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Section 14.4.2, "Moves Between GroupWise 6.x or Later Post Offices," on page 223
Section 14.4.3, "Moves Between GroupWise 6.x or Later and GroupWise 5.x Post Offices," on
page 223
Section 14.4.4, "Preparing for a User Move," on page 224
Section 14.4.5, "Moving a GroupWise Account to Another Post Office in the Same eDirectory
Tree," on page 225
Section 14.4.6, "Moving a GroupWise Account to Another Post Office in a Different
eDirectory Tree," on page 226
Section 14.4.7, "Monitoring User Move Status," on page 228
14.4.1 Live Move vs. File Transfer Move
GroupWise 6.x and later support two types of moves: a live move and a file transfer move.
A live move uses a TCP/IP connection between Post Office Agents (POAs) to move a user from one
post office to another. In general, a live move is significantly faster (approximately 5 to 10 times)
than a file transfer move. However, it does require that both POAs are version 6.x or later and that
TCP/IP is functioning efficiently between the two POAs. A file transfer move uses the transfer of
message files (using POAs and MTAs) rather than a TCP/IP connection between POAs. A file
transfer move is required if you are moving a user to a post office that is not using a GroupWise 6.x
or later POA or if you are moving a user across a WAN link where TCP/IP might not be efficient.
By default, when you initiate a move from a GroupWise 6.x or later post office, the post office's
POA attempts to establish a live move session with the destination post office's POA. If it cannot, a
file transfer move is used instead.
If desired, you can disable the live move capability on a GroupWise 6.x or later post office (Post
Office object > GroupWise > Identification). Any moves to or from the post office would be done by
file transfer.
14.4.2 Moves Between GroupWise 6.x or Later Post Offices
When you move a user's account from one GroupWise 6.x or later post office to another, all items
are moved correctly and all associations (proxy rights, shared folder access, and so forth) are
resolved so that the move is transparent to the user. Occasionally, some client options the user has
set (GroupWise client > Tools > Options) might be lost and must be re-created for the new mailbox.
14.4.3 Moves Between GroupWise 6.x or Later and GroupWise
5.x Post Offices
Moves that include a GroupWise 5.x post office are performed at the level supported by the 5.x post
office. This means that users might experience the following:
Rules need to be re-created.
Folders do not appear in the same order as in the original mailbox.
The Address Book contains more than one of the same type of address book (for example,
Frequent Contacts).
Folders and personal address books shared with others are no longer shared. They must be
shared again.
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