Post-Installation Tasks

This section explains what you need to do after a local or remote installation.


Modifying Policies

Before you start the driver and use it to synchronize data between eDirectory and GroupWise, you must modify the driver's policies and filters for your specific business rules. See Using Policies and Filters for complete information.


Starting the Driver

  1. In iManager, click DirXML Management > Overview.

  2. Do one of the following options:

    • Click Search Entire Tree to search your entire tree for the Driver set that contains the driver you want to start, then click Search.
    • Click Search in Container, and enter or browse for and select the container that holds the driver you want to start, then click Search.
  3. Click the DirXML Driver for GroupWise driver status button, then click Start Driver.

    :  It is important not to disable the driver. When a driver is disabled, eDirectory events are not cached for the driver. When the driver is again started, DirXML attempts to synchronize any objects that were modified while the driver was disabled. The driver does not support the query command. Therefore, the synchronization does not happen and the updates for GroupWise made while the driver was disabled are lost.


Verifying That the Driver is Working Properly

After the driver is installed, the driver configuration is imported, and the rules and style sheets have been customized, you should test the driver to see that it is working properly. (For more information on customizing rules and style sheets, see Using Policies and Filters.)

Use the following steps to verify that the driver is working properly. When properly installed and configured, the driver will synchronize the changes to GroupWise. Use ConsoleOne with the GroupWise snap-ins to verify that the changes have been synchronized with GroupWise.

To verify the driver is working properly:

  1. In Novell iManager, click DirXML Management > DirXML Overview.

  2. Do one of the following options:

    • Click Search Entire Tree to search your entire tree for the Driver set which contains the driver, and click Search.
    • Click Search in Container, and enter or browse for and select the container which holds the driver, and click Search.
  3. Click the DirXML Driver for GroupWise driver status button > click Start Driver.

  4. Add a new user to eDirectory.

    You need to specify only the Name and Surname attributes for this user.

  5. Open ConsoleOne with the GroupWise snap-ins.

  6. Verify that a new GroupWise account was created in the correct post office.

  7. Using Novell iManager, delete the user from eDirectory.

  8. Using ConsoleOne with the GroupWise snap-ins, verify that the GroupWise account is deleted from the post office.

x:  If you create eDirectory users with ConsoleOne, be sure to use a ConsoleOne without the GroupWise snap-ins installed. The ConsoleOne snap-ins for GroupWise will come behind the driver and remove some vital data from eDirectory. This has been fixed in the snap-ins released with GroupWise 6.5.


Migrating eDirectory Users to GroupWise

Under most circumstances, eDirectory and GroupWise will contain information prior to the installation of DirXML. The Migrate function in DirXML lets you select the users in eDirectory, then perform a migration to GroupWise. You can use the migration function to establish the initial association between eDirectory and the GroupWise driver. The driver will not work properly unless you do this.

This migration option in Novell iManager lets you select individual users to migrate from eDirectory into GroupWise. The DirXML engine applies all Matching, Placement, and Creation rules and the Subscriber filter to the objects that you choose to migrate.

To migrate eDirectory users to GroupWise:

  1. In Novell iManager, search for the DirXML Driver Set object with the driver.

  2. Click the driver to which you will be migrating data.

  3. Click Migrate from eDirectory.

  4. Click Add > select the user objects you want to migrate.

  5. Click OK.