29.0 Upgrading a Post Office Server

You can upgrade a post office after you have upgraded the domain that owns it.

When the post office is located on the same server with the owning domain, you can upgrade it along with its domain. See these associated tasks:

When the post office is on a separate post office server, review the following sections and complete the accompanying tasks if you have not done so recently:

To upgrade a post office server:

  1. Stop the existing GroupWise agents that are running on the server to upgrade.

  2. Install the GroupWise 18 software on the post office server.

    See Section 26.0, Installing the GroupWise 18 Software for instructions.

    When the software installation is complete, the Installation Wizard displays the Installation console in your web browser.

  3. In the Installation console, click Upgrade an Existing Domain or Post Office to GroupWise 18.

    What displays next depends on whether the Installation console can detect the existing domains and post offices on the server. The conditions for automatic detection are described in Section 25.0, Preparing Your Existing GroupWise System for the Upgrade.

  4. (Conditional) If the Installation console can locate existing post offices:

    1. (Conditional) If there are any post offices on the post office server that you do not want to upgrade, select them, and then click Remove.

    2. (Conditional) If you want to change the IP address or Admin port for any post office, click its name to display the NetWork Information dialog box.

    3. Skip to Step 6 to perform the upgrade.

  5. (Conditional) If the Installation console cannot locate existing post offices:

    1. Click Add.

    2. Browse to and select the post office folder.

    3. Click OK, and then review the POA IP address and post office Admin port that the Installation console has provided.

    4. (Optional) Change the information as needed.

    5. Click OK to return to the Installation console.

    6. (Conditional) If you want to upgrade additional post offices on the post office server, repeat Step 5.a through Step 5.e.

    7. Continue with Step 6 to perform the upgrade.

  6. In the list of post offices to upgrade, click Next to display the Credentials page.

  7. Specify the IP address of the primary domain server and the password for the GroupWise Super Admin, and then click Next to display the Summary page.

  8. Review the information to ensure that it is correct, and then click Finish to perform the upgrade.

  9. (Optional) Click the Existing Configuration slide-out to list all upgraded domains and post offices.

  10. Click Go to the GroupWise Administration console now.

  11. Accept the GroupWise CA signed certificate that the Installation console has automatically provided for accessing the Admin console.

    The Login fields are displayed.

  12. Specify the IP address of the primary domain server and the password for the GroupWise Super Admin, and then click Next to display the Summary page.

    To finish the upgrade process, you must restart the POAs for all upgraded post offices on the post office server.

  13. To restart the POA in the upgraded post office:

    1. In the Domain box on the Overview page, click Running next to the Post Office icon , and then click POA to display the POA properties page.

    2. Click Stop Agent, and then click Start Agent to restart the upgraded POA.

    3. (Optional) Click Launch POA Console to open the POA console in a new browser window.

      NOTE:You can conveniently open the POA console on the Overview page by clicking Running, and then clicking the IP address of the POA.

  14. (Conditional) If the post office server has additional upgraded post offices, repeat Step 13 for the POA in each upgraded post office.

  15. Continue with the next upgrade task for your GroupWise system: