System for Accountants > Office because of > fundamental incompatibilies in file and record locking within Linux and > is therefore not supported > under any circumstances. > > Link: > >http://myobaustralia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/myobaustralia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=*kRtyb4g&p_lva=010130-000051&p_refno=010130- 000051&p_created=980896579&p_sp=cF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTImcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1saW51eCZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPTYmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDE9OSZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPX5hbnl_JnBfc29ydF9ieT1kZmx0JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li= > <snip> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
