Moving A Groupwise Account To Another Post Office In The Same Edirectory Tree - Novell GROUPWISE 7 - USERS Manual

information in the user's mailbox. This inventory list is sent to the new post office's POA so
that it can verify when all items have been received. If the user has not exited when the move
begins, the user is automatically logged out so that the inventory list can be built. However,
after the move has been initiated, the user can log in to his or her new mailbox even if the move
is not complete.
14.4.5 Moving a GroupWise Account to Another Post Office in
the Same eDirectory Tree
The following steps apply only if the user's current post office and destination post office are located
in the same eDirectory tree. If not, see
Post Office in a Different eDirectory Tree," on page
To move a user's GroupWise account to a different post office in the same eDirectory tree:
1 In ConsoleOne, connect to the domain that owns the destination post office where you are
moving the user.
2 In the GroupWise View, right-click the User object or GroupWise External Entity, then click
Move to display the GroupWise Move dialog box.
If you want to move multiple users from the same post office to another post office, select all
the User objects, right-click the selected objects, then click Move.
3 Select the post office to which you want to move the user's account, then click OK.
If the user owns a resource, the following dialog box appears.
4 Select a new owner for the resource, then click OK.
5 Keep track of the user move process using the User Move utility. See
"Monitoring User Move Status," on page 228
Resolving Addressing Issues Caused By Moving an Account
The user's new address information is immediately replicated to each post office throughout your
system so that the GroupWise Address Book contains the user's updated address. Any user who
selects the moved user from the GroupWise Address Book can successfully send messages to the
user.
However, some users might have the user's old address (GroupWise user ID) in their Frequent
Contacts Address Book. In this case, if the sender types the moved user's name in the To field rather
than selecting it from the Address Book, GroupWise uses the old address stored in the Frequent
Section 14.4.6, "Moving a GroupWise Account to Another
226.
Section 14.4.7,
Managing GroupWise Accounts and Users 225