Table Of Contents - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - INTEROPERABILITY Manual

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About This Guide
Part I Novell Cluster Services on NetWare
1 Introduction to GroupWise 8 and Novell Cluster Services on NetWare
2 Planning GroupWise in a NetWare Cluster
2.1 Meeting Software Version Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.2 Installing Novell Cluster Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3 Planning a New Clustered Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4 Planning a New Clustered Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.5 Planning a New Library for a Clustered Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.6 Deciding Whether to Cluster-Enable the Shared Volumes Used by GroupWise . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.7 Ensuring Successful Name Resolution for GroupWise Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.8 Deciding How to Install and Configure the Agents in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.8.1 Planning Secondary IP Addresses and Cluster-Unique Port Numbers for Agents in the
Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.8.2 Determining Appropriate Failover Paths for the Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.8.3 Deciding Where to Install the Agent Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.8.4 Deciding Whether to Run the Agents in Protected Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.8.5 Planning the NetWare Agent Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.9 GroupWise Clustering Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.9.1 System Clustering Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.9.2 IP Address Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.9.3 Agent Clustering Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3 Setting Up a Domain and Post Office in a NetWare Cluster
3.1 Preparing the Cluster for GroupWise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1.1 Ensuring Required Software Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1.2 Cluster-Enabling Shared Volumes for Use with GroupWise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1.3 Configuring Short Name Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.2 Setting Up a New GroupWise System in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.3 Creating a New Secondary Domain in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.4 Creating a New Post Office in a Cluster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.5 Installing and Configuring the MTA and the POA in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.5.1 Installing the Agent Software in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.5.2 Editing Clustered Agent Startup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.5.3 Configuring the GroupWise Volume Resource to Load and Unload the Agents . . . . 50
3.5.4 Setting Up New Instances of the Agents without Installing the Agent Software . . . . 54
3.6 Testing Your Clustered GroupWise System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
3.7 Managing Your Clustered GroupWise System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3.7.1 Updating GroupWise Objects with Cluster-Specific Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3.7.2 Using Novell Remote Manager on NetWare 6.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
3.7.3 Knowing What to Expect in MTA and POA Failover Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
3.8 What's Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
3.9 Clustering Quick Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
3.9.1 GroupWise System Quick Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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