Using eDirectory User Synchronization

As long as GroupWise administration is performed with the GroupWise Administrator snap-in to ConsoleOne running, user information is automatically synchronized between GroupWise and eDirectory. However, four situations can cause this automatic synchronization to be insufficient:

• An administrator modifies user information in ConsoleOne without having the GroupWise Administrator snap-in running.
• The user information was changed using NetWare Administrator without the GroupWise Administrator snap-in running.
• The user information was changed using NETADMIN, the DOS-based NetWare Administrator program.
• The user information was changed using the NWDS API.

In these situations, user information in eDirectory would no longer match corresponding user information in GroupWise. (User objects are the only GroupWise objects that can be modified without the GroupWise Administrator snap-in running. Modification of all other GroupWise objects requires the presence of the GroupWise Administrator snap-in.)

This section covers the following aspects of eDirectory user synchronization:

• Enabling eDirectory User Synchronization
• Assigning an eDirectory-Enabled MTA to Synchronize Other Domains
• Scheduling eDirectory User Synchronization

Enabling eDirectory User Synchronization

By default, eDirectory user synchronization is disabled. The MTA still performs all its other functions, but any changes made to user information in eDirectory without the GroupWise Administrator snap-in running will not appear in GroupWise until eDirectory user synchronization has been performed.

Although all MTAs could be enabled to perform eDirectory user synchronization, the minimum requirement is that at least one MTA be configured that way. If your GroupWise system spans multiple trees, at least one MTA in each tree must be configured to perform eDirectory user synchronization.

To enable eDirectory user synchronization for an MTA:

1. In ConsoleOne, click Tools > GroupWise System Operations > eDirectory User Synchronization to display the eDirectory User Synchronization Configuration dialog box.

   
   

   The eDirectory User Synchronization Configuration dialog box lists all domains in your GroupWise system, the MTA currently assigned to provide eDirectory user synchronization for each domain, and the current status of that agent's ability to perform eDirectory user synchronization.

2. Click Configure Agents.

   
   

   Only domains with NetWare MTAs should be listed. If other domains are listed, cancel out of the eDirectory user synchronization dialog boxes, browse to and right-click a misconfigured MTA > click Properties > in the Platform field, select the platform where the MTA is running, click OK to save the correct platform information, then return to Tools > GroupWise System Operations > eDirectory User Configuration > Configure Agents.

3. Select the NetWare MTA that you want to perform eDirectory user synchronization.

4. If the eDirectory Access column for that agent displays Yes, click Enable.

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   If the eDirectory Access column for that MTA displays No, click Set Up eDirectory Access, browse to and select the NetWare server where the MTA runs, then click OK.

   The eDirectory Access column for that MTA should now display Yes so that you can enable it.

5. If your GroupWise system spans multiple trees, repeat Step 3 through Step 4 to enable eDirectory user synchronization for at least one MTA in each tree.

6. Click OK to return to the eDirectory User Synchronization Configuration dialog box.

   Each domain for which you have configured the MTA for eDirectory user synchronization should now display Enabled in the Status column.

   
   

7. If all domains are now enabled, click OK to return to main ConsoleOne window, then continue with Scheduling eDirectory User Synchronization.

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   If some domains are still disabled, continue with Assigning an eDirectory-Enabled MTA to Synchronize Other Domains.

Assigning an eDirectory-Enabled MTA to Synchronize Other Domains

After at least one MTA is performing eDirectory user synchronization, other MTAs not performing eDirectory user synchronization themselves can have an eDirectory-enabled MTA gather the eDirectory information for them.

In the eDirectory User Synchronization Configuration dialog box,

1. Click a domain that still displays Disabled in the Status column.

   
   

2. Select an agent, then click Change Assignment.

   
   

3. Select the MTA you want to perform eDirectory user synchronization for the selected domain, then click Select.

   The domain should now display Enabled in the Status column of the eDirectory User Synchronization Configuration dialog box.

4. Repeat Step 1 through Step 3 until all domains in your GroupWise system are enabled for eDirectory user synchronization.

5. Click OK to return to the main ConsoleOne window.

Scheduling eDirectory User Synchronization

After eDirectory user synchronization is enabled, you can perform eDirectory user synchronization at any time from the NetWare MTA agent console. See Performing eDirectory User Synchronization. In addition, you must create one or more eDirectory user synchronization events to cause eDirectory user synchronization to be performed on a regular basis.

To schedule an eDirectory user synchronization event:

1. In ConsoleOne, browse to and right-click the MTA object > click Properties.

2. Click GroupWise > Scheduled Events to display the Scheduled Events page.

   
   

   The Scheduled Events page lists a pool of MTA events available to all MTAs in your GroupWise system if any events have already been created.

3. Select an existing eDirectory user synchronization event, then click Edit.

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   Click Create, then type a name for the event.

   
   

4. Set Type to eDirectory User Synchronization.

5. In the Trigger box, specify when you want the eDirectory user synchronization event to take place.

   You can have the synchronization event take place once a week, once a day, or at any other regular interval, at whatever time you choose.

6. Specify the time of day when you want eDirectory user synchronization to take place.

7. Click OK twice to close the scheduled event dialog boxes and save the eDirectory user synchronization event.

   ConsoleOne then notifies the MTA to restart so the eDirectory user synchronization event can be put into effect.