Graft Groupwise Objects; Gateway Alias Migration - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - SYSTEM Manual

or
Click No if you decide you do not want to be able to create GroupWise objects in the selected
tree.
If the schema of the tree has already been extended for GroupWise objects, a message notifies you
of this and you can immediately create new GroupWise objects in the selected tree.

5.15 Gateway Alias Migration

If you have been using SMTP gateway aliases to handle e-mail addresses that do not fit the default
format expected by the Internet Agent or to customize users' Internet addresses, the Gateway Alias
Migration utility can convert the usernames in those gateway aliases into preferred e-mail IDs. The
Preferred E-Mail ID feature was first introduced in GroupWise 6.5 and is the suggested method for
overriding the current e-mail address format, as described in
Internet Addressing Settings," on page
users' preferred Internet domain names based on their existing gateway aliases.
For usage instructions, see
Addressing," on page 727.
5.16 GW / eDirectory Association
The GW / eDirectory Association menu includes the following options:
Section 5.16.1, "Graft GroupWise Objects," on page 83
Section 5.16.2, "Invalid Associations," on page 84
Section 5.16.3, "Associate Objects," on page 85
Section 5.16.4, "Disassociate GroupWise Attributes," on page 87
Section 5.16.5, "Convert External Entity to User," on page 87
Section 5.16.6, "Convert User to External Entity," on page 87

5.16.1 Graft GroupWise Objects

You can use the Graft GroupWise Objects utility to create GroupWise objects in the eDirectory tree
from the information in your GroupWise domain database. The utility creates Domain, Post Office,
and Gateway objects as well as User, Resource, and Distribution List objects. When grafting
GroupWise user information from the GroupWise database into eDirectory, you can match the
GroupWise user information to an existing User object, or you can create a new GroupWise External
Entity object and convert it into an eDirectory User object, as described in
External Entity to User," on page
Grafting GroupWise objects from the GroupWise database into eDirectory can be useful in the
following situations:
The GroupWise database includes information that is not included in eDirectory.
You want to move GroupWise information (domains, post offices, gateways, users, or
resources) from one eDirectory tree to another.
247. The Gateway Alias Migration utility can also update
Section 45.3, "Transitioning from SMTP Gateway Aliases to Internet
87.
Section 14.7.2, "Changing a User's
Section 5.16.5, "Convert
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