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How I moved a GroupWise domain from one Linux server to another.

I set up an OES2 Linux server with X11 only and NCP:

• Create NCP shares, use NoRM or ncpcon
1. Volume: opt_novell = Path: /opt/novell
2. Volume: var_opt_novell = Path: /var/opt/novell
• On the existing source box:
1. shutdown GroupWise, /etc/init.d/grpwise stop
2. tar /etc/opt/novell/groupwise
1. cd /etc/opt/novell
2. tar -zcvf groupwise.tgz groupwise
3. copy groupwise.tgz to the new destination box
• scp groupwise.tgz root@destination.box.ipaddress:/etc/opt/novell
4. tar /opt/novell/groupwise
1. cd /opt/novell
2. tar -zcvf groupwise.tgz groupwise
5. copy groupwise.tgz to the new destination box
• scp groupwise.tgz root@destination.box.ipaddress:/opt/novell
6. tar /var/opt/novell/groupwise
1. cd /var/opt/novell
2. tar -zcvf groupwise.tgz groupwise
7. copy groupwise.tgz to the new destination box
• scp groupwise.tgz root@destination.box.ipaddress:/var/opt/novell
• On the new destination box:
1. untar /etc/opt/novell/groupwise
1. cd /etc/opt/novell
2. tar -zxvf groupwise.tgz
2. untar /opt/novell/groupwise
1. cd /opt/novell
2. tar -zxvf groupwise.tgz
3. untar /var/opt/novell/groupwise
1. cd /var/opt/novell
2. tar -zxvf groupwise.tgz
4. Create the link for to start GroupWise
• ln -s /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin/grpwise /etc/init.d/grpwise
5. Verify all the settings in your agents files, /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share
6. Open the needed ports in the firewall
7. Make any needed IP or DNS address changes in ConsoleOne
8. Set GroupWise to start automatically, chkconfig grpwise on