Novell GROUPWISE 7 - DATABASES Manual page 45

8 Use the backup software for your platform, as listed in
Office," on page 407, to restore a backup copy of the post office into the restore area.
9 Grant the POA Read, Write, and File Scan rights to the restore area.
10 If the restore area is located on a different server from where the post office directory is located,
provide the POA with a username and password for logging in to the remote server.
You can provide that information using the Remote User Name and Password fields on the Post
Office object's Post Office Settings page, using the
using the /dn startup switch.
If you want users to be able to retrieve individual items themselves, you can grant users Read,
Write, and File Scan rights to the restore area. However, if the GroupWise client is unable to
connect directly to the restore area, it requests the information from the POA, so user access
rights are not required.
11 Continue with Section 32.5.2, "Restoring a User's Mailbox Items," on page 415
Section 32.5.3, "Letting Client Users Restore Their Own Mailbox Items," on page 416
needed.
32.5.2 Restoring a User's Mailbox Items
After you have set up a restore area and placed a backup copy of a post office into it, you can restore
a user's mailbox items for the user.
1 In ConsoleOne, browse to and select a User object for which you need to restore mailbox items.
2 Click Tools > GroupWise Utilities > Backup/Restore Mailbox.
The Restore tab is automatically selected for you, with the restore area and directory location
displayed for verification.
3 Click Yes to restore the selected user's mailbox items into his or her mailbox.
4 Notify the user and explain the following about the restored items:
The user might want to manually delete unwanted restored items.
The user should file or archive the items that he or she wants within seven days. After
seven days, unaccessed items are deleted after the amount of time allowed by existing
auto-delete settings, as described in
auto-deletion is not enabled, the restored items remain in the mailbox indefinitely.
Section 31.2, "Backing Up a Post
/user and /password
"Environment Options: Cleanup" on page
Restoring GroupWise Databases from Backup 415
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