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- Page 1 Domains Chapter 8, “Creating a New Domain,” on page 111 Chapter 9, “Managing Domains,” on page 127 Chapter 10, “Managing the Links between Domains and Post Offices,” on page 137 Domains...
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Page 3: Creating A New Domain
Creating a New Domain ® As your GroupWise system grows, you might need to add new domains. Section 8.1, “Understanding the Purpose of Domains,” on page 111 Section 8.2, “Planning a New Domain,” on page 112 Section 8.3, “Setting Up the New Domain,” on page 122 Section 8.4, “What’s Next,”... - Page 4 office must have at least one Post Office Agent (POA) running for it. The POA delivers messages to users’ mailboxes and performs a variety of post office and mailbox maintenance activities. When you add a new domain to your GroupWise system, links define how messages are routed from one domain to another.
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Page 5: Deciding Who Will Administer The New Domain
Multiple eDirectory Trees: All of the objects that are logically subordinate to a GroupWise ® domain must be in the same Novell eDirectory tree as the domain. If you have users in other eDirectory trees that need GroupWise accounts, you must create secondary domains and post offices in each tree. - Page 6 8.2.3 Planning Post Offices in the New Domain Before adding the new domain, you should plan the post offices that you want to belong to the domain. You should consider the following issues when planning post offices. Physical Organization: If your network spans several sites, you might want to create post offices (if not domains) at each physical location.
- Page 7 GroupWise Objects Reflect Physical Locations The GroupWise system below focuses on the physical layout of the company. Because most mail traffic is probably generated by users in the same location, the mail traffic across the WAN is minimized. An organizational unit is created for each site. A domain is created under each organizational unit, corresponding to the city.
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Page 8: Choosing The Domain Name
A GroupWise System with the Domains And Post Offices Grouped with the Servers Figure 8-4 GroupWise Objects Are Located in a Separate GroupWise Container Domains and post offices can also be created in their own organizational unit. Administratively, this approach makes it easier to restrict a GroupWise administrator’s object and property rights to GroupWise objects only. - Page 9 At sign @ Extended ASCII characters that are graphical or typographical symbols; accented characters in the extended range can be used Braces { } Parentheses ( ) Colon : Period . WORKSHEET Under Item 3: Domain Name, specify the domain name. Under Item 8: Domain Description, provide a description for the new domain.
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Page 10: Deciding Where To Install The Agent Software
WORKSHEET Under Item 4: Domain Database Location, enter the full path for the domain directory. Under Item 9: Network Type, enter the type of network in use at that location. 8.2.7 Deciding Where to Install the Agent Software You must run a new instance of the MTA for each new domain. To review the functions of the MTA for the domain, see Section 40.4, “Role of the Message Transfer Agent,”... - Page 11 Running the MTA on a remote server allows you to place the heaviest processing load on your highest performing server. In the following diagram, the agent software is installed on a different server from where the domains and post offices reside. Agent Software on a Different Server than the Domain and Post Office Figure 8-7 Acct-Dom...
- Page 12 MTA Access Using TCP/IP Links Figure 8-9 Acct-Dom Dev-Dom Acct-PO1 Dev-PO1 When using TCP/IP links, the MTA does not write message files into message queues in the post office directory structure. Instead, the MTA communicates the information to the POA by way of TCP/IP and then the POA uses its direct network access to write the information.
- Page 13 For more detailed information, see Section 40.7, “Cross-Platform Issues between Domains and Post Offices,” on page 609. 8.2.8 Deciding How to Link the New Domain Domain links tell the MTAs how to route messages between domains. Properly configured links optimize message flow throughout your GroupWise system. For a review of link types, see Section 10.1.1, “Domain-to-Domain Links,”...
