Year 2000 Status of Novell Products

The following tables, last modified on 29 October 1999, list Novell products being validated as part of Novell’s Project 2000. If patches are required, a link to the downloadable patch is provided. If you are using other Novell products or Novell products not listed in these tables (see list of discontinued products ), Novell recommends upgrading to a newer product as indicated below or discontinue use before the turn of the century. All Year 2000 Ready Novell products require a Year 2000 Ready hardware platform (ie. BIOS/RTC). Please read the disclaimer

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Status Definitions

Year 2000 Status Definition
Year 2000 Ready The product accurately processes date data from, into, and beyond the years 1999 and 2000, including leap year calculations, when used in accordance with the product documentation, provided that all products (e.g. hardware, firmware, software) used in combination with Novell software properly exchange date data with it.

NOTE: If a Y2K date issue is found in a product designated "Year 2000 Ready," the product will continue to receive Year 2000 support after Jan. 1, 2000, in accordance with Novell's Support Life Cycle (see http://support.novell.com/lifecycle), including Year 2000 updates that may be necessary to ensure proper performance.
Year 2000 Ready with update Product has been Year 2000 tested and requires an update
Year 2000 Supported Product has been Year 2000 tested by Novell and has an update pending.
Not supported Product is not Year 2000 supported by Novell - Upgrade to new product or version


Update Definitions

Update or Upgrade Information Definition
No update necessary No Year 2000 issues were identified by Novell testing
Update available Year 2000 patch is available. Follow the link to download the patch.
Optional update available Year 2000 testing revealed issues that do not impact normal product functionality but may impact date functionality in some product utilities. See the Technical Information Document (TID) link for a description of the specific Year 2000 impact on the product. Installation of optional updates is recommended.


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NetWare Platforms International Product Tables
NetWare Products MultiProtocol Router Products (MPR)
NetWare Clients Host Connectivity (SAA)
Collaboration Products (GroupWise) LAN WorkPlace/LAN WorkGroup
Network Management (ManageWise) NFS/UNIX Products
Border Manager High Availability & Clustering
WordPerfect Products Third party products
Dial-up Connectivity (NW Connect) Security Products
Netscape Server Additional Items


NetWare Platforms   Return to top of document

Product Status Update or
Upgrade
Information
Last Web Update
NetWare v5 Year 2000 Ready JVM update to be provided in NW5 SP3. See Third party product list 3 August 1999
NetWare v4.2 Language Versions (includes Year 2000 Ready English version) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 26 July 1999
NetWare v4.2 English Only Version Year 2000 Ready Optional update available 26 July 1999
NetWare v4.11/intraNetWare (including SMP and SFTIII support) Year 2000 Ready Optional update available  
 NetWare v4.2/4.11/intraNetWare with Support Pack 7a Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 14 October 1999
 NetWare v4.2/4.11/intraNetWare with Support Pack 7 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 6 October 1999
NetWare v4.11/intraNetWare with Support Pack 6a Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 26 July 1999
NetWare v4.11/intraNetWare with Support Pack 6 Year 2000 Ready Optional update available 26 July 1999
NetWare v4.11/intraNetWare with Support Pack 5b Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 28 September 1999
NetWare v4.11 for OS/2 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available  
NetWare v4.10 (not being supported for OS/2, SMP or SFTIII) Y2K Ready with update - requires 410y2kp2.exe after 410pt8b.exe patches Update available 26 July 1999
SMP for NetWare v4.10 (and prior versions) Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare 4.2 SMP or NetWare 5 .  
SFTIII for NetWare v4.10 (and prior versions) Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare 4.2 SFTIII .  
NetWare v4.10 (and prior versions) for OS/2 Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare 4.2 .  
NetWare 4.x versions prior to v4.10 Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare 4.2 or NetWare 5 .  
NetWare v3.2 Year 2000 Ready New CLIB update available 26 July 1999
NetWare v3.12 * Year 2000 Ready with updates - Upgrade to NetWare 3.2, Novell Small Business Suite 5, NetWare 4.2 or NetWare 5, or apply updates Updates available
New CLIB update available
26 July 1999
NetWare v3.11
and prior versions *
Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare 3.2, Novell Small Business Suite 5, NetWare 4.2 or NetWare 5 * See information on Novell's
Upgrade Wizard


