11.5 Releasing Site #2 Secondary Domains

  1. In ConsoleOne, make sure you are connected to Site #2’s primary domain (worksheet item 5).

  2. In the GroupWise View, right-click the secondary domain you want to release (worksheet item 8), click GroupWise Utilities > System Maintenance to display the GroupWise System Maintenance dialog box.

  3. Select Release Secondary, then click Run to launch the Release Domain Advisor.

  4. In the Release Domain dialog box, click Next.

  5. If the Rights Warning dialog box is displayed, make sure you have sufficient rights (see Section 10.1, Setting Up Administrator Rights), then click Next.

  6. Take care of any pending operations, then click Next.

  7. In the Path to Domain dialog box, select the domain directory (if it is not already displayed), then click Next.

  8. In the System Name dialog box, specify a name for the new GroupWise system that will be created for the released domain, then click Next.

  9. In the Update eDirectory Objects dialog box, select Yes if you have access to the eDirectory™ tree in which the domain is located, then click Next.

    or

    If you don’t have access to the domain’s eDirectory tree, select No, then click Next. After you release the domain, you will need to send the released domain’s database to someone who has access to the domain’s eDirectory tree. He or she can then use the Graft GroupWise Objects utility to update the domain’s objects in the eDirectory tree (see Graft GroupWise Objects in GroupWise Utilities in System in the GroupWise 7 Administration Guide).

  10. If you have not already done so, shut down the primary domain’s MTA and the MTA that services the domain you are releasing, then click Next.

  11. In the Ready to Release dialog box, click Release to start the release process.

    When the process is finished, the Domain Successfully Released dialog box is displayed.

  12. Click Done to return to the GroupWise System Maintenance dialog box, then click Close.

    The secondary domain has now been released to become its own GroupWise system. It is displayed as an external domain in Site #2.

  13. Restart the MTAs in case you need to take care of any pending operations for the next domain you release.

  14. Repeat Step 2 through Step 13 for every Site #2 secondary domain you want to release (worksheet item 5 and worksheet item 10).

When you have released all of the Site #2 secondary domains, you are ready to proceed with merging the domains into Site #1. For more information, see Section 11.8, Merging a Site #2 Domain into Site #1.

However, if the systems you are merging cannot be directly connected, you must first do the tasks under Section 11.6, Sending Site #2 Databases to the Site #1 Administrator and Section 11.7, Receiving Site #2 Databases at Site #1.