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Page 14: Setting Up The New Domain
8.3 Setting Up the New Domain You should have already reviewed Section 8.2, “Planning a New Domain,” on page 112 and filled Section 8.5, “Domain Worksheet,” on page 125. Complete the following tasks to create the new domain. Section 8.3.1, “Creating the New Domain,” on page 122 Section 8.3.2, “Configuring the MTA for the New Domain,”... -
Page 15: Configuring The Mta For The New Domain
6 Follow the on-screen instructions to define how the new domain links to the existing domain (listed in the Link to Domain field). When you’ve finished defining the link, ConsoleOne creates the Domain object and displays the domain Identification page. 7 Fill in the fields that have not been filled in for you (worksheet items 8 through 10). -
Page 16: Installing And Starting The New Mta
3 Specify a description for the MTA. This description displays on the MTA agent console as the MTA runs. 4 Select the platform where the MTA will run (worksheet item 12). 5 If you have multiple domains in your system and want to use TCP/IP to link to the other domains (worksheet item 7), follow the instructions in... - Page 17 Agent. See “Internet Agent” on page 701. Connecting domains and GroupWise systems using gateways. For a list of gateways, see the GroupWise Gateways Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/ gwgateways). 8.5 Domain Worksheet Use this worksheet as you complete the tasks described in Section 8.2, “Planning a New Domain,”...
- Page 18 Item Explanation 8) Domain Description: Enter a description for the domain to help you identify its function in the system. 9) Network Type: Specify the network type in use on the server where this domain will be located. For more information, see Section 8.2.6, “Deciding Where to Create the Domain Directory,”...
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Page 19: Managing Domains
Managing Domains ® As your GroupWise system grows and evolves, you might need to perform the following maintenance activities on domains: Section 9.1, “Connecting to a Domain,” on page 127 Section 9.2, “Editing Domain Properties,” on page 127 Section 9.3, “Converting a Secondary Domain to a Primary Domain,” on page 131 Section 9.4, “Moving a Domain,”... - Page 20 3 Click GroupWise > Post Offices to display the Post Offices page. ® All post offices in the domain are listed, no matter where their Novell eDirectory objects are placed in the tree. This is a convenient place to delete post offices from the domain.
- Page 21 5 Use this page to configure the Address Book to control how it appears to GroupWise client users in all post offices in the domain. See Section 6.1, “Customizing Address Book Fields,” on page 85 for more information. 6 Click GroupWise > Addressing Rules to display the Addressing Rules page. This page lists all addressing rules that have been set up for the domain.
- Page 22 Use this page to override any Internet addressing settings established at the system level. See Section 45, “Configuring Internet Addressing,” on page 703 for more information. 8 Click GroupWise > Default WebAccess to display the Default WebAccess page. Use this page to designate the default WebAccess Agent (gateway) for the domain. See Part XII, “WebAccess,”...
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Page 23: Converting A Secondary Domain To A Primary Domain
Use this page to control the version of the GroupWise Administrator snap-ins to ConsoleOne that is allowed to access GroupWise databases. See Section 4.2.6, “Admin Lockout Settings,” on page 57 for more information. 10 Click OK to save the new domain settings. 9.3 Converting a Secondary Domain to a Primary Domain You can change which domain is primary if it becomes more convenient to administer the primary... -
Page 24: Moving A Domain
5 Click Convert Secondary to Primary. 6 Specify the path to the secondary domain database, then click OK. The GroupWise View in ConsoleOne displays the primary domain with a red underscore. 9.4 Moving a Domain You cannot use ConsoleOne to move a Domain object to a different location in the eDirectory tree because it is a container object. -
Page 25: Deleting A Domain
3 In the UNC Path field, change the UNC path to the location where you want to move the domain, then click OK to save the new location. The location change is propagated throughout your GroupWise system. 4 Stop the MTA and any gateways running for the domain. 5 Use xcopy with the /s and /e options to copy the domain directory and database to the new location. - Page 26 3 Verify that the current directory path displayed on the domain Identification page is correct. 4 Click Post Offices, then move or delete any post offices that belong to this domain. See Section 12.8, “Moving a Post Office,” on page 196 Section 12.9, “Deleting a Post Office,”...
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Page 27: Changing Mta Configuration To Meet Domain Needs
8 Uninstall the MTA software if applicable, as described in the following sections in the GroupWise 7 Installation Guide: “Uninstalling the NetWare GroupWise Agents” “Uninstalling the Linux GroupWise Agents” “Uninstalling the Windows GroupWise Agents” 9.6 Changing MTA Configuration to Meet Domain Needs Because the MTA transfers messages between domains and between post offices in the same domain, it affects the domain itself, local users in post offices belonging to the domain, and users... - Page 28 136 GroupWise 7 Administration Guide...
