Moving The Mta To A Different Server; Adjusting The Mta For A New Location Of A Domain Or Post Office - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

41.1.6 Moving the MTA to a Different Server

As your GroupWise system grows and evolves, you might need to move an MTA from one server to
another. For example, you might decide to run the MTA on a different platform, or perhaps you want
to move it to a server that has more disk space for the mslocal directory.
1 Stop the existing MTA.
2 Copy the entire
might contain messages that have not yet been delivered.
3 When moving the MTA, pay special attention to the following details:
In the MTA startup file, set the
new server.
If the original MTA was configured for TCP/IP links between domains, you must
reconfigure the MTA object with the IP address and port number for the MTA on the new
server. See
For the NetWare
offices are located and you are moving it to a different server, you must add the
or the
access to the server where the domain and post offices are located.
4 Install the MTA on the new server. See
Installation
5 Start the new MTA, as described in the following sections in the
Guide:
"Starting the NetWare GroupWise
"Starting the Linux Agents with a User
"Starting the Windows GroupWise
6 Observe the new MTA to see that it is running smoothly. See
MTA," on page
7 If you are no longer using the old server for any GroupWise agents, you can remove the agents
to reclaim the disk space, as described in the following sections in the
Guide:
"Uninstalling the NetWare GroupWise
"Uninstalling the Linux GroupWise
"Uninstalling the Windows GroupWise
41.1.7 Adjusting the MTA for a New Location of a Domain or
Post Office
MTA configuration must be adjusted if you make the following changes to your GroupWise system
configuration:
"New Domain Location" on page 641
"New Post Office Location" on page 641
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subdirectory structure to wherever you want it on the new server. It
mslocal
/work
"Using TCP/IP Links between Domains" on page
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MTA, if it was originally on the same server where its domain and post
/user and /password switches to the MTA startup file to give the NetWare MTA
Guide.
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switch to the location of the mslocal directory on the
"Installing GroupWise Agents" in the
Agents"
Interface"
Agents"
Chapter 42, "Monitoring the
Agents"
Agents"
Agents"
632.
/dn switch
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