Novell DATA SYNCHRONIZER - 07-2010, Installation Manual

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Section 1.1, “What Is Data Synchronizer?,” on page 9
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Section 1.2, “Data Synchronizer System Requirements,” on page 12
1.1 What Is Data Synchronizer?
Novell Data Synchronizer allows personal information management (PIM) data such as e-mail,
appointments, tasks, and contacts to synchronize between enterprise e-mail and collaboration
applications such as Novell GroupWise, other collaboration applications, and mobile devices. It is a
bi-directional and many-to-many synchronization solution that can connect multiple collaboration
applications and mobile devices, providing real-time, event-driven synchronization.
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Section 1.1.1, “Data Synchronizer Capabilities,” on page 9
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Section 1.1.2, “Data Synchronizer Components,” on page 9
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Section 1.1.3, “Data Synchronizer Configurations,” on page 12
1.1.1 Data Synchronizer Capabilities
The Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack installs a Synchronizer system, the GroupWise Connector ,
and the Mobility Connector . This configuration is the next generation of mobile device support for
GroupWise users. Many popular device operating systems are supported, including Android, Apple,
Maemo, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile.
After you have created your Synchronizer system by installing the Mobility Pack, you can add
additional connectors to synchronize GroupWise data with other supported applications, as
described in
“Connectors” on page 10 .
1.1.2 Data Synchronizer Components
A Synchronizer system consists of several components that are installed together on one server
when you install the Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack.
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“Sync Engine” on page 9
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“Web Administration Service” on page 10
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“Configuration Engine” on page 10
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“Connector Manager” on page 10
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“Connectors” on page 10
Sync Engine
The Synchronizer Sync Engine (
datasync-syncengine
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flow between one or more pairs of application-specific connectors. The Sync Engine provides the
common ground among various applications, so that data provided to the Sync Engine from one
application through its connector can be passed to one or more other applications through their
connectors.