Setting Up Your Messenger System In A Cluster; Installing The Messenger Agents To Each Node In The Cluster; Installing The Messenger Agents To A Shared Disk - Novell GROUPWISE 7 - INTEROPERABILITY GUIDE Manual

49.2 Setting Up Your Messenger System in a
Cluster
You should have already reviewed
page 443 and filled out
"Novell Messenger
the installation location you have chosen:
Section 49.2.1, "Installing the Messenger Agents to Each Node in the Cluster," on page 446
Section 49.2.2, "Installing the Messenger Agents to a Shared Disk," on page 446
49.2.1 Installing the Messenger Agents to Each Node in the
Cluster
1 Follow the steps provided in
Messenger
Installation Guide
2 After you have installed the software to each node in the cluster, if you selected Yes for
Consolidate Startup Files? (under
Messenger agent startup files to the planned location on the shared disk, then delete them from
the c:\novell\nm\ma and c:\novell\nm\aa directories on each node to avoid future
confusion.
3 Make each node in the cluster active to make sure that the Messenger agents start successfully
on each node.
4 Continue setting up your Messenger system following the instructions in
"Installing a Novell Messenger

49.2.2 Installing the Messenger Agents to a Shared Disk

Complete the following tasks to set up your Messenger system on a shared disk:
"Setting Up the Messenger Resource Group" on page 446
"Running the Messenger Installation Program" on page 447
"Testing the Clustered Messenger Agents" on page 447
Setting Up the Messenger Resource Group
1 Create the Messenger resource group and agent services resources
Worksheet item
Cluster" on page
2 To ensure successful short name resolution, add entries for the Messenger network name to
support your preferred methods of short name resolution, as described in
Name Resolution" on page
3 Continue with
446 GroupWise 7 Interoperability Guide
Section 49.1, "Planning Your Messenger System in a Cluster," on
Section 49.3, "Messenger Clustering Worksheet," on page 447
Worksheet" in the Messenger 2.0 Installation
"Starting the Messenger Installation
System" in "Installing a Novell Messenger
for each node in the cluster.
Messenger Clustering Worksheet item
System" in the
4), as planned in "Planning the Messenger Agents on Each Node in the
444.
402.
Running the Messenger Installation
Guide. Follow the instructions for
Program" and
System" in the Messenger 2.0
Messenger 2.0 Installation
(Messenger Clustering
Program.
and the
"Creating Your
3), copy the
"What's Next" in
Guide.
"Configuring Short