Deleting A Post Office - Novell GROUPWISE 7 - POST OFFICES Manual

1 Make sure all users are out of the post office, then disable logins to the post office. See
Section 12.7, "Disabling a Post Office," on page
2 Back up the post office. See
3 In ConsoleOne, display the Identification page of the post office to move.
4 In the UNC Path field, change the UNC path to the location where you want to move the post
office, then click OK to save the new location.
The location change is then propagated up to the domain.
5 Stop the POA for the post office.
6 Use xcopy with the /s and /e options to move the post office directory and its contents. These
options re-create the same directory structure even if directories are empty.
Example:
xcopy post_office_directory /s /e destination
7 Give rights to objects that need to access the post office database.
For example, if the new location is on a different server, the NetWare
administrators who run ConsoleOne need adequate rights to the new location, as described in
Chapter 75, "GroupWise Administrator Rights," on page
8 Edit the POA startup file by changing the setting of the
Section 36.1.6, "Adjusting the POA for a New Post Office Location," on page
9 When you are sure the post office is functioning properly, delete the original post office
directories.
If you need to move the POA along with its post office, see
Different Server," on page

12.9 Deleting a Post Office

You cannot delete a post office until you have deleted or moved all objects that belong to it. Keep
the POA running until after you have deleted the post office, so that it can process the object deletion
requests.
1 In ConsoleOne, right-click the Post Office object to delete, then click Properties.
Chapter 31, "Backing Up GroupWise Databases," on page
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/home switch, then restart the POA. See
Section 36.1.5, "Moving the POA to a
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