2.5 Restore Documents to Document Management

Document items can only be restored using Access Mode.

2.5.1 Access Mode

Access mode has the Client access the GroupWise Disaster Recovery POA directly where the item(s) can be archived and then unarchived once attached to the production GroupWise server.

Personal archives must be enabled in GroupWise Administration.

On the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server

  1. If needed, enable the access mode POA in GroupWise Disaster Recovery Web Administration Console | <Profile> | Configure | User Access to Backups

  2. Load a backup on the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server from a time period where the item existed

  3. The address the client must connect to can be found in the GroupWise Disaster Recovery Web Administration Console | <Profile> | Backups tab | GroupWise Client Access to GroupWise Disaster Recovery Backups

On the user's GroupWise client

  1. Open the GroupWise client and connect to the POA on the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server

  2. Select the document to restore

  3. Save to disk

  4. Close the client

  5. Reopen the GroupWise Client and connect to the POA on the Production GroupWise server

  6. Re-introduce the document to GroupWise