5.4 Collector Model Post Office Profiles

Create a directory for the backup data. For example:

mkdir /reload

Start the Reload Administration Console by typing on the command line:

reload

Select "Create (Create Profile)"

Select "Post Office (Create a New GroupWise Post Office Profile)"

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 its name is the same as the GroupWise post office or domain that the profile represents. Select the Next button.

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. Select the Next button.

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. Select the Next button.

Confirm the path to the local destination directory

Choose the server type: "Paired (A Profile on This Server that has a Paired Collector)". Select the Next button.

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://<Reload_Server_IP_or_Hostname>:5555

Select the profile

Click on the Configure tab

Open the Post Office and POA Settings section

Enable "Allow Paired Collector"

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

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

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

From the Tool dropdown menu select Post Office Collector

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

Click on reload_collector.rpm to download

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

Select "Create (Create Profile)"

Select "Post Office (Create a New GroupWise Post Office Profile)"

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 its name is the same as the GroupWise post office or domain that the profile represents. Select the Next button.

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. Select the Next button.

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. Select the Next button.

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 hostname for the GroupWise Disaster Recovery server this collector will be paired with. Select the Next button.

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.

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

A summary of the profile settings will appear. Select the OK button.

Test and Initialization:

If the profile is correct, select the Test button.

If the profile is not correct, select the Skip button.

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.