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Move GroupWise domain from one Linux server to another

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1 July 2008 - 12:08pm
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How I moved a GroupWise domain from one Linux server to another.

I set up an OES2 Linux server with X11 only and NCP:

  • Create NCP shares, use NoRM or ncpcon
    1. Volume: opt_novell = Path: /opt/novell
    2. Volume: var_opt_novell = Path: /var/opt/novell
  • On the existing source box:
    1. shutdown GroupWise, /etc/init.d/grpwise stop
    2. tar /etc/opt/novell/groupwise
      1. cd /etc/opt/novell
      2. tar -zcvf groupwise.tgz groupwise
    3. copy groupwise.tgz to the new destination box
      • scp groupwise.tgz root@destination.box.ipaddress:/etc/opt/novell
    4. tar /opt/novell/groupwise
      1. cd /opt/novell
      2. tar -zcvf groupwise.tgz groupwise
    5. copy groupwise.tgz to the new destination box
      • scp groupwise.tgz root@destination.box.ipaddress:/opt/novell
    6. tar /var/opt/novell/groupwise
      1. cd /var/opt/novell
      2. tar -zcvf groupwise.tgz groupwise
    7. copy groupwise.tgz to the new destination box
      • scp groupwise.tgz root@destination.box.ipaddress:/var/opt/novell
  • On the new destination box:
    1. untar /etc/opt/novell/groupwise
      1. cd /etc/opt/novell
      2. tar -zxvf groupwise.tgz
    2. untar /opt/novell/groupwise
      1. cd /opt/novell
      2. tar -zxvf groupwise.tgz
    3. untar /var/opt/novell/groupwise
      1. cd /var/opt/novell
      2. tar -zxvf groupwise.tgz
    4. Create the link for to start GroupWise
      • ln -s /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin/grpwise /etc/init.d/grpwise
    5. Verify all the settings in your agents files, /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share
    6. Open the needed ports in the firewall
    7. Make any needed IP or DNS address changes in ConsoleOne
    8. Set GroupWise to start automatically, chkconfig grpwise on

Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.



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OlivierReuland's picture

Nice post. Some details of

Submitted by OlivierReuland on 9 July 2008 - 6:17am.

Nice post. Some details of the "Make any needed IP or DNS address changes in ConsoleOne" would be useful.

dbenjamin's picture

Good point, since I was

Submitted by dbenjamin on 9 July 2008 - 12:45pm.

Good point, since I was writing it as a blog I just made it a bit higher level and hoped people would know IP addresses can and are set in both config files and/or ConsoleOne.

Also note that the GroupWise rpm's will not show up in your rpm database when using this method.

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