III In-Place Database Migration

The GroupWise Server Migration Utility helps you migrate your GroupWise system from NetWare or Windows to Linux by copying domains and post offices from one server to another. If your domains and post offices are located on a SAN, you do not need to copy the domains and post office from one location to another. You can convert the domain and post office directory structures to the format used on Linux, so that the same physical location can be mounted for use on a different operating system.

The directory structure format used on NetWare and Windows uses mixed-case file names and directory names. Because Linux is a case-sensitive operating system, directory structures originally created on Linux use only lowercase file names and directory names. Therefore, directory structures originally created on NetWare or Windows need to be converted to lowercase file names and directory names in order to be usable by the GroupWise Linux agents. DBCopy can perform this conversion.