Planning Groupwise Monitor In A Linux Cluster; Selecting A Domain For Access During Monitor Agent Installation; Selecting An Mta For The Monitor Agent To Access After Installation - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - INTEROPERABILITY Manual

17.2 Planning GroupWise Monitor in a Linux
Cluster
A major system configuration difference between the Monitor Agent and other GroupWise agents is
that the Monitor Agent needs access to a domain during installation but does not need permanent
access to a domain thereafter.
Section 17.6, "Monitor Agent Clustering Worksheet," on page 212
set up Monitor in a clustering environment. You should print the worksheet and fill it out as you
complete the planning tasks listed below
Section 17.2.1, "Selecting a Domain for Access during Monitor Agent Installation," on
page 202
Section 17.2.2, "Selecting an MTA for the Monitor Agent to Access after Installation," on
page 202
Section 17.2.3, "Selecting the Monitor Agent Partition and Secondary IP Address," on
page 203
Section 17.2.4, "Determining an Appropriate Failover List for the Monitor Agent," on
page 203
Section 17.2.5, "Determining Cluster Resource Information for the Monitor Agent," on
page 203
Section 17.2.6, "Planning the Monitor Agent Installation," on page 204
17.2.1 Selecting a Domain for Access during Monitor Agent
Installation
During installation, the Monitor Agent Installation program needs access to a domain database
(
wpdomain.db
domain you created for use with the Internet Agent, as described in
Domain for the Internet Agent," on page
system.
MONITOR CLUSTERING WORKSHEET
Under Item 2: Domain
Installation program can use to obtain information about your GroupWIse system.
17.2.2 Selecting an MTA for the Monitor Agent to Access after
Installation
After installation, you can configure the Monitor Agent to be independent of a domain database. To
do this, you configure the Monitor Agent to communicate with an MTA by way of TCP/IP.
MONITOR CLUSTERING WORKSHEET
Under Item 3: MTA IP
Monitor Agent can use after installation to communicate with an MTA to obtain agent information.
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) in order to obtain information about agents to monitor. You might want to use the
Name, specify the domain and domain directory that the Monitor Agent
Address, specify the MTA IP address and message transfer port that the
165, although you can use any domain in your GroupWise
lists information you need as you
Section 15.2.1, "Creating a