1.2 Setting Up GroupWise on Linux

Reference these sections if you have the GroupWise Server installed on Linux.

1.2.1 Collector/Paired Server Profiles

The Collector model creates a software agent called a collector that handles transferring the data to the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server.

It is faster than the Server Only model and can send the data to up to three different GroupWise Disaster Recovery servers.

The BLOB files are copied to the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server via rsync.

Because database files need to be locked during copy operations the GroupWise Disaster Recovery agent will use DBCopy to make a copy of the databases locally on the GroupWise server to minimize the impact of the copy, then the agent will transfer the databases to a temporary directory on the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server. Once successfully transferred to the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server the databases are moved to the appropriate backup directory.

You first set up a receiving server profile (marked with a <~>) on the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server.

Then setup a sending collector profile (marked with a ~) on the GroupWise server.

1.2.2 Prerequisites

You will need to create a directory on the GroupWise Disaster Recovery and the GroupWise server for the backup data. The name of the profile will be used to create sub-directories for each profile. For example:

/reload/

You will need to know the directories on the GroupWise server for the live data. For example:

/groupwise/domain

/groupwise/po1

1.2.3 Configure Profiles

There are two kinds of Collector/Server Model profiles: Domain Setting Up Collector Model Domain Profiles and Post Office Setting Up Collector Model Post Office Profiles.

1.2.4 Troubleshooting Collector Connectivity Issues

That are occasionally issues with the Collector connecting properly to the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server during profile testing and an error like this appears:

The authenticity of host <ip address> can't be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is <numeric value> [MD5]

Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

On the server with the GroupWise Disaster Recovery Collector:

  1. Go to the directory:

    /root/.ssh

  2. Delete all files in the directory

  3. In the terminal, enter the command

    ssh-keygen -t rsa

  4. Take the default values or enter your own, if desired

  5. Exchange the ssh keys with the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server by entering the command:

    ssh-copy-id -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub <address of Paired GroupWise Disaster Recovery Server>

    For example, s sh-copy-id -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 10.1.1.123

  6. Return to the GroupWise Disaster Recovery Console and retest the Profile