Backing up a GroupWise Archive to a CD

Novell Cool Solutions: Tip
By Sharon Humphrey

Digg This - Slashdot This Posted: 8 Apr 2004

Backing up a GroupWise Archive to a CD
(and how to restore and read it)

The standard GroupWise archive directory is: C:\archmail

You can burn this directory to a cd in order to backup your GroupWise archive.

The tricky part is restoring it and reading it. It's really not that hard. Here's what you do:

1. Create this directory: c:\archmailbackup



2. Copy the archmail directory from the cd to this directory. It will look like this: c:\archmailbackup\archmail



3. Right click on the archmail directory and choose Properties. For Windows 2000 it will bring up a box like below. Uncheck Read Only and it will bring up a second box that confirms your choice. Be sure to check "apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files."








4. Go into GroupWise and choose Tools, Options, File Location, Environment. Change the archive directory path to c:\archmailbackup\archmail. Choose ok, go back into your mailbox and choose File, Open Archive. You should be able to read your backup archive directory.

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• Tips for End Users

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Reader Comments

• This is exactly what I wanted - I did a quick net search after being told that it couldn't be done by our IT people. Thanks.
• Archive management is really prehistoric in Groupwise. I would like to have a single file and be able to read it from the CD.
• I was trying for weeks to figure this out. I was getting on a new laptop and needed to know how to move my archived email. My IT support desk wasn't sure how to do this so I started digging around and found this page. A life saver and the process worked great!
• This is exactly what I needed. I found it on your website while waiting for a response from our local IS people. Thank you.

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