Novell GROUPWISE 8 - INTEROPERABILITY Manual page 141

Running the GroupWise Installation Program on the Preferred Node
1 Mount the GroupWise partition
post office (System Clustering Worksheet item
2 From the software distribution directory you created in
New GroupWise System in a Linux Cluster," on page
program.
IMPORTANT: This time, you should select the Configure GroupWise for Clustering option.
3 Install the agent software, following the steps provided in
Linux" in "Installing GroupWise
4 Configure the Linux agents according to the
page 135 that you filled out in
Agents in a Cluster," on page
on the Domains / Post Offices page.
As a result of selecting Configure GroupWise for Clustering on the preferred node, the
following cluster-specific configuration actions are performed:
The agent startup files are created in
shared resource so that the agents use the same startup files regardless of which cluster
node the agents are running on. The --home switch includes the mount point and the path
to the database so that the startup file is valid when mounted to each cluster node.
The --cluster switch is added to the agent startup files to inform the agents that they are
running in a cluster.
The --ip startup switch is set to the secondary IP address of the shared resource where the
domain and post office are located. This ensures that the MTA and the POA run with the
same IP address regardless of which cluster node the agents are running on.
for the domain (System Clustering Worksheet item
8).
137, start the GroupWise Installation
Agents" in the GroupWise 8 Installation
Section 13.7.2, "Agent Clustering Worksheet," on
Section 13.6, "Deciding How to Install and Configure the Linux
132, paying special attention to the cluster resource information
mount_point/groupwise/agents/share
Setting Up a Domain and a Post Office in a Linux Cluster 141
Step 6 in Section 14.1, "Setting Up a
"Installing the GroupWise Agents on
Guide.
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on the