Novell GROUPWISE 7 - MULTI-SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, Manual

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9.5.3 Releasing the Secondary Domains in Site #2
You will release GroupWise secondary domain databases in Site #2 before you merge them into Site
#1. A released domain database is one that you disassociate from a primary domain. In effect, each
released domain (which shows as an external domain for Site #1) is its own, independent system.
Figure 9-3
GroupWise Systems with Site #2 Secondary Domain Released
In the above illustration, the secondary domain in the Lakewood system has been released to
become its own primary domain. Each primary domain in the Lakewood system maintains a direct
connection with the Headquarters domain in Site #1 through the Headquarters external domain
created earlier for the Lakewood system.
Releasing a secondary domain requires the system to use drive mappings or UNC paths to locate the
domains to be released. If you have established a system connection to Site #2 through your
network, you can release a Site #2 secondary domain in the GroupWise View. When you release a
secondary domain, it becomes an external Site #2 domain and is considered a primary-level domain
in its own single-domain system. The released (that is, external) domain can then be merged into
Site #1 to become a secondary domain there.
If the systems are not connected (worksheet item 4), the Site #2 GroupWise administrator must have
network access to the temporary holding directories where you copied the
wpdomain.db
files for
the Site #2 primary and secondary domains. You need to establish a system connection to the
temporary directory where you copied the Site #2 primary domain database before you can release a
Site #2 secondary domain.
WORKSHEET
Under Item 20: Link Configuration Fields , enter the information needed for the following link configuration
fields for each direct link you will create:
Description: Indicate which domains are being directly linked.
Link Type: Select Direct as the type of link between the domains.
Settings - Protocol: Select UNC as the protocol for communication between the domains.
Settings - Path or UNC Path: Enter the UNC path to the domain being merged.