Consultant's Corner: GroupWise Redesign Tips and Tricks

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Consultant's Corner GroupWise Redesign Tips and
Tricks
Session Number

• Author Gregg A. Hinchman
• Company Hinchman Consulting

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Introduction, Outline

• Introduction
• Speakers
• Presentation Business
• Planning
• Definitions Tools
• Business Analysis
• Design
• Implementation
• A School
• A Corporation
• A Hospital
• Redesign Tips
• GroupWise Audit
• Move GroupWise System
• Move Users
• Summary

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Introduction, Speaker

• Gregg A. Hinchman
• Self-Unemployed Consultant, www.HinchmanConsulting
  .com
• 12 years of GroupWise Experience
• 6 years of Clustering experience
• Author
• Success with Clustering GroupWise 7
  www.TayKratzer.com
• Co-Author
• Success with GroupWise Document Management
• GroupWise Coolsolutions Articles
• GroupWise Advisor Magazine Articles

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Introduction, A bit of Business

• Topic
• We will discuss Best Practices for Redesigning
  GroupWise for consolidation and centralization.
• Format
• Discussion will be led with supporting examples
  given.
• Questions
• Please hold until 'Question Breaks'
• Knowledge
• Advanced GroupWise 7
• OES Linux/NetWare
• Related Sessions
• Consultant's Corner A Trip Down Gateway Lane
• Success with Clustering GroupWise

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Planning, Definitions Tools

• Definitions
• Consolidation -to reduce/collapse/merge together
• Move -to pick up and place in a different
  location
• Upgrade -to increase to a new version
• Migrate -to change while moving
• Cluster -a bunch of servers gathered round a
  Storage Area Network (SAN)?
• Tools
• Novell Server Consolidation and Migration
  Utility
• GroupWiseCheck
• Support.Novell.Com

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Planning, Business Analysis

• Redesign Reasons
• Old Style Design -Domain, PO, Gateway per remote
  site
• Faster WAN Links
• Virtual Servers
• Decrease Administrative Staff
• Centralization of Services to Data centers
• Clustering
• Business Continuance
• Disaster Recovery
• Save

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Planning, Design

• Consider the Network Infrastructure
• How are end users going to connect?
• WebAccess/Caching/Online
• Number of Users?
• Number of Post Offices?
• Number of Gateways?
• Document the Design
• Clustering -Use a GroupWise Cluster Design Matrix

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Planning, Design

• Post Office Sizing Grid

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Planning, Question Break

• Ask'em if you got'em!
• ?

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Implementation, A School

• Network Design

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Implementation, A School

• Current GroupWise Design

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Implementation, A School

• Current Design (500 users)?
• 9 Domains, 8 Post Offices, 9 Gateways
• Goals for the School
• Centralize to a Data Center
• Reduce Size of GroupWise System
• Reduce Cost and Administration

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Implementation, A School

• New GroupWise Design
• 6 Domains, 4 Post Offices, 3 Gateways

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Planning, Question Break

• Ask'em if you got'em!
• ?

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Implementation, A Corporation

• Network Design

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Implementation, A Corporation

• Current GroupWise Design

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Implementation, A Corporation

• Current Design (4000 users)?
• 15 Domains, 10 Post Offices, 4 Gateways
• Goals for the Company
• Centralize Administration
• High Availability/Fault Tolerant
• Decrease Desktop Support with WebAccess
• Business Continuance (Disaster Recovery) with
  Business Continuity Cluster

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Implementation, A Corporation

• New GroupWise Design
• 11 Domains, 10 Post Offices, 6 Gateways

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Planning, Question Break

• Ask'em if you got'em!
• ?