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Page 29: Managing The Links Between Domains And Post Offices
Managing the Links between Domains and Post Offices ® When you create a new secondary domain in your GroupWise system or a new post office in a domain, you configure one direct link to connect the new domain or post office to a domain in your GroupWise system. - Page 30 MTA writes message files into the destination domain MTA input queue, which does require disk access by the source MTA in the destination domain. For additional details about the configuration options for direct links, see Section 10.1.3, “Link Protocols for Direct Links,” on page 141.
- Page 31 Indirectly Linking Two Domains by Going through a Third Domain Figure 10-3 Domain A UNC Path UNC Path Mapped Drive Mapped Drive TCP/IP TCP/IP Indirect Link Domain B Domain C Star Configuration In a star configuration, one central domain is linked directly to all other domains in the system. All other domains are indirectly linked to each other through the central domain.
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Page 32: Domain-To-Post Office Links
Guide. For more information, see the GroupWise Gateways Documentation Web site (http:// www.novell.com/documentation/gwgateways). You cannot locate a post office across a gateway link from its domain. This precludes locating a post office across a modem connection. 10.1.2 Domain-to-Post Office Links Between a domain and its post offices, all links must be direct links. -
Page 33: Link Protocols For Direct Links
10.1.3 Link Protocols for Direct Links The link protocol of a direct link between domains determines how the MTAs for the domains communicate with each other across the link. When you create a new domain, you must link it to an existing domain. - Page 34 drive:\domain_directory The source MTA writes message files into its output queue at the location: drive:\domain_directory\wpcsin as input for the destination domain’s MTA. Because drive mappings are changeable, you can move the domain directory structure, map its new location to the original drive letter, and the domain-to- domain link is still intact.
- Page 35 10.2 Using the Link Configuration Tool The Link Configuration tool helps you manage the links between the domains and post offices in your GroupWise system. The following topics help you perform basic link management tasks: Section 10.2.1, “Starting the Link Configuration Tool,” on page 143 Section 10.2.2, “Editing a Domain Link,”...
- Page 36 Menu Button Equivalent Function Edit > Undo Undo your changes to the link configuration (since the last save) Help > Help Display online Help for the Link Configuration tool Search > Find Search for a specified domain Double-click object Display details of the selected object View >...
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Page 37: Editing Multiple Domain Links
Double-click a domain in the Inbound Links list to edit the link from that domain to the selected domain. TIP: You can also open the Edit Domain Link dialog box by dragging a domain from one link type to another. 4 Select the link type. -
Page 38: Editing A Post Office Link
2 In the Domains to Be Linked column, select the source domains whose outgoing links you want to modify. 3 In the Indirect Link Through column, select the intermediate domain through which you want the indirect links to pass. 4 In the Link To column, select one or more destination domains. 5 Click OK. -
Page 39: Viewing The Path Of An Indirect Link Between Domains
1 From the drop-down list, select the domain whose post office link you want to edit. 2 Click View > Post Office Links to display post office links. 3 Double-click a post office to edit the link from the domain to the post office. 4 Select the link protocol for the direct link. -
Page 40: Viewing The Indirect Links Passing Through A Domain
You can also use GroupWise Monitor to trace the path a message would take between two domains. Section 61.3.1, “Link Trace Report,” on page 1002. 10.2.6 Viewing the Indirect Links Passing through a Domain If a domain serves as a hop in an indirect link, making changes to that domain could affect all indirect links passing through that domain. - Page 41 3 If you need to reroute a link, right-click the link, then click Edit to open the Edit Domain Link dialog box and make changes as needed. You can also use GroupWise Monitor to check the links passing through a selected domain. See Section 61.3.2, “Link Configuration Report,”...
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Page 42: Interpreting Link Symbols
3 If you need to reroute a link, right-click the link, then click Edit to open the Edit Domain Link dialog box and make changes as needed. 10.2.8 Saving and Synchronizing Link Configuration Information Whenever you modify link configuration information, a cautionary symbol (see Section 10.3.2, “Link Status Symbols,”... -
Page 43: Modifying Links
Link Status Meaning Symbol Link modification not yet synchronized Insufficient rights to modify link Rights not yet checked 10.4 Modifying Links “Post Office Agent” on page 461 “Message Transfer Agent” on page 603, detailed instructions for changing link types are provided as outlined below: Changing the Link Protocol between the Post Office and the Domain “Using TCP/IP Links between the Post Office and the Domain”...