3.5 Installing the Free/Busy Service

You should install the first instance of the GroupWise Free/Busy Service on a CAS server in your Exchange system where it is convenient for you to test the capabilities of the Free/Busy Service. Then you must install the Free/Busy Service on all CAS servers in your Exchange system.

3.5.1 Installing the First Instance of the Free/Busy Service

  1. Log in to Windows as an Administrator-equivalent user.

  2. Download the GroupWise Free/Busy Service from the Novell Patches site.

  3. Run setup.exe in the /win64 directory of the download.

  4. Follow the prompts to install the GroupWise Free/Busy Service.

    By default, the GroupWise Free/Busy Service files are installed to the following locations on the CAS server:

    Component

    Location

    Free/Busy Handler

    		 
    C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ngwfbs

    Free/Busy Redirector

    		 
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\
                                 ClientAccess\exchweb\ews

    Free/Busy Interceptor

    		 
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\
                                 ClientAccess\owa

    Free/Busy Configurator

    		 
    C:\Program Files\Novell\FreeBusy Service

  5. Continue with Section 3.6, Configuring the Free/Busy Service.

3.5.2 Installing Additional Instances of the Free/Busy Service

After the first instance of the GroupWise Free/Busy Service is running smoothly, you can export its configuration information to use as the default configuration as you install the Free/Busy Service on additional CAS servers in your Exchange system.

  1. Start the Free/Busy Configurator for the first instance of the GroupWise Free/Busy Service.

    C:\Program Files\Novell\FreeBusy Service\configurator.exe

  2. Click File > Export to save the configuration information for the GroupWise Free/Busy Service to a text file.

    By default, the configuration file is named:

    novell_groupwise_freebusy_service_config.cfg

    By default, the configuration file is created in the same directory where you installed the GroupWise Free/Busy Service.

  3. Change the file name and location as needed, then click Save.

  4. Copy the configuration file to all CAS servers where you plan to install the GroupWise Free/Busy Service.

  5. On each CAS server, install the GroupWise Free/Busy Service by following the instructions in Section 3.5.1, Installing the First Instance of the Free/Busy Service.

  6. From the Installation Wizard, continue into the Free/Busy Configurator.

  7. Click File > Import.

  8. Browse to and select the configuration file that you copied from the first CAS server, then click Open.

    The information from the configuration file fills in the fields in the Free/Busy Configurator.

    You use the same GroupWise configuration information on all CAS servers in your Exchange system.

  9. Click the Exchange tab.

  10. Modify the CAS server information as needed.

  11. Click Save to copy the configuration information to the Windows registry.

  12. Click Test Configuration to validate the Exchange configuration information for the new CAS server.

  13. Test the GroupWise Free/Busy Service installation on the new CAS server.

    For instructions, see Section 3.8, Testing the Free/Busy Service

  14. Repeat this procedure for each CAS server in your Exchange system.