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Implementation, A Hospital

• Network Design

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Implementation, A Hospital

• Current GroupWise Design

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Implementation, A Hospital

• Current Design (14,000 users)?
• 26 Domains, 22 Post Offices, 3 Gateways
• Goals for the Hospital
• Centralize to a Data Center and Cluster
• Centralize Administration
• Business Continuance (Disaster Recovery) with
  Business Continuity Cluster
• Decrease Desktop Support with WebAccess

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Implementation, A Hospital

• New GroupWise Design
• 16 Domains, 22 Post Offices, 11 Gateways

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Planning, Question Break

• Ask'em if you got'em!
• ?

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Redesign Tips, GroupWise Audit

• Current Design
• Hub, Mesh, Mixed Topology
• Sizing -Users and 'On-Disk data'
• Post Offices per Domain
• Special Purpose Post Offices -DMS, Resources,
  etc.
• Gateway Usage -POP, IMAP, EMAIL, etc.
• Gateways per Domain
• Pending Operations
• User Move Status per domain, post office
• Link Configuration
• TCP/IP
• NOT UNC
• NOT MAPPED

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Redesign Tips, GroupWise Audit

• MTA/POA
• MTA 2nd Priority Threads
• MTA eDirectory User Sync
• MTA /TCPINBOUND-600
• POA Scheduled Events -Contents with attclip
  -Orphaned Attachments -Bye Bye
• POA Scheduled Events -Structure/Index and Fix
• MTA/POA Bind Exclusively -IP Link Configuration
  and DNS
• MTA/POA Ports -Standard vs. non-Standard
• MTA/POA Verbose Logging Please
• MTA/POA /Home-Volume\directory
• MTA/POA Hard configure Ports/IP Addresses???

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Redesign Tips, Move GroupWise

• Moving GroupWise from Server to Server
• Connect to Domain being moved -OR- Post Office
  Domain
• Change the UNC's -Post Office, Domain, Library
  Storage (if needed)?
• Change the SDD
• Change the POA/MTA IP Address, ports (if needed)?
• Change the POA/MTA Log file path
• Unload the Agents
• Verify 'clean unlocked' status on DB's (wpdomain
  and wphost)?
• Move the GroupWise component (Domain, Post
  Office)?
• Create new .MTA and .POA configuration files
• Upgrade to new GroupWise version (optional)?
• Load the Agents on the new box
• Verify in ConsoleOne
• Verify on the Agent Screen -F10 Configuration
  Status, Redirection Links

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Redesign Tips, Move Users

• To Move Users -Preparation
• Turn Off Virus Scanners
• Unload GWAVA (/vsnoadm)?
• Contents Check with /attclip Support Option
• Turn off Schedule Maintenance
• Turn off QuickFinder
• Verify/Clear no previous User Move Status
• Verify/Clear no pending operations
• Verify Link Configuration between Source,
  Destination and Primary domain are 'Direct,
  TCP/IP'
• Set POA Agent Settings
• Message Handler Threads 10 to 20
• TCP Handler Threads 10 to 20
• Max Thread Usage for Priming and Moves 80/90
• F6 -Restart
• Monitor the Source/Destination/Primary Domain
  MTA's

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Redesign Tips, Move Users

• To Move Users -Moving
• Connect to Destination Domain
• Select Source Post Office
• Select User to move
• Right Click -Move User
• View Tools GroupWise Utilities User Move
  Status
• Set POA Logging to Diagnostic
• View Source/Destination POA for Status and Item
  count
• To Move Resources -Moving
• Reassign all Resources to 'temp' user in old post
  office
• Move Resources
• Reassign Resources to a 'ResourceMgr' user in the
  new post office
• Problems Seen
• Frequent Contacts
• Password reset
• Shared Folders/Address Books
• Visibility
• Document Management

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Summary

• Review the Business Needs and Requirements
• Seek Knowledge
• Novell Support Site, Cool Solutions, Books,
  Classes
• Find Help
• Consultants to fast-track
• Evaluate the Costs involved
• Plan the GroupWise Redesign Process
• Document a new GroupWise Design
• Verify the Health of GroupWise
• Move Domains and Post Offices
• Move Users
• Enjoy easier management and uptime

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