Scheduling Direct Domain Links

When domains link across an expensive medium such as long-distance phone lines, you can reduce the cost of the link by controlling when it is open. You can choose to have some types of message wait in the message queues for the lowest phone rate. You can collect messages in the message queues until a specified time or size limit is reached, then open the link, rather than opening the link for each message as it arrives in the queue. You can design as many link profiles as you need, to schedule the transfer of various types of GroupWise messages in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

To create a schedule for a link between domains:

1. In ConsoleOne, click Tools > GroupWise Utilities > Link Configuration.

2. In the drop-down list, select the domain to schedule a link for.

3. Click View > Domain Links to display domain links.

   
   

4. Double-click the domain you want to create a link schedule for.

   Only direct links can be scheduled.

   
   

5. Click Scheduling.

   
   

   The link schedule grid displays the current schedule for the selected direct link. The grid consists of half-hour time slots showing the link profile assigned to each time slot. Available link profiles are listed below the link schedule grid.

   Each link profile defines the following values to set the conditions under which the link opens:

   • Which message queues to monitor
   • Maximum wait time for any message in any monitored queue
   • Maximum number of waiting messages allowed in all monitored queues
   • Maximum total size of waiting messages allowed in all monitored queues

   The default profile shows as white in the link schedule grid. The default profile is in effect at all times when no other profile has been selected. Any other defined profiles show as gray. The currently selected link profile shows as green.

6. To create a new link profile, click Create.

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   To edit an existing link profile, select it in the profile list, then click Edit.

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   To edit the default link profile, click Default.

   
   

7. If you are creating a new link profile, provide a unique name for the link profile in the Name field.

   If you are editing an existing link profile, you cannot change the name.

8. In the Description field, provide whatever additional information is necessary to describe the purpose of the link profile.

9. Use the scroll bar in the Time Threshold box to select which queues to monitor and process when this link profile is in effect.

   Queue	Purpose
   0	Busy Search requests
   1	Requests from GroupWise Remote users
   2	High priority user messages; administrative messages
   3	High priority status messages
   4	Normal priority user messages
   5	Normal priority status messages
   6	Low priority user messages
   7	Low priority status messages

   The contents of deselected queues are not monitored and are not processed even when the link opens.

10. For each selected queue, specify the maximum number of minutes a message must wait in each queue before the link opens.

    If you want the link to open immediately when a message arrives in the queue, specify 0 (zero).

11. In the Messages field, specify the total number of messages waiting in all selected queues that will trigger the link to open.

12. In the KBytes field, specify the total size in kilobytes of all messages waiting in all selected queues that will trigger the link to open.

13. Click OK to save the link profile and return to the Link Scheduling dialog box.

14. Select the new or modified link profile in the profile list.

15. Click a time slot or drag to select a range of time slots.

    Time slots assigned to the selected link profile display as green.

16. Select all the time slots you want governed by the selected link profile.

17. Select a different link profile to assign to time slots.

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    Create or edit another link profile.

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    Click OK to save the schedule for the current link.

18. After the schedule is saved, click OK to close the Edit Domain Link dialog box.

19. To exit the Link Configuration Tool, click File > Exit, then click Yes.

    ConsoleOne then notifies the MTA to restart using the new link schedule.