GW2012 Install

Installing GroupWise 2012 from Scratch

General Prerequisites for GW2012

• 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
• Make sure to set to start on boot.
• 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 jre-1_5_0_22-linux-amd64.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

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, set to start service while booting and multicasting

/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.

eDirectory Install

Install from .iso

./nds-install

Configure using:

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

The result should look something like this:

 Tree Name		: gw12-tree
 Server DN		: gw12server.gwava
 Admin DN		: admin.gwava
 NCP Interface(s)	: 10.1.4.101@524
 HTTP Interface(s)	: 10.1.4.101@8028
 HTTPS Interface(s)	: 10.1.4.101@8030
 LDAP TCP Port		: 389
 LDAP TLS Port		: 636
 LDAP TLS Required	: Yes
 Duplicate Tree Lookup	: Yes

 Configuration File	: /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
 Instance Location	: /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data
 DIB Location		: /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/dib

ConsoleOne

Prerequisites:

• IBM JRE 5 Update 11 or later, (installed above.)
• eDirectory (installed above)
• X Windows System (pre installed on SLES)

Install from GroupWise2012 .iso in the consoleone/Linux directory

./c1-install

• choose language 1 for English
• choose 8 for all snapins, so we don't have to worry about installing them later
• install the JRE (so maybe we don't have to pre-install it. Should experiment but it won't last long now that Novell is pushing 2014)

GroupWise 2012

Prerequisites:

• SLES11
  • IBM JRE 5 or later (installed above)
  • ModProxy Module (installed above)
  • Tomcat6 installs with the GroupWise software

Run installer from .iso or top of untared directory.

./install

• 1 for English
• Configure GW for clustering? (n)
• 1 for English EULA
• click through and accept EULA
• Which product to install: (we need gw agents, webaccess and internet agent
  • 1 GroupWise Agents
  • 1 Install GW Agents
  • install OpenMotif
  • install complete now configure
  • 1 continue for MTA, POA, and DVA
  • add domain, post office and doc viewer agent
  • 1 add domain
    • name (gw12.gwava.net)
    • path (/groupwise/gw12dom) should be previously created

Configure GW 2012

Double click ConsoleOne icon on desktop to start the program.

Login using credentials from eDirectory above.

Software Distribution Directory should be /opt/novell/groupwise/software by default

Tools/GroupWise Utilities/Create New System

• Domain:

domain: supportgw12dom
dir: /groupwise/supportgw12dom
context: gwava (watch out there is a dialog box that comes up but under the main window)

• Post Office

po: supportgw12po
dir: /groupwise/supportgw12po

• Add the admin user
• Install agents

Now add more users.

Start agents

MTA: open Terminal window

cd /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin
./gwmta --show --home /groupwise/supportgw12dom &

A window will pop up showing the MTA, go to ConsoleOne right-click on the domain and choose "Properties" and verify that Database Version field displays 12. Check connection by browsing to http://10.1.4.101:7180/ to show MTA web console.

POA: in the same directory as above with the MTA

./gwpoa --show --home /groupwise/supportgw12po &

A window will pop up showing the POA, go to ConsoleOne right-click on the post office and choose "Properties" and verify that Database Version field displays 12. Check connection by browsing to http://10.1.4.101:7181/ to show POA web console.

(The & allows the program to run in the background so you can reclaim the terminal window.)

If they won't restart Error: Running the agent with conflicting effective users [3]

• go to /groupwise/supportgw12mta and delete uid.run
• go to /groupwise/supportgw12po and delete uid.run
• then start as above.

Make sure apache and tomcat start on bootup:

chkconfig apache2 on
chkconfig tomcat6 on

GroupWise 2012 Client

Create a VM and install a gw12 client and have it connect to 10.1.4.101:1677.