1.4 Setting Up Collector Model Post Office Profiles

Create a directory for the backup data. For example:

mkdir /reload

Start the GroupWise Disaster Recovery Administration Console by typing on the command line:

reload

Select Create: Create New Profiles.

Select Post Office: Create a New GroupWise Post Office Profile, and click OK.

Give the Profile a Name. The profile name should not exceed eight characters. Use letters and numbers only, no spaces or other characters. For example: Post Office. Be aware, that a profile cannot be renamed, once it has been created. Choose the name wisely. Perhaps you will want to name the profile so that the name is the same as the GroupWise post office or domain that the profile represents. Once named, click Next.

Give the Profile a Description. The profile description should not exceed 60 characters and should not have comma(,), nor dollar sign($) characters. For example: Primary Post Office. The description of the profile will be added to the Agent Log when backup jobs are run for the profile. Once complete, click Next.

Enter the path or browse to the local destination directory to store the backup data. For example: /reload. The profile directory will be added to this path. This path can be a location on the Linux server, or an NFS mount to another Linux/Unix server, or to a SAN. The path should always be available; GroupWise Disaster Recovery is not configured to mount paths in order to access stored data. Also, the path should be to a location that has a lot of disk space available. Once complete, click Next.

Confirm the path to the local destination directory, and click Next.

Choose the server type, Paired: A Profile on This Server that has a Paired Collector, and click Next.

The profile creation wizard tests and initializes the newly created profile and prepares it to accept a pairing request from a Paired Collector and initializes the newly created profile and prepares it to accept a pairing request from a Paired Collector.

Testing and initializing a profile does not backup the post office or domain in any way.

In the GroupWise Disaster Recovery Admin console, select the menu button at the top right and select Post Office Collector.

Click 2. Installing the GroupWise Disaster Recovery Collector Software to open the section.

Click the gwdr_collector.rpm link to download the file.

Open a terminal window, and go to where the file is and run:

rpm -i gwdr_collector.rpm

Select Create: Create New Profiles.

Select Post Office: Create a New GroupWise Post Office Profile, and click OK.

Give the Profile a Name. The profile name should not exceed eight characters. Use letters and numbers only, no spaces or other characters. For example: po. Be aware, that a profile cannot be renamed, once it has been created. Choose the name wisely. Perhaps you will want to name the profile so that the name is the same as the GroupWise post office or domain that the profile represents, but it does not have to match. Once named, click Next.

Give the Profile a Description. The profile description should not exceed 60 characters and should not have comma(,), nor dollar sign($) characters. For example: Domain Collector. The description of the profile will be added to the Agent Log when backup jobs are run for the profile. When complete, click OK.

Enter the path or browse to the local destination directory to store the backup data. For example: /reload. This path can be a location on the Linux server, or an NFS mount to another Linux/Unix server, or to a SAN. The path should always be available; GroupWise Disaster Recovery is not configured to mount paths in order to access stored data. Also, the path should be to a location that has a lot of disk space available. When complete, click Next.

Confirm the path to the local destination directory.

Choose the server type, Collector: A Local Post Office/Domain Paired to a GroupWise Disaster Recovery Server. Select the Next button.

Enter the TCP/IP Address or DNS host name for the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server this collector will be paired with. When complete, click Next.

A terminal session will appear to prompt you to accept an SSH key and enter the password for the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server. If another profile was created to the same server it will only update.

Enter the SSH port used by the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server (default port: 22).

Enter the destination path the data will be stored in on the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server. This is the destination directory you entered when creating the Paired Server on the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server. When complete, click Next

Source Path to the GroupWise files: Enter the source path to the local destination directory entered earlier on the GroupWise server. For example: /groupwise/po

Confirm the path to the local source directory by clicking Next.

A summary of the profile settings will appear. Click OK to advance.

Test and Initialization:

The profile creation wizard tests and initializes the newly created profile and prepares it to accept a pairing request from a Paired Collector and initializes the newly created profile and prepares it to accept a pairing request from a Paired Collector.

On the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server, browse to the GroupWise Disaster Recovery Web Administration Console. http://<GroupWise Disaster Recovery_Server_IP_or_Hostname>:5555

Select the profile.

Click the Configure tab.

Open the Post Office and POA Settings section.

Enable Allow Paired Collector.

Click Setup Paired Collector to have GroupWise Disaster Recovery copy the collector agent to the GroupWise server.

On the GroupWise server, in the Post Office directory a new directory, /collect, and the gwdr_collector.rpm file will be created.

Open a terminal window, and go to where the file is and run:

rpm -i gwdr_collector.rpm