Environment
Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 for Windows 2008
Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition
Situation
In Windows 2008 there is no longer the ability to display the version of a dlm file in Explorer. This can only be done for dll's.
Resolution
In previous versions of Windows Server one could use explorer to drill down to the file's path then right-click properties the file to view the version tab. DLM files are those files that can be viewed running within eDirectoy's NDSCONSOLE utility.
The easiest way to view the ds.dlm's version, for instance, to check the eDirectory version installed for Windows 2008 the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) can be used. Below is an example of how to use this:
WMIC DATAFILE WHERE "PATH='\\novell\\nds\\' and Extension='dlm'" GET version, name | more
The output from the command will look similar to that below:
c:\novell\nds\dconserv.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dhlog.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\ds.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsbk.dlm 202.17.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsbrowse.dlm 202.10.1.5
c:\novell\nds\dsclone.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsloader.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsmerge.dlm 202.14.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsrepair.dlm 202.16.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dstrace.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\embox.dlm 202.17.2.0
c:\novell\nds\gams.dlm 2.0.1.0
c:\novell\nds\hconserv.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\httpstk.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\install.dlm 202.19.2.0
c:\novell\nds\ncpengine.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\ndsimon.dlm 202.15.2.0
c:\novell\nds\ndssnmp.dlm 202.14.2.5
c:\novell\nds\niciext.dlm 2.75.0.0
c:\novell\nds\nldap.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\nmas.dlm 3.3.1.0
c:\novell\nds\nmasgpxy.dlm 3.0.0.0
c:\novell\nds\pki.dlm 3.3.2.0
The easiest way to view the ds.dlm's version, for instance, to check the eDirectory version installed for Windows 2008 the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) can be used. Below is an example of how to use this:
WMIC DATAFILE WHERE "PATH='\\novell\\nds\\' and Extension='dlm'" GET version, name | more
The output from the command will look similar to that below:
c:\novell\nds\dconserv.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dhlog.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\ds.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsbk.dlm 202.17.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsbrowse.dlm 202.10.1.5
c:\novell\nds\dsclone.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsloader.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsmerge.dlm 202.14.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dsrepair.dlm 202.16.2.0
c:\novell\nds\dstrace.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\embox.dlm 202.17.2.0
c:\novell\nds\gams.dlm 2.0.1.0
c:\novell\nds\hconserv.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\httpstk.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\install.dlm 202.19.2.0
c:\novell\nds\ncpengine.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\ndsimon.dlm 202.15.2.0
c:\novell\nds\ndssnmp.dlm 202.14.2.5
c:\novell\nds\niciext.dlm 2.75.0.0
c:\novell\nds\nldap.dlm 202.18.2.0
c:\novell\nds\nmas.dlm 3.3.1.0
c:\novell\nds\nmasgpxy.dlm 3.0.0.0
c:\novell\nds\pki.dlm 3.3.2.0