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Consultant's CornerSuccessful GroupWise® 7 Consolidations

Gregg A. HinchmanConsultantHinchman [email protected]

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Introduction:Presentation Outline

• Introduction– Speakers– Presentation Business

• Planning– Definitions and Tools– Business Analysis– Design

• Implementation– GroupWise® Audit– Move GroupWise System– Move Users

• Summary


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IntroductionSpeakers

• Gregg A. HinchmanSelf-Unemployed Consultant, www.HinchmanConsulting.com

11+ years of GroupWise® Experience

5 years of Clustering experience

Author:> “Success with Clustering GroupWise 7” www.TayKratzer.com

Co-Author: > “Success with GroupWise Document Management”

GroupWise® Coolsolutions Articles> Consultants Corner

GroupWise Advisor Magazine Articles


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Introduction:Presentation Business

• Topic – We will discuss Best Practices for Redesigning and

Consolidating GroupWise® 7.

• Format– Discussion will be led with supporting examples given.

• Questions– Please hold until 'Question Breaks'

• Knowledge:– Advanced GroupWise 7

• Related Sessions:– Clustering GroupWise 7 on OES Linux– The Art of Business Continuance


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Planning:Definitions and 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

– Cool Solutions

– USB Drive/Planes/Trains/Automobiles

– Remote Desktop/VPN/GOTOMYPC.com


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Planning:Business Analysis

• Reasons to Consolidate?– Old Style Design -Domain, PO, Gateway per remote site

– Faster WAN Links

– Virtualize 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

• Proper Sizing of the Post Office

Messaging Utilization

Mailbox Access Mode

On-line GroupWise®

Client UsersCatchingGroupWiseClient Users

WebAccessPOP3/IMAP/Palm

Heavy Usage

Medium Usage

Light Usage

700 - 1,000

1,000 - 1,500

1,500 - 2,500

2,000 - 3,000

2,000 - 5,000

5,000 + 5,000 +

N/A

N/A

Questions and Answers

Examples for Your Viewing Pleasure.A Hub/Spoke Design


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Planning:Design The School (500 Users)

ElementarySchool 1

Middle School 2Middle School 1High School ElementarySchool 2

ElementarySchool 3

ElementarySchool 4

A School Current Network Design

Administration BuildingT1


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Planning:DesignThe School (500 Users)

A School Current GroupWise® Design

Elementary School1

EleWeb 1

Eles 1 PO

Elementary School2

EleWeb 2

Eles 2 PO

Elementary School3

EleWeb 3

Eles 3 PO

Elementary School4

EleWeb 4

Eles 4 PO

AdminPrimaryDomain

Middle School1

EleWeb 1

Mids 1 PO

Middle School2

EleWeb 1

Mids 2 PO

High School

HighWeb

Highs PO

GWIA/DOM

GWIA 1

AdWebAdmin PO


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Planning:DesignThe School (500 Users)

• Current Design

– 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

Examples for Your Viewing Pleasure.A Dual Hub Design


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Planning:DesignThe Company (4000 Users)

A Corporation Current Network Design

East Data CenterWest Data Center

Remote Site 1

Remote Site 2

Remote Site 3

Remote Site 4

T1

6MB6MB

768Kbps

512Kbps

T1

T1T1

Remote Site 5

Remote Site 6

Remote Site 7

Remote Site 8

T1T1 T1

Phone Company


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DCWest 1

DCWest PO

Remote 1

RM PO1

Remote 2

RM PO2

Remote 3

RM PO3

A Corporation Current GroupWise® Design

Remote 4

RM PO4

PMDOM(Primary Domain)

GWIA WEST

GWIA-West

WebA West

Web-West

DCEast

DCEast PO

Remote 5

RM PO5

Remote62

RM PO6

Remote 7

RM PO7

Remote 8

RM PO8

GWIA EAST

GWIA-East

WebA East

Web-East


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• Current Design


• Goals for the Company

– Centralize Administration

– High Availability/Fault Tolerant

– Decrease Desktop Support with WebAccess

– Business Continuance (Disaster Recovery) with Business Continuity Cluster

Examples for Your Viewing Pleasure.A Metro Area Network Design


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Planning:DesignThe Hospital (14,000 Users)

