Transcript GroupWise Redesign Tips and Tricks

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Consultant's Corner:
GroupWise Redesign
Tips and Tricks
Author Gregg A. Hinchman
Company Hinchman Consulting
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Introduction, Outline
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Introduction
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Speakers
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Presentation Business
Planning
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Definitions & Tools
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Business Analysis
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Design
Implementation
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A School
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A Corporation
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A Hospital
Redesign Tips
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GroupWise® Audit
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Move GroupWise System
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Move Users
Summary
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Introduction, Speaker
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Gregg A. Hinchman
 Self-Unemployed Consultant,
www.HinchmanConsulting.com
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12+ years of GroupWise® Experience
6 years of Clustering experience
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Co-Author:
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“Success with Clustering GroupWise 7”
www.TayKratzer.com
“Success with GroupWise Document
Management”
GroupWise Coolsolutions Articles
GroupWise Advisor Magazine Articles
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Introduction, A bit of Business
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Topic
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We will discuss Best Practices for Redesigning
GroupWise for consolidation and centralization.
Format
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Discussion will be led with supporting examples
given.
Questions
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Please hold until 'Question Breaks'
Knowledge:
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Advanced GroupWise 7
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OES Linux/NetWare
Related Sessions:
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Consultant's Corner: A Trip Down Gateway Lane
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Success with Clustering GroupWise
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Planning, Definitions & Tools
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Definitions
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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
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Novell® Server Consolidation and Migration Utility
GroupWise®Check
Support.Novell.Com
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Planning, Business Analysis
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Redesign Reasons
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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
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Consider the Network Infrastructure
How are end users going to connect?
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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
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Post Office Sizing Grid
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Planning, Question Break
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Ask'em if you got'em!
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Implementation, A School
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Network Design
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Implementation, A School
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Current GroupWise Design
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Implementation, A School
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Current Design (500 users)
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9 Domains, 8 Post Offices, 9 Gateways
Goals for the School
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Centralize to a Data Center
Reduce Size of GroupWise® System
Reduce Cost and Administration
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Implementation, A School
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New GroupWise Design
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6 Domains, 4 Post Offices, 3 Gateways
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Planning, Question Break
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Ask'em if you got'em!
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Implementation, A Corporation
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Network Design
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Implementation, A Corporation
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Current GroupWise Design
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Implementation, A Corporation
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Current Design (4000 users)
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15 Domains, 10 Post Offices, 4 Gateways
Goals for the Company
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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
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New GroupWise Design
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11 Domains, 10 Post Offices, 6 Gateways
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Planning, Question Break
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Ask'em if you got'em!
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Implementation, A Hospital
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Network Design
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Implementation, A Hospital
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Current GroupWise Design
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Implementation, A Hospital
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Current Design (14,000 users)
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26 Domains, 22 Post Offices, 3 Gateways
Goals for the Hospital
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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
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New GroupWise Design
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16 Domains, 22 Post Offices, 11 Gateways
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Planning, Question Break
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Ask'em if you got'em!
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Redesign Tips, GroupWise Audit
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Current Design
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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
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TCP/IP
NOT UNC
NOT MAPPED
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Redesign Tips, GroupWise Audit
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MTA/POA
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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
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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
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To Move Users -Preparation
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Turn Off Virus Scanners
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Unload GWAVA (/vsnoadm)
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Contents Check with /attclip Support Option
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Turn off Schedule Maintenance
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Turn off QuickFinder
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Verify/Clear no previous User Move Status
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Verify/Clear no pending operations
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Verify Link Configuration between Source, Destination and
Primary domain are 'Direct, TCP/IP'
Set POA Agent Settings
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Message Handler Threads =10 to 20
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TCP Handler Threads =10 to 20
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Max Thread Usage for Priming and Moves =80/90
F6 -Restart
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Monitor the Source/Destination/Primary Domain MTA's
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Redesign Tips, Move Users
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To Move Users -Moving
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Connect to Destination Domain
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Select Source Post Office
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Select User to move
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Right Click -Move User
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View Tools| GroupWise® Utilities| User Move Status
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Set POA Logging to Diagnostic
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View Source/Destination POA for Status and Item count
To Move Resources -Moving
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Reassign all Resources to 'temp' user in old post office
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Move Resources
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Reassign Resources to a 'ResourceMgr' user in the new post
office
Problems Seen
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Frequent Contacts
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Password reset
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Shared Folders/Address Books
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Visibility
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Document Management
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Summary
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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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Creating a New Slide Show
based on this template
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Copy the groupwise.pot template onto your
local drive, under MS Office\Templates\
Presentation Designs directory.
Once in PowerPoint, select File>New>
Presentation Designs, and open the
groupwise.pot template file.
Update the contents of the title slide, session
information (session #, title, etc.), author &
company.
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New Slide Show Continued...
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Update the footer of the Handout Master, which
you can access by going to View-MastersHandout Master
Begin adding slides with your content.
When finished, name the file as your session
number (for example XYZ301.ppt).
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To base an Existing Slide Show
on this template
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Copy the groupwise.ppt template onto your
local drive, under MS
Office\Templates\Presentation Designs
directory.
Open the existing slide show in PowerPoint.
From the Format menu, select Apply Design
Select the groupwise.pot template, and click
Apply.
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Existing Slide Show Continued...
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Your slides should be automatically updated to
reflect the styles in this template.
If your title slide doesn’t reflect the new style,
delete it from your presentation. From the
Insert menu, select New Slide, choose Title
Slide and update the session information,
author & company.
Continue adding slides with your content.
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Slide Guidelines
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To create a slide show with a consistent look
that is easy for people to read (including people
in the back of the room), please follow these
guidelines.
Your slides should emphasize key points.
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Max 9 lines per slide
Max 9 words per line
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Slide Guidelines Continued...
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Minimum font size for code = 20 points
End your slides 3/4 of the way down. Do not
put important information in the bottom 1/4
of the slide.
Please do not change font style, size, and
color except for special purposes.
Use the defaults provided by the
groupwise.pot template.
When finished, name the file as your session
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Working with Speaker Notes
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Speaker Notes give you a place to provide
additional documentation or explanation to the
bulleted points on your slides.
To add or edit Speaker Notes, go to the View
menu and choose Notes Page.
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While in this view, you can only edit notes. To go
back to editing your presentation, double click on
the slide or choose slide from the View menu.
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Speaker Notes Continued...
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You can also add or edit Speaker Notes by going
to the View menu and choosing Speaker Notes.
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your screen and you will be able to view and/or
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Your notes may be longer than the page size.
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for the CD, but the text exceeding the page will
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Final Note
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When submitting your file(s), simply save your
PowerPoint presentation as instructed in previous
slides.
If submitting multiple files per session, please
separate them in folders.
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