Novell Upgrade Wizard lets you
quickly and easily capture the
benefits of upgrading to NetWare
4.2. The Novell Upgrade Wizard
migrates both the NetWare 3
bindery and file system to an
existing NetWare 4.2 network. In
the process, all bindery objects
are upgraded to NDS objects.

Upgrade Wizard v2.1 and > is
Year 2000 Ready
 
NetWare for Macintosh v4.11 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare for Macintosh v3.12 Year 2000 Ready with update - Upgrade to NetWare 3.2, NetWare for Small Business 4.2, NetWare 4.2 or NetWare 5, or apply update Update available  
NetWare for Macintosh - versions prior to v3.12 Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare 3.2, NetWare for Small Business 4.2, or NetWare 4.2Upgrade to NetWare 3.2 or NetWare 4.2 (includes Macintosh) .  
Novell Small Business Suite 5 (NSBS 5) Year 2000 Ready with update Update available
for BorderManager FastCache
3.0 component
27 August 1999
NetWare for Small Business v4.2 Year 2000 Ready with update Updates available 30 September 1999
NetWare for Small Business v4.11 Year 2000 Ready Optional updates available 30 September 1999
intraNetWare for Small Business v1.1 Year 2000 Ready Optional update available  
Personal NetWare v1.0 (English) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare Lite v1.1 (English) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  


NetWare Clients   Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
Novell Client v4.6 for Windows NT Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v4.51 for Windows NT Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v4.5 for Windows NT Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v4.3 for Windows NT Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare Client for NT v4.11b for Windows NT Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v3.1 for Windows 95/98 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client 3.02 for Windows 95/98 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v3.01 for Windows 95/98 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v3.0 for Windows 95/98 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v2.5 for Windows 95/98 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v2.71 for DOS/Win 3.1x Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v2.7 for DOS/Win 3.1x Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v2.6 for DOS/Win 3.1x Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Novell Client v2.5 for DOS/Win 3.1x Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare Client v2.20 for Win95 (Client 32) Year 2000 Ready Optional update available  
NetWare Client v2.12 for Win95 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to latest client version .  
NetWare/intraNetWare Client v2.20 for DOS/Win 3.1 Year 2000 Ready Optional update available  
NetWare Client v2.12 for DOS/Win 3.1 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to latest client version .  
NetWare/intraNetWare Client for NT v4.11a (Supports NT OS versions v3.51 and v4.0)(incl. WSMgr) Year 2000 Ready Optional update available  
NetWare/intraNetWare Client for NT v4.10 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to latest client version .  
NetWare/intraNetWare Client v5.11 for Mac Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare Client v2.12 for OS/2 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare Client for OS/2 - v2.11 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to latest client version .  
NETX Client (NETX.EXE) Not supported - Upgrade to latest client version .  
NetWare Client VLM v1.21 Year 2000 Ready (Recommend Upgrade to latest client version No update necessary  
NetWare Client VLM v1.20 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare Client VLM v1.21 (Recommend Upgrade to latest client version .  
NetWare Client VLMIP Not supported - Upgrade to latest client version .  
NetWare Mobile Client v1.0 Not supported - no upgrade path .  
NetWare Mobile Client v1.0 all languages Not supported - no upgrade path .  


