What NMAS versions are shipping with eDirectory 8.8 SP7 and later?

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  • 07-Apr-2016
  • 07-Apr-2016

Environment

NetIQ eDirectory
NetIQ Modular Authentication Service (NMAS)

Situation

NMAS server versioning seems to have changed with later eDirectory versions.  How can someone determine what versions and functionalities are installed?

Resolution

Before eDirectory 8.8 SP8 (aka 8.8.8), the NMAS version delivered and installed with eDirectory was 3.x.x (i.e. novell-nmas-3.3.4.0-<datecode>.<architecture>.rpm). 

With the release of eDirectory 8.8 SP8, the version nomenclature changed to:
    novell-nmas-<edirVersion>-<datecode>.<architecture>.rpm

With the release of eDirectory 9.0, the version nomenclature was modified to:
    novell-nmas-server-<edirVersion>-<datecode>.<architecture>.rpm

Here is a listing of eDirectory versions and NMAS versions:

 eDirectory
 Version
 NMAS
 Version
 RPM Version (for x86_64)
 8.8 SP7 (GA)
 3.3.4
 novell-nmas-3.3.4.0-20120419.x86_64.rpm
 8.8 SP8 (GA)
 8.8.8
 novell-nmas-8.8.8.0-20130821.x86_64.rpm
 9.0 (GA)
 9.0.0
 novell-nmas-server-9.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

Note: later versions of NMAS will contain the features/functionality of the previous version(s).  For example, version 8.8.8 will contain the functionality of version 3.3.4.