Creating a New Domain
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Although a single domain can contain as many post offices and users as you want to add, there are
some conditions that indicate the need for a new domain:
Administrative Convenience:
To spread out the administrative workload, you can create one
or more new domains with their own administrators. Each new domain can be managed by a
different administrator as long as each administrator has sufficient rights to connect to it and
write to the domain database.
Remote Sites:
If communication between servers is slow, or if you have remote sites, you can
add a new domain to minimize mail traffic between the servers. For example, if you have
locations in three separate cities, you might have an organization that represents each location.
You could then create a domain in each organization. You could administer all of the domains
from one location or you could assign a different administrator for each one.
Demand on the MTA:
Each domain has its own MTA that routes messages between post
offices within its domain. If your current domain has many post offices that are placing a heavy
workload on the MTA, you might want to create another domain to handle additional post
offices.
Multiple eDirectory Trees:
All of the objects that are logically subordinate to a GroupWise
domain must be in the same Novell
®
eDirectory
TM
tree as the domain. If you have users in other
eDirectory trees that need GroupWise accounts, you must create secondary domains and post
offices in each tree.
8.2.2 Deciding Who Will Administer the New Domain
Any user who is an Admin equivalent can administer GroupWise. We recommend that whoever
creates the new domain should be an Admin equivalent so that he or she has the necessary rights to
create objects and directories. You can then assign a different user as a domain administrator and
limit rights to other objects if necessary. For more information, see
Chapter 79, “GroupWise
Administrator Rights,” on page 1177
.
Depending upon the size, complexity, and layout of your eDirectory tree, you might choose a
centralized administration model with one person administering both eDirectory and GroupWise, or
you might choose a distributed administration model with the administration workload shared by
two or more individuals. With a distributed administration model, each administrator obtains rights
to the GroupWise objects and directory structures over which he or she has jurisdiction. If you want
to restrict access to some network operations or to certain domains, you can limit access rights to
domains the user should not administer.
The user assigned as the administrator must be able to create or modify objects in the domain and
will receive an e-mail message whenever an agent encounters a problem. You can designate
yourself, one or more other users, or a distribution list as an administrator.
The items in the worksheet are listed in the order you will enter them when setting up your domain.
This planning section does not follow the same order as the worksheet, but all worksheet items are
covered.
WORKSHEET
Under
Item 9: Domain Administrator
, enter the ID of the user or distribution list that will administer this
domain.
