Moving Groupwise PO from remote host

Question

Hello All
I run a local branch of an international corporation. Up to now, I
have used Groupwise client on Windows to access email and office
collaboration calendar over the internet from the server provided by
the head office. For political and technical reasons, I need to
control my own Groupwise server. I have purchased and installed
NLSBS9, and I think I am ready to move my files from their server to
mine. I have only a few people in the office, and not really all that
much mail, and we have cable internet, so the actual download is not
an issue. My problem is that nobody from the head office seems to
know what I need to do to get my groupwise stuff into my new groupwise
server. I have read several threads and Cool Solutions that talk
about migrating whole post offices, but I just want to move my stuff.
Of course, I want to remain a part of the corporate email directory.
Do I just create a new PO and a new tree and just import/export my
stuff over? Or is there a better way? Any suggestions? At this
point, even some broad strategic gudeline would be very useful.

Answer 1

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:29:26 GMT "Danita C. Zanre"
<[email protected]> wrote the following:
>John Smith wrote:
>
>> Do I just create a new PO and a new tree and just import/export my stuff
>> over? Or is there a better way? Any suggestions? At this point, even
>> some broad strategic gudeline would be very useful.
>
>Well, this is not the best way if you want to keep all of your existing
>data, but it depends on how many users. If there are only a handful you
>could archive/unarchive the info, but as you want to remain a part of the
>corporate address book it is best that you remain a part of their system,
>and if you're going to do that, it's better to do it "right" so to speak.
>After you read this message and the referenced article, if you can give us
>more details on how the current GW system is laid out, that will help.
>
>Here's what you need to be master of your on kingdom :)
>
>You probably want your own GroupWise Domain if you want to really manage
>your own users. If your users are in a PO "mixed" with the rest of the
>corporation, this needs to be addressed first at THEIR site. So here is a
>list of general steps if you are totally mixed up with them. If you already
>are on your own domain/po in their system, jump to step 4.
Well, Groupwise mail is addressed to me as [email protected], (not my real
email) and I own a registered internet domain acme.inc.(not my real
domain), and corporate is hosting my domain name. Is this the same
thing as the Groupwise domain you refer to above? I suppose they
could be using an alias. I do not know if they gave me my own PO. Can
I find out over the internet, with Groupwise client perhaps? Or do I
have to call up and ask them? The reason I ask this is because they
are notoriously difficult to get a hold of, and even then they avoid
giving straight answers unless cornered. That is why I am asking
these questions here.
>1. Have corporate create you a secondary domain.
>
>2. Create a PO under that domain.
>
>3. Move all of your users to this new post office.
>
>4. Move your domain and PO to your SLES box and get it up and running. I
>suggest you read this article I wrote on how to do the post office. The
>domain is really quite similar. I just wrote it from the PO perspective
>since it has more complications that the domain.
>
>http://www.novell.com/connectionmaga...ch_talk_6.html
As a matter of fact, this is one of the articles I found by reading
through past posts. The reason I thought it did not apply to my
specific situation is because, as I understand it, I need to access
specific directories on their server, which I doubt they would allow
me to do. I was hoping there was a way I could do this
mostly/entirely from my end. Is there? If not, I can certainly email
this URL to them.
Your instructions above say that I should skip to step 4 if in fact I
have my own domain/po. I am assuming you mean domain as in internet
domain, and po as in an existing po on their server. Assuming that is
the case, I am confused. Does moving the po automatically move my
configuration/users/data? And should I redirect my domain before or
after I move the po. From the standpoint of minimizing downtime, it
seems to me I want to redirect my domain AFTER I move my po, so I know
for certain that the move was successful, that the new po talks to the
network, and that I can see my configuration/users/data in its new
home.
I hope I am making sense here. Thank you for your time.