GroupWise Administration Requirements

• 32-bit/x86 processor
• Any of the following server operating systems for the GroupWise agents (Post Office Agent, Message Transfer Agent, Internet Agent, WebAccess Agent, Monitor Agent):
  • NetWare^® 4.2, NetWare 5.1, or NetWare 6.x, plus the latest Support Pack for your version of NetWare

    NOTE:  Domains and post offices can be located on NetWare 3.12 servers, although the agents cannot run there. The Monitor Agent is not available for NetWare.

  • SUSE^® Linux Standard Server 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3 ES, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS

    The X Window System is required by the GUI Installation Advisor and Setup Advisor that step you through the process of creating a new GroupWise system. A text-based Installation Advisor is also available. The X Window System and OpenMotif* are required by the GUI GroupWise agent consoles. The agents can also run as daemons without user interfaces.

  • Windows NT* Server, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows 2003 Server, plus the latest Service Pack for your version of Windows
• NDS^® or eDirectory^TM (any version on any platform; however, if you want to use LDAP with GroupWise, eDirectory 8.5 or later is required.)

  GroupWise 6.5 for Linux includes eDirectory 8.7.3 for Solaris*, Linux, and AIX*. However, eDirectory 8.7.3 is not supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES or AS. An eDirectory update supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES or AS will be available soon.

• ConsoleOne^®
  • Version 1.3.6 or later for Linux

    ConsoleOne on Linux requires Java Virtual Machine (JVM*) 1.4.1 or later, plus the X Window System*, version X11R6 or later

  • Version 1.3.4 or later for Windows
• Adequate server disk space:
  • Software distribution directory: 500 MB for all GroupWise components
  • Domain directory: 10 MB (minimum)
  • Post office directory: 2 MB per user (minimum); 10 MB or more per user (recommended)
  • MTA/POA installation: approximately 25 MB (varies by platform)
  • Internet Agent installation: approximately 37 MB (varies by platform)
  • WebAccess installation: approximately 215 MB (111 MB shared with Monitor; varies by platform)
  • Monitor installation: approximately 140 MB (111 MB shared with WebAccess; varies by platform)
• Internet connectivity for the Internet Agent
  • Internet connection over a leased line or a standard telephone line
  • Internet domain name for your company
  • DNS server access or relay host access
• Any of the following Web servers for WebAccess and Monitor:
  • NetWare 4.2/5.1 (latest Support Pack required): NetWare Enterprise Web Server
  • NetWare 6.x: Netscape* Enterprise Web Server; Apache Web Server
  • NetWare 6.5 (GroupWise 6.5 Support Pack 1 or later required): Apache 2
  • Linux: Apache 2
  • Windows NT (latest Service Pack required): Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0; Netscape Enterprise Server* 3.6 or later
  • Windows 2000: Microsoft Internet Information Server 5 or later
  • UNIX* Solaris: Apache Web Server 1.3.3 or later
• Any of the following Web browsers for the agent Web consoles:
  • Linux: Mozilla 1.4 or later and comparable Mozilla-based browsers
  • Windows: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later; Netscape Navigator* 4.0 or later
  • Macintosh: Safari* 1.0 or later, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 or later; Netscape Navigator 4.51 or later
  • UNIX: Netscape 4.0 or later; Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later