AdvisorSummit.com Upgrade to GroupWise 7 Author: Gregg A. Hinchman and Greg Smith Company: Hinchman Consulting and The Messaging Architects ASG312

AdvisorSummit.com Introduction: Presentation Outline   Introduction Speakers Presentation Business   Review the Plan GroupWise Health The Upgrade Process   Upgrade GroupWise Domain and MTA Post Office and POA Gateways-GWIA and WebAccess   Summary

AdvisorSummit.com Introduction: Speakers   Gregg A. Hinchman Hinchman Consulting, Consultant 10+ years of GroupWise Experience 9+ years of GroupWise Upgrading Experience 4 years of GroupWise Clustering Experience Co-Author:   “Success with Clustering GroupWise”   “Success with GroupWise Document Management”   GroupWise Advisor Magazine Articles   Cool Solutions “Consultant’s Corner” articles

AdvisorSummit.com Introduction: Speakers  Greg Smith Messaging Architects, Professional Services Monkey

AdvisorSummit.com Introduction: Presentation Business   Topic We will discuss the process of upgrading GroupWise.   Questions Please hold until "Question Breaks"   Knowledge: Advanced GroupWise (understand databases)

AdvisorSummit.com Review the Plan: GroupWise Health  What’s wrong with your GroupWise System? The GroupWise Health Check Explained The GroupWise Health Check Explained  Be a Problem Solver not a Problem Creator  Upgrade Show-Stoppers Links Links Pending Operations Pending Operations Stuck Move Operations Stuck Move Operations Corrupt Databases Corrupt Databases Hardware Concerns Hardware Concerns Client Access Concerns Client Access Concerns

AdvisorSummit.com Review the Plan: The Upgrade Process  Get your Ducks in a row Plan the Process Plan the Process Document the Process Document the Process Don’t forget to leave bread crumbs Don’t forget to leave bread crumbs  Wizards and Demons The Wonderful World of Wizards The Wonderful World of Wizards The Demons created by Wizards (aka. Gotcha’s) The Demons created by Wizards (aka. Gotcha’s) A Peak behind the Curtain A Peak behind the Curtain  The True Path to Upgrades Create your own ‘One Ring’ Create your own ‘One Ring’ Work your Magic during the Upgrade Work your Magic during the Upgrade

AdvisorSummit.com Review the Plan: Question Break  Questions? –Take “5”

AdvisorSummit.com Upgrade GroupWise: Domain and MTA  Extend the Schema  Order Counts –Primary, Secondary  Prep the Domain –Recover Database and a Copy of the WPDOMAIN.DB  Exclusive Access to the WPDOMAIN.DB Avoid being “locked” Avoid being “locked”  Copy the DC files  Install the Agents –Manually vs. AutoMagically  Reconfigure the MTA Configuration File  Load the Agent(s)  Verify and Test the Success

AdvisorSummit.com Upgrade GroupWise: Question Break  Questions? –Take another “5”

AdvisorSummit.com Upgrade GroupWise: Post Office and POA  Order Still Counts –Large/Small; you choose  Prep the Post Office –System Maintenance and a Copy of the WPHOST.DB  Exclusive Access to the WPHOST.DB Avoid being ‘locked’ Avoid being ‘locked’  Copy the DC files  Copy the *VEW files  Install the Agents –Manually vs. AutoMagically  Reconfigure the POA Configuration File  Load the Agent(s)  Verify and Test the Success

AdvisorSummit.com Upgrade GroupWise: Question Break  Questions? –Still another “5”

AdvisorSummit.com Upgrade GroupWise: Gateways – GWIA/WebAccess  Again, Order Counts –GWIA/WebAccess  Upgrade WebAccess WebAccess Agent WebAccess Agent  Install the Agents  Reconfigure the WA Configuration File  Load the WebAccess Agent  Verify and Test the Success WebAccess Application WebAccess Application  Use the Wizard and Beware  Manually Upgrade and take more time  Upgrade GWIA Install the Agents Install the Agents Reconfigure the GWIA.CFG File Reconfigure the GWIA.CFG File Load GWIA Load GWIA Verify and Test Success Verify and Test Success

AdvisorSummit.com Summary  GroupWise Health Check  Fix issues first  Plan the Upgrade  Document the Process  Primary then Secondary(s)  Post Offices then Gateways  Move on to the Clients

AdvisorSummit.com Summary: Question Break  Questions? –Yet another “5”

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