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Creating a New Domain
As your GroupWise
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system grows, you might need to add new domains.
Section 8.1, “Understanding the Purpose of Domains,” on page 119
Section 8.2, “Planning a New Domain,” on page 120
Section 8.3, “Setting Up the New Domain,” on page 130
Section 8.4, “What’s Next,” on page 132
Section 8.5, “Domain Worksheet,” on page 133
IMPORTANT:
If you are creating a new domain in a clustered GroupWise system, see the
GroupWise 8 Interoperability Guide
before you create the domain:
8.1 Understanding the Purpose of Domains
The domain functions as the main administrative unit for your GroupWise system. Each GroupWise
system has one primary domain, which was created when you first installed GroupWise. All other
domains that you add are secondary domains.
The domain serves as a logical grouping of one or more post offices and is used for addressing and
routing messages. Each GroupWise user has a GroupWise address that consists of a user ID, the
user’s post office name, the GroupWise domain name, and, optionally, an Internet domain name.
The following diagram illustrates the logical organization of a GroupWise system with multiple
domains and post offices. All of the objects under the domain belong to that domain. All of the
objects under a post office belong to that post office.
Figure 8-1
Logical Organization of a GroupWise System with Multiple Domains and Post Offices
Primary
Domain
Message
Transfer
Agent
Post
Office
Post
Office
Agent
GroupWise Users
Post
Office
Post
Office
Agent
GroupWise Users
Secondary
Domain
Message
Transfer
Agent
Post
Office
Post
Office
Agent
GroupWise Users
Post
Office
Post
Office
Agent
GroupWise Users
GroupWise
System
