Setting Up a New GroupWise System in a Cluster

The GroupWise Installation Advisor walks you through setting up the primary domain and an initial post office in the primary domain. You might be creating your primary domain and initial post office on the same GroupWise volume or on two different volumes. After you have created the primary domain and initial post office and installed the GroupWise agents, you can create additional secondary domains and post offices as needed.

To set up the primary domain and initial post office for a new GroupWise system in a clustering environment:

1. If necessary, map a drive to each GroupWise administration volume (System Clustering Worksheet item 6).

2. Map a drive to the GroupWise volume for the domain (System Clustering Worksheet item 7) and, if needed, to the GroupWise volume for the post office (System Clustering Worksheet item 8), where the primary domain and the initial post office for your new GroupWise system will be created.

   The GroupWise volume name will be cluster_volume. For assistance with mapping a drive to a cluster-enabled volume, see Configuring Short Name Resolution.

3. Manually create the domain directory (System Clustering Worksheet item 10) and the post office directory (System Clustering Worksheet item 12).

   This step is not required, but in a clustered environment, the following step will be easier if the domain directory already exists.

4. Run the GroupWise Installation Advisor to set up your initial GroupWise system, following the steps provided in "Setting Up a Basic GroupWise System on NetWare or Windows" in "Installing a Basic GroupWise System" in the GroupWise 6.5 Installation Guide. Keep in mind the following cluster-specific details:

   • When you specify the ConsoleOne directory and the software distribution directory, be sure to browse to each location through the GroupWise volume accessed in Step 1 above.
   • When you specify the domain directory and post office directory, be sure to browse through the GroupWise volume accessed in Step 2 to select the directory created in Step 3 above.
   • For the post office link type, select TCP/IP Link.
   • When providing the MTA and POA network address information, use the Agent Clustering Worksheet that you filled out during Deciding How to Install and Configure the Agents in a Cluster. The information you provide will be used to configure the MTA and POA objects in the domain and post office even though you have not yet installed the agent software.
   • Do not worry about creating users in the post office at this time.
   • In the Summary dialog box, the domain directory and post office directory that you browsed to should display as UNC paths using the virtual server name with the GroupWise volume.
   
   

5. When you have finished creating the primary domain and the initial post office, continue with installing the GroupWise Agents, starting with Step 4 in Installing and Configuring the MTA and the POA in a Cluster.