NetWare Products    Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update  
 NetWare Cluster Services for NetWare 5 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 15 October 1999  
NEST Server SDK 1.x Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
NEST Office SDK 1.x Year 2000 Ready with update Update available    
NEST SDK 1.x Year 2000 Ready with update Update available    
NetWare/IP v2.2c (for NetWare 4.11/4.2) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
 NetWare/IP v2.2b (for NetWare 4.10) Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare/IP v2.2c (for NetWare 4.11/4.2) Free upgrade available 5 October 1999  
NetWare/IP v2.1 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare/IP v2.2c (for NetWare 4.11/4.2) .    
NetWare/IP v1.1 (for NetWare 3.12, 3.2) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
Novell Application Launcher (NAL) v2.01 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
Novell Application Launcher (NAL) v1.1 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to NAL v2.01 .    
NetWare Enterprise Print Services (NEPS) v1.0 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 27 September 1999
NDPS Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
Novell Replication Services 1.21 (NRS) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
Novell Replication Services 1.2 (NRS) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
NDS for NT 2.01 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
NDS for NT 2.0 Year 2000 Ready Optional update available    
NDS for NT 1.0 Year 2000 Ready Optional update available    
Novell Administrator for Windows NT v2.0c Year 2000 Ready Optional update available    
Novell Administrator for Windows NT v2.0 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to Novell Administrator for Windows NT v2.0c .    
Novell Cross-Platform Services (NCPS) v4.10b Year 2000 Ready Optional source code
available to
authorized partners
   
LDAP 1.0 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
NetWare Telephony Services (NTS) v2.21 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
NetWare Telephony Services (NTS) v2.11 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to NTS v2.21 .    
DHCP v2.1 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
DHCP v2.0b and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to DHCP v2.1 .    
ODI LAN Driver (dev kit) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary    
NetWare for DEC Access Not supported - no upgrade path .    


High Availability & Clustering Products    Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
Novell High Availability Server for NetWare/intraNetWare Year 2000 Ready Product Available 26 July 1999
Novell StandbyServer for NetWare/intraNetWare Year 2000 Ready Product Available  
Novell StandbyServer Many-to-One for NetWare/intraNetWare Year 2000 Ready Product Available  
Novell SnapShotServer for NetWare/intraNetWare Year 2000 Ready Product Available  


Netscape Server Products    Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
Novell Web Server - all versions Not supported Migrate to NetScape Servers for NetWare  
Netscape Enterprise/FastTrack Server for NetWare (Y2K ready version contains nshttpd.nlm dated 7 October 1998 or newer) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary
Free upgrade to current version available
10 September 1999
Netscape Messaging Server for NetWare Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 10 September 1999


Security Products    Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
Novell Single Sign-on Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 2 August 1999


Collaboration Products    Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
 GroupWise v5.5
Click here for component details
Year 2000 Ready Optional updates available 27 October 1999
GroupWise v5.2 with Support Pack 2
Click here for component details
Year 2000 Ready Optional updates available 24 September 1999
GroupWise v5.0 & v5.1 - All components Not supported - Upgrade to GW 5.2 with Support Pack 2 or > or GW 5.5 . 19 August 1999
GroupWise v4.1a (limited platform support)
Click here for component details
Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 19 August 1999
GroupWise v4.1 - All components Not supported - Upgrade to GW 4.1a (free download), GW 5.2 with Support Pack 2 or > or GW 5.5 . 19 August 1999
GroupWise Gateways
Click here for details
. . 19 August 1999
InForms v4.2 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
InForms v4.1 and prior versions (all components) Not Supported - Upgrade to Informs 4.2 .  
Soft Solutions v4.1 Not supported .  


BorderManager    Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
BorderManager Enterprise Edition v3.5 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 27 August 1999
BorderManager Firewall Services v3.5 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 27 August 1999
BorderManager VPN Services v3.5 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 27 August 1999
BorderManager Authentication Services (BMAS) v3.5 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 27 August 1999
BorderManager Enterprise Edition v3.0 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available 27 August 1999
BorderManager Firewall Services v3.0 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available 27 August 1999
BorderManager FastCache Services v3.0 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available 27 August 1999
BorderManager VPN Services v3.0 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available 27 August 1999
BorderManager Authentication Services (BMAS) v3.0 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available 27 August 1999
BorderManager Authentication Services (BMAS) v1.0/v2.1 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
BorderManager v2.1 Year 2000 Ready with updates Updates available 21 September 1999
FastCache v2.1b (with FCUPD21B.EXE applied) Year 2000 Ready with updates Updates available 21 September 1999
FastCache v1.0/v2.1 Not supported - Free upgrade to FastCache 2.1b (Go to File Finder and search for FCUPD21B.EXE) . 21 September 1999


