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Advisor.com Consultant's Corner: GroupWise Redesign Tips and Tricks Author Gregg A. Hinchman Company Hinchman Consulting Session Number
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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com Introduction, Speaker Gregg A. Hinchman Self-Unemployed Consultant, www.HinchmanConsulting.com Self-Unemployed Consultant, www.HinchmanConsulting.com 12+ years of GroupWise® Experience 12+ years of GroupWise® Experience 6 years of Clustering experience 6 years of Clustering experience Author: Author: “Success with Clustering GroupWise 7” www.TayKratzer.com Co-Author: Co-Author: “Success with GroupWise Document Management” GroupWise Coolsolutions Articles GroupWise Coolsolutions Articles GroupWise Advisor Magazine Articles GroupWise Advisor Magazine Articles
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Advisor.com Introduction, A bit of Business Topic We will discuss Best Practices for Redesigning GroupWise for consolidation and centralization. We will discuss Best Practices for Redesigning GroupWise for consolidation and centralization. Format Discussion will be led with supporting examples given. Discussion will be led with supporting examples given. Questions Please hold until 'Question Breaks' Please hold until 'Question Breaks' Knowledge: Advanced GroupWise 7 Advanced GroupWise 7 OES Linux/NetWare OES Linux/NetWare Related Sessions: Consultant's Corner: A Trip Down Gateway Lane Consultant's Corner: A Trip Down Gateway Lane Success with Clustering GroupWise Success with Clustering GroupWise
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Advisor.com 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 GroupWise®Check Support.Novell.Com
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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com Planning, Design Post Office Sizing Grid
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Advisor.com Planning, Question Break Ask'em if you got'em! ?
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Advisor.com Implementation, A School Network Design
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Advisor.com Implementation, A School Current GroupWise Design
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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com Implementation, A School New GroupWise Design 6 Domains, 4 Post Offices, 3 Gateways
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Advisor.com Planning, Question Break Ask'em if you got'em! ?
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Advisor.com Implementation, A Corporation Network Design
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Advisor.com Implementation, A Corporation Current GroupWise Design
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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com Implementation, A Corporation New GroupWise Design 11 Domains, 10 Post Offices, 6 Gateways
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Advisor.com Planning, Question Break Ask'em if you got'em! ?
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Advisor.com Implementation, A Hospital Network Design
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Advisor.com Implementation, A Hospital Current GroupWise Design
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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com Implementation, A Hospital New GroupWise Design 16 Domains, 22 Post Offices, 11 Gateways
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Advisor.com Planning, Question Break Ask'em if you got'em! ?
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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com 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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Advisor.com 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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