A Hospital Current Network Design

Site 6

Site 1 Site 2

Site 3

Site 4

Site 5

Site 7

Site 8

Site 9

Site 10Site 11Site 12Site 13

Site 14

Site 15

Site 16

Site 17

Site 18

Site 19

Site 20

Site 21


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A Hospital Current GroupWise® Design

HOLDOM

HoldPO

Site 1

Site1PO

Site 2

Site2PO

Site 3

Site3PO

Site 4

Site 4PO

(Primary Domain)

AsyGateway

Async

WebAccess

WebAc55A

Site 6

Site6PO

Site 7

Site7PO

Site 8

Site8PO

Site 9

Site9PO

Site 10

Site10PO

GWIA

GWIA1

Site 5

Site5PO

Site 12 Site 13

Site13PO

Site 14

Site14PO

Site 15

Site15PO

Site 16

Site16PO

Site 11

Site11PO

Site12 PO

Site 17 Site 18

Site18PO

Site 19

Site19PO

Site 20

Site20PO

Site 21

Site21POSite17PO

GroupWiseto Dial-Up Link

Modem


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• Current Design


• 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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ImplementationGroupWise® 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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• MTA

– 2nd Priority Threads

– Bind Exclusively -IP Link Configuration and DNS

– Ports -Standard vs. non-Standard

– Verbose Logging Please

– eDirectory™ User Sync

– /Home-Volume:\directory

– /TCPINBOUND-600+

– /TCPTRUNKWIDTH-4

– Hard configure Ports/IP Addresses???


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• POA

– Bind Exclusively -IP Link Configuration and DNS

– Ports -Standard vs. non-Standard

– Verbose Logging Please

– /Home-Volume:\directory

– Scheduled Events -Contents with “attclip” -Orphaned

Attachments -Bye Bye

– Scheduled Events -Structure/Index and Fix

– Hard configure Ports/IP Addresses???


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Implementation: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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Implementation,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


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• 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


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• F6 -Restart– Monitor the Source/Destination/Primary Domain MTA's

• Problems Seen– Frequent Contacts

– Password reset

– Shared Folders

– Visibility

– Document Management

Examples for Your Viewing Pleasure.New Consolidated GroupWise® Designs


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Implementation,Final Product

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

Schools

Elementary PO

Admin

Admin PO


WADOM 2

WA2

GWIADOM

GWIA 1

A School New GroupWise® Design

WADOM 1

WA1

MiddlePO

HIGHPO


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A Corporation New GroupWise® Design


WADOM 1

WA2

WADOM 2

WA2

GWIA-west

GWIA West

DCWest

DCWest PO

RMPO1

RMPO2

RMPO3

Remote4

RMPO4

Remote8

RMPO8

WADOM3

WA2

WADOM4

WA4

GWIAEast

GWIA-East

DCEast

DCWest PO

RMPO5

RMPO6

RMPO7


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A Hospital New GroupWise® Design

Primary(Primary Domain)

PODOM3

WA3 WA4WA2

PODOM2

Site8PO

Site9PO

Site10PO

Site11PO

Site12PO

Site13PO

Site14PO

PODOM1

Site1PO

Site2PO

Site3PO

Site4PO

Site5PO

Site6PO

Site7PO

HOLDOM

HOLDPO

WA1

WADOM1

Site15PO

Site16PO

Site17PO

Site18PO

Site19PO

Site20PO

Site21PO

WADOM2 WADOM3 WADOM4

WA5

WADOM5 WADOM6 WADOM7 WADOM8

GWIA1

IADOM1 IADOM2 IADOM3

WA7 WA8WA6

GWIA3GWIA2


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Summary

Review the Business Needs and RequirementsSeek KnowledgeNovell® Support Site, Cool Solutions, Books, Classes

Find HelpConsultants to fast-track

Evaluate the Costs involvedPlan the GroupWise® Redesign ProcessDocument a new GroupWise DesignVerify the Health of GroupWiseMove Domains and Post OfficesMove UsersEnjoy easier management and uptime

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