Network Management    Return to top of document
Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
Novell BranchManager for NT (NDS for NT v2.01, ZENworks v1.1, ManageWise Agent for Windows NT Server v2.6, Novell BorderManager Authentication Services v3.0) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
ZENworks v2.0 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 23 September 1999
ZENworks v1.1 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
ZENworks v1.0 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
ManageWise v2.6 Year 2000 Ready Product Available  
ManageWise v2.5 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available  
ManageWise v2.1 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to ManageWise 2.5 .  
ManageWise Agent for Windows NT Server v2.6 Year 2000 Ready No update required  
ManageWise Agent for Windows NT Server v2.1 Year 2000 Ready No update required  
NetWare Management Agent (NMA) v2.1 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare Services Manager (all versions) Not supported - No upgrade path available .  
NetWare Management System v2.1 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to ManageWise 2.5 .  
LANalyzer for Windows v2.2 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare LANalyzer Agent v1.21 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare LANalyzer Agent v1.1 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to LANalyzer Agent 1.21 .  
LANtern Network Monitor for Ethernet (all versions) Not supported - no upgrade path .  
LANtern Services Manager (all versions) Not supported - no upgrade path .  


LAN WorkPlace/LAN WorkGroup   Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
LAN WorkPlace Pro 5.1 (LWPRO) 32bit Year 2000 Ready with update Update available  
LAN WorkPlace 5 for MS Windows and DOS Year 2000 Ready with updates Update available for Rapid FTP
Update pending for Mailer
26 July 1999
LAN WorkPlace 4.2 and prior versions Not supported - upgrade to LAN WorkPlace 5 or LAN WorkGroup 5.01e .  
LAN WorkGroup 5.01e Year 2000 Ready with updates Update available for Rapid FTP
Update pending for Mailer
24 September 1999
LAN WorkGroup 4.2 and prior versions Not supported - upgrade to LAN WorkPlace 5 or LAN WorkGroup 5.01e .  


MultiProtocol Router Products   Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
MulitProtocol Router v3.1 (NetWare Enterprise Router 16 WAN Port configuration) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
MultiProtocol Router v3.1 (NetWare BranchLink Router 2 WAN Port configuration) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
MultiProtocol Router v3.0 (NetWare Enterprise Router configuration) Not supported - Upgrade to MPR v3.1(NetWare Enterprise Router 16 WAN Port) or Border Manager v2.1 .  
MultiProtocol Router v3.0 (NetWare BranchLink Router configuration) Not supported - Upgrade to MPR v3.1 (NetWare BranchLink Router 2 WAN Port v3.1) or Border Manager v2.1 .  
MultiProtocol Router v2.2 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to Border Manager v2.1 .  
WAN Extensions v3.1 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
WAN Extensions v3.0 Not supported - Upgrade to WAN Extensions v3.1 or Border Manager v2.1 .  
SNA Extensions v3.1 Not supported - No Upgrade Path .  
SNA Extensions v3.0 Not supported - No Upgrade Path .  


Host Connectivity   Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
NetWare for SAA v3.0  (intraNetWare for SAA v3.0) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare for SAA v2.0 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare for SAA v2.2 (incl. Services Manager) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare for SAA: AS/400 Edition Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare for SAA: AS/400 Edition 2 (refered to as SAA 2.3 also) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare HostPrint 2 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare HostPrint/400 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available  
NetWare Hostprint 1.11 Year 2000 ready with update Update available  
NetWare Hostprint 1.1 and prior versions Not supported - Upgrade to HostPrint 1.11 or HostPrint 2 .  
NetWare/intraNetWare Host Publisher Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare for SAA 1.3a/b Not supported - Upgrade to SAA 3.0 or SAA: AS/400 Edition 2 .  


