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Installing GroupWise

Installing GroupWise 2014 on SLES11.3

• Download GroupWise 2014 from Novell [1] or the Software Repository
• Run installer
  • Install GroupWise server
  • Configure GroupWise server (right click to open link)
• Click on configure URL:
  • Create a New GroupWise system
    • Select system name (different from domain name)
    • Create domain i.e. sf.se.gwava.net or sf.segwava.net
    • Create hostname i.e. gw14srv
  • Configure Post Office:
    • POA
    • Document viewer
    • Internet agent
• Go back to installer and install webacc

Installing GroupWise 2014R2 on SLES11.3

The VM server has GW .iso files so it is best to add a second CD/DVD drive because it needs things from the Linux install disk but won't let go of the drive.

• Connect the GroupWise installer iso to the second CD/DVD drive
• Run installer
  • Install GroupWise server
  • Configure GroupWise server (right click to open link)
• Click on configure URL:
  • Create a New GroupWise system
    • Provide system name (Can be anything, not extended character though. The default "GroupWise System" is fine.)
    • Enter Internet Domain Name (i.e. sf.microfocus.net or sf.mf.net. This should be setup in your DNS, and match the Internet Agent Hostname DNS "A Record" Name)
    • Enter Host (The name of the server (i.e. gw14srv.sf.mf.net)
    • Provide GroupWise Domain Name (The name of the domain for example, sfdomor dom1)
    • Browse to teh Domain Folder (for example /groupwise/domain)
  • Configure Post Office:
    • POA
    • Document viewer
    • Internet agent (This should be setup in your DNS, and match the Internet Agent Hostname DNS "A Record" Name to the Internet Domain Name above)
• Go back to installer and install webacc

Disable SSL on the POA, MTA and GWIA so test scripts will run successfully.

Install GroupWise client

Create a VM workstation and install the GroupWise client.

Create Users

• Create some users
• Get their address from GWAdministration/Users/Internet Addressing|View Email Addresses and select Preferred Address Format or one of the other allowed address formats.

Send test emails

From the command line you can send test emails

mail -s “Hello world” you@youremailid.com Type a body, and end with a period "." on a single line.

Useful addresses

• Administer an exisiting gw system: https://server_network_address:9710/gwadmin-console/login.jsp
• Access webacc https://server_network_address/gw/webacc
• POA: http://server_network_address:7181
• MTA:http://server_network_address:7180
• GWIA:http://server_network_address:9850
• DVA:http://server_network_address:8301
• Monitor:http://server_network_address:8200

Using GW with LDAP to AD

Some customers use LDAP to have their users authenticate to their GroupWise maiboxes against Active Directory [2]

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