GW2012 Install

Installing GroupWise 2012 from Scratch

Prerequisites

• SLES 11
  • apache2.2
  • tomcat6 (added by gW software installer)
  • ModProxy module
  • IBM JRE 5 or later
• eDirectory
• ConsoleOne

SLES 11

Just a normal install with ESXi 5.5 on the network card and thin provisioned hard drive.

apache

• Install from YaST
• Enable proxy and proxy_connect (mod_proxy module) under Modules

IBM JRE 5

ConsoleOne requires IBM JRE 5 Update 11 or later.

It is not available standalone from IBM apparently, however Oracle has several version of the Java Runtime Environment [1]

Download rpm.bin and follow these instructions [2]

chmod a+x jre-1_5_0_22-linux-amd64.rpm.bin
./jre-1_5_0_22-linux-amd64.rpm

then install .rpm

eDirectory

Novell's version of Active Directory

prerequisites

• SLP
• multicast routing
• network time protocol (NTP) set
• static IP address

Static IP

Set in YaST/Network Settings

SLP

Install OpenSLP from YaST/SLP server

/etc/init.d/slpd start|stop

multicast routing

To check if the host is enabled for multicast routing, enter the following command:

/bin/netstat -nr

The following entry should be present in the routing table:

224.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

If the entry is not present, log in as root and enter the following command to enable multicast routing:

route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev interface

The interface could be a value such as eth0, hme0, hme1, or hme2, depending on the NIC that is installed and used.

Install from .iso

Configure using:

cd /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin
./ndsconfig new -t gw12-tree -n gwava -a admin.gwava -S gw12server

ConsoleOne

The Linux host enabled for multicast routing. To check if the host is enabled for multicast routing, enter the following command:

/bin/netstat -nr

The following entry should be present in the routing table:

224.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

If the entry is not present, log in as root and enter the following command to enable multicast routing:

route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev interface

Install from GroupWise2012 .iso

It asks about installing a JRE so I wonder if I needed the above one.

GroupWise 2012

Run installer from .iso.

Double click ConsoleOne icon on desktop to start the program.

Login using credentials from eDirectory above.