Dial-in/Dial-Out Connectivity   Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
 NetWare Connect v2.0.30 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary 29 October 1999
 NetWare Connect v2.0.28, v2.0.27, v2.0.25 Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare Connect v2.0.30 NWC206.EXE
NWC207.EXE
NWC208.EXE
29 October 1999
 NetWare Connect v2.0.18 Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare Connect v2.0.30 NWC201.EXE
NWC202.EXE
NWC206.EXE
NWC207.EXE
NWC208.EXE
29 October 1999
NetWare Connect v1.0 Not supported - Upgrade to NetWare Connect v2.0 or Border Manager Enterprise Edition .  
NetWare ConnectView v2.0 Year 2000 Ready with update Update available  


NFS/UNIX Products    Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
NetWare/intraNetWare NFS Services v2.3 (NetWare/intraNetWare 4 Edition) Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare NFS Services v2.12 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare NFS Services v2.1 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare NFS Services v1.2c Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare Print Services for UNIX (UPS) v2.3 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare/intraNetWare Print Services for UNIX (UPS) v2.12 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare UNIX Print Services v2.1 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetWare NFS v1.2c/NFS Gateway v1.2 Bundle Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
FLeX/IP v1.2c Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NFS Starter Kit v1.x Currently testing Q4 1998  


WordPerfect Products    Return to top of document

Novell no longer supports any WordPerfect products and is not addressing any Year 2000 issues with any WordPerfect product.
Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
WordPerfect/Perfect Office - all versions and platforms Upgrade to Corel WordPerfect Suite .  
WordPerfect Language Modules - all No longer supported by Novell .  
Presentations - all No longer supported by Novell .  
PerfectWorks - all No longer supported by Novell .  
PerfectWorks for Kids No longer supported by Novell .  
CallerID No longer supported by Novell .  
DataPerfect No longer supported by Novell .  
InfoCentral No longer supported by Novell .  
Envoy No longer supported by Novell .  
Quattro Pro No longer supported by Novell .  


Additional Items    Return to top of document

Product Status Update or Upgrade Information Last Web Update
Btrieve 6.10a (shipped with NetWare v3.12, NetWare v3.2) See Third Party Products .  
Btrieve 6.10c (shipped with NetWare v4.10) See Third Party Products .  
Btrieve v6.10f (shipped with NetWare 4.11, NetWare 4.2 and NetWare 5) See Third Party Products .  
DR DOS 6.0 Year 2000 Ready as used with NetWare (tested by Novell) No update necessary  
Novell DOS 7.0 Year 2000 Ready as used with NetWare (tested by Novell) No update necessary  
DR DOS 7.02 Year 2000 Ready as used with NetWare (tested by Novell) No update necessary  
NDK June Release Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Support Connection CD The Support Connection CDs contain numerous Novell products and patches, including products no longer supported, and patches that may have been superceded by Novell. Application of these patches or installation of these products may impact Y2K readiness The Y2K readiness of specific products or patches included in the Support Connection CDs should be verified prior to installation. See specific product information on this website for details.  
First Mail (shipped with NetWare 3.12 and NetWare 3.2) Not supported No update or upgrade available  
NetWare SDK14 C Libraries Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
OSA SDK Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
NetBasic Upgrade to OSA SDK .  
Java Class Libraries Upgrade to OSA SDK .  
Java Environment for NetWare Upgrade to OSA SDK .  
ORB Upgrade to OSA SDK .  
Perl 5 Scripting Upgrade to OSA SDK .  
Radius 1.0 Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  
Visual Components Upgrade to OSA SDK .  
MHS-all versions and components Not supported - Upgrade to GroupWise v5.2 .  
IPX/SPX Year 2000 Ready No update necessary  



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