Deciding Where To Install The Agent Software - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - INTEROPERABILITY Manual

The example uses default port numbers where possible. For example, the default MTA message
transfer port is 7100 and the default POA client/server port is 1677. Incrementing port numbers are
used in the example when multiple components have the same type of ports. For example, port
numbers 1677 and 1678 are both POA client/server ports and port numbers 7180 through 7184 are
all HTTP ports. Incrementing from the default port numbers generates unique, though related, port
numbers.
If you are going to set up a GroupWise name server to help GroupWise clients locate their post
offices, make sure that the default POA port number of 1677 is used somewhere in the cluster and
specify the IP address of the post office resource group, not the IP address of a specific node. For
more information, see "Simplifying Client/Server Access with a GroupWise Name
Office Agent" in the GroupWise 8 Administration
NETWORK ADDRESS WORKSHEET
Fill out the "Network Address Worksheet" on page 290
addresses and cluster-unique port numbers for all GroupWise agents in the cluster. (MTA, POA,
Internet Agent, WebAccess Agent). Refer to the IP addresses you planned for the domain and post
office resource groups under
After you have filled out the Network Address Worksheet, transfer the IP addresses and the cluster-
unique port numbers from the Network Address Worksheet to the Agent Clustering Worksheet so
that they will be available in the sequence in which you will need them as you set up the GroupWise
agents in the cluster.
AGENT CLUSTERING WORKSHEET
Under Item 4: MTA Network
port numbers for the MTA from the Network Address Worksheet to the Agent Clustering Worksheet.
Under Item 7: POA Network
port numbers for the POA from the Network Address Worksheet to the Agent Clustering Worksheet.

33.8.2 Deciding Where to Install the Agent Software

In a Microsoft cluster, the agents must run as Windows services. When you install the Windows
MTA and POA, you can choose between two different installation locations:
Agent Software Installation Locations
Table 33-2
Location Description
Each node in the The
cluster Installation program.
Shared disk If you create a
domain or post office directory, the agent software and startup files fail over and
back with the domains and post offices that the agents service.
Guide.
items 4 and 5 on the System Clustering Worksheet.
Information, transfer the resource group IP address and cluster-unique
Information, transfer the resource group IP address and cluster-unique
c:\grpwise directory is the default location provided by the Agent
drive:\grpwise
to help you determine resource group IP
directory on the same shared disk with the
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