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GroupWise 7 Async Gateway Installation and Administration Guide
Novell Confidential
Manual (ENU) 21 December 2004
You can install the Gateway Administrator snap-in files to additional locations after you have
installed the gateway.
Selecting a Domain for the Async Gateway
The Async Gateway can be installed in a primary or secondary domain. A domain can contain one
or more Async Gateways, if necessary, to handle a large volume of message traffic.
If a specific domain in your GroupWise system contains many GroupWise Windows client users
that work in Remote mode, or if users on a specific domain generate many messages that must be
sent through an Async Gateway, you could install the gateway, or gateways, in that domain. This
minimizes delivery time for those users.
If users on all domains generate about the same number of messages sent through the Async
Gateway, install the gateway in a central domain to minimize message delivery time for all users
throughout the GroupWise system by minimizing the number of domain hops the MTA must
make.
If you plan to install multiple Async Gateways, you might want to install all the Async Gateways
in a central domain that can be accessed directly by all other domains in the system. This
arrangement makes it easier to maintain and administer the gateways.
You might want to create a new domain specifically for one or more Async Gateways. This keeps
Async Gateway activity separate from domains where post offices are located.
Deciding Where to Install the Async Gateway Software
The Windows Async Gateway software is automatically installed under the \
domain
\wpgate\
async
directory, regardless of whether the domain is located on NetWare or Windows. If needed, you can
move the software to a different server. If the domain is located on Windows, you must use the
Windows Async Gateway because Windows does not support the cross-platform connection
required for the NetWare Async Gateway to access a domain located on a Windows server.
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Under
Item 11: Install Gateway Administrator Snap-In to ConsoleOne
, mark whether or not you plan
to install the snap-in to ConsoleOne, specify the path for the ConsoleOne location you want to use to
administer the Async Gateway, and specify the version of the GroupWise Administrator snap-ins that
are already in use.
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Under
Item 7: Domain Information
, specify the name of the domain where you want to install the Async
Gateway and the full path to the domain directory.
Under
Item 6: eDirectory Information
, specify the context where the Domain objects is located, along
with the name of the Novell eDirectory
TM
tree.
Under
Item 5: Domain Server Type
, mark whether the domain resides on a NetWare or a Windows
server.
If you want to create a new domain specifically for the Async Gateway, create the domain before
starting to install the Async Gateway.
