Novell GROUPWISE 8 - INTEROPERABILITY Manual page 33

When you update the agent software, you only need to update it in one place for a particular
domain or post office, not on every node on a GroupWise volume failover path. This prevents
the potential problem of having a domain or post office fail over to a location where a different
version of the agent software is installed.
If you ever need to add or replace a physical server in the cluster, you only need to install
NetWare and Novell Cluster Services to the new server, then add that node to the appropriate
failover paths. No extra GroupWise configuration is necessary because there are no
dependencies for the GroupWise agents.
sys:\system
If you want to back up the GroupWise software, you do not have to include the
directory in the backup.
Disadvantages of a vol:\system Directory on Each GroupWise Volume
Installing the agents on a GroupWise volume does have some disadvantages:
GroupWise administrators who are used to the GroupWise agents being installed in
might be confused by not finding them there in the clustered GroupWise system.
sys:\system
You must remember where you installed the GroupWise agents when you update the agent
software. Accidently installing a GroupWise Support Pack to the default location of
would not have the desired results if the original agent software was installed to
sys:\system
the directory on a GroupWise volume.
vol:\system
Recommendation
Whichever method you choose, be consistent throughout the entire cluster. Either put all the
GroupWise agents on the GroupWise volumes with the domains and post offices they service, or put
them all in
sys:\system
no agent files in
sys:\system
Even if you choose to install the agents to multiple
agent startup files on the GroupWise volumes. The significant advantage of this approach is that you
only have one startup file to modify per agent.
AGENT CLUSTERING WORKSHEET
Under Item 1: Agent Installation
vol:\system directory on a GroupWise volume or to
necessary, specify where the agent startup files will be stored.
Under Item 2: Domain Name, transfer the domain name and location from the System Clustering
Worksheet to the Agent Clustering Worksheet.
Under Item 5: Post Office Name, transfer the post office name and location from the System
Clustering Worksheet to the Agent Clustering Worksheet.
directories. If you put them on GroupWise volumes, make sure there are
directories to confuse the issue at a later time.
Location, mark whether you will install the agent software to a
directories, you can still store the
sys:\system
sys:\system on each node in the cluster. If
Planning GroupWise in a NetWare Cluster
sys:\system
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