Novell GROUPWISE 7 - MULTI-SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, Manual

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9.6 Planning to Merge Additional GroupWise
Systems
If you have three or more systems to be merged, you must merge the systems one after the other. We
will not use references to Site #3, Site #4, and so on. Instead, after the first and second systems have
been merged, the third system will become Site #2 as you go through the merge planning,
preparation, and step sections again. Therefore, each system will take its turn at being Site #2 while
the first system being merged to will continue to be Site #1.
If you have three or more GroupWise systems to be merged, you can merge them in one session or
at different times. In either case, you will be merging them one after the other with each additional
system taking a turn at being Site #2. You need a separate worksheet for each additional system
being merged.
Whether you merge the systems in one session or at different times, you can probably copy
information specific to Site #1 to each additional worksheet, because most of that information
should not be changed by a merge.
The merge process can be very lengthy when three or more systems are merged, especially if each
system being merged has a number of secondary domains. For example, when you merge several
systems, you select one as Site #1. This first system retains its primary domain, while the primary
and secondary domains of the other systems all become secondary domains in Site #1. Also, all
secondary domains in the other systems each need to be released before they can be merged.
Because the merge process itself involves moving only one domain at a time, you could be running
the release and merge programs many times—once for each primary and secondary domain in the
second system, then the third system, and so on.
9.6.1 Merging in One Session
If you plan to merge all of your GroupWise systems in one session, you should fill out all of the
worksheets before running the merge utility. Therefore, as you fill out the worksheets for each
system, keep in mind the changes in structure for Site #1 that will occur after each system is merged
with it.
Print another copy of the Merge Planning Worksheet for each additional GroupWise system to be
merged.
WORKSHEET
If you are merging three or more GroupWise systems, select Yes and continue in this section under Item
1: Merging Three or More GroupWise Systems? ; otherwise, select No and you are finished with your
planning.