How to migrate GroupWise from NW to Linux

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Environment

Novell GroupWise 8
Novell NetWare 6.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Situation

Migration steps for a GroupWise system from NetWare to Linux.
Unable to connect to Linux server with the Migration Utility (see Additional Information).

Resolution

See GroupWise Server Migration Utility Installation and Migration Guide.
Download GroupWise Server Migration Utility.

Additional Information

The Migration Utility needs to run on a Windows Workstation that has access to both the NetWare and Linux systems.

Verify the Linux server has the following rpm installed, otherwise problems may occur during migration when attempting to connect to the server using the Migration Utility:

From a terminal window type:
rpm -qa | grep -i openmotif
If nothing returns from the above command, cd to the <installation media directory for GroupWise>/common:
rpm -ihv openmotif22-libs.rpm

Disclaimer

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Document ID:7012751
Creation Date:01-JUL-13
Modified Date:01-JUL-13
- NovellGroupWise

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