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4 Using Gateway Links 33
4.1 Connecting Systems Through the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.2 Connecting Systems Through an Asynchronous Phone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.3 Connecting Systems Through an X.25 Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.4 Connecting GroupWise Systems Through Other E-Mail Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5 Synchronizing External GroupWise Systems 37
Part II Connecting to Non-GroupWise Messaging Systems 41
6 GroupWise Internet Agent 43
7 GroupWise Gateways 45
Part III Merging with GroupWise 5. x , 6. x , and 7. x Systems 47
8 Why Merge GroupWise Systems? 49
9 Planning the Merge 51
9.1 Understanding the Merge Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
9.2 Planning Administrator Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
9.3 Determining Which GroupWise Objects Are No Longer In Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
9.4 Planning the Location of the Domain Database Backup Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
9.5 Planning GroupWise System Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
9.5.1
External Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.5.2 Linking the Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
9.5.3 Releasing the Secondary Domains in Site #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
9.6 Planning to Merge Additional GroupWise Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
9.6.1
Merging in One Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
9.6.2 Merging at Different Times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.7 Merge Planning Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
10 Preparing for the Merge 65
10.1 Setting Up Administrator Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
10.2 Deleting Unused GroupWise Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
10.3 Verifying That UNC Paths Are Correct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
10.4 Resolving Pending Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
11 Merging the GroupWise Systems 67
11.1 Creating External Domains for Both Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
11.1.1 Creating Site #1 External Domains in Site #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
11.1.2 Creating Site #2 External Domains in Site #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
11.2 Configuring Links Between Site #2 Domains and Site #1 Secondary Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
11.3 Checking Links to External Domains for Both Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
11.3.1 Checking Links to Site #1 External Domains in Site #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
11.3.2 Checking Links to Site #2 External Domains in Site #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
11.4 Creating Temporary Holding Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
11.5 Releasing Site #2 Secondary Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71