Novell GROUPWISE 7 - MULTI-SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, Manual

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9.5.1 External Domains
If the GroupWise systems you are merging are not already connected through external domains, you
need to create external domains to connect the systems. An external domain, which you must create
manually, provides a reference in your GroupWise system from which you can add a link to another
GroupWise system.
You need external domains in each system with names that are identical to the domain names of the
site with which the merge is planned. You also need a link between the two systems.
Figure 9-2
GroupWise Systems with External Domains Defined
In the above illustration, we have created external domains in each system to represent where we
need direct connections for performing the merge.
You must have rights to Site #2 (that is, you must be able to authenticate to its servers) so that you
can establish a system connection using the GroupWise View. If you are able to connect to Site #2,
you can create external domains in that system. For more information, see
Section 9.2, “Planning
Administrator Rights,” on page 53 .
Creating a Site #2 external domain in Site #1 does not add an object to your eDirectory tree;
however, you can see the external domain object in the GroupWise View. A reference to the
external domain is added to your own system’s databases so that it can use the defined link to route
messages to users represented in the external domain.
WORKSHEET
If the GroupWise systems you are merging are already connected, select Yes under Item 4: Systems
Connected? ; otherwise, select No.
If you selected No for worksheet item 4 and the systems cannot be connected, enter the path to each
temporary directory you must create to hold the copies of the Site #2 wpdomain.db files under
Item 21:
Paths to Site #2 Temporary Holding Directories .
If you selected No for worksheet item 4 and the temporary directories you create for the Site #2 domain
copies are on another tree, select Yes under
Item 22: Temporary Directories for Site #2 on Another
Tree? ; otherwise, select No. If you select Yes, you will need to be logged in to the other tree during the
merge.