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Success with Clustering GroupWise

ASG304. Success with Clustering GroupWise. Gregg A. Hinchman Tay Kratzer Tenacious Integration Services Novell. Who Am I?. Gregg A. Hinchman Collaboration Practice Manager 9+ years of GroupWise experience 3 years Clustering GroupWise

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Success with Clustering GroupWise

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  1. ASG304 Success with Clustering GroupWise Gregg A. Hinchman Tay Kratzer Tenacious Integration Services Novell

  2. Who Am I? • Gregg A. Hinchman • Collaboration Practice Manager • 9+ years of GroupWise experience • 3 years Clustering GroupWise • Co-Author: “Success with Clustering GroupWise” at www.taykratzer.com • Tay Kratzer • Novell Primary Support Engineer • 11 + years supporting Novell GroupWise • Author for Novell Press • Author at www.taykratzer.com • Author for GroupWise Advisor Magazine

  3. Introduction, Presentation Business • Topic: We will discuss and demonstrate how to cluster GroupWise • Time is a limiting factor when trying to present this material • Hold Questions for ‘Question Breaks’, Please. • Recommended Knowledge: • Basic Clustering Knowledge • Advanced Understanding of GroupWise • Knowledge of NetWare 6.5 • Hand-outs • GroupWise Design Matrix • Apache2/Tomcat 4 article in GroupWise Advisor Magazine

  4. Introduction, Presentation Outline • Introduction • Presentation Business • Cluster Planning for GroupWise • Cluster a Domain • Planning • Demonstration • Cluster a Post Office • Cluster WebAccess • Summary

  5. Introduction, Cluster Planning • Planning the GroupWise Cluster • GroupWise Health • Naming standards • IP address and PORT standards • GroupWise NLM Placement • Cluster Load/Unload Scripts • NCF files • Protected Memory • Failover • GroupWise Cluster Design Matrix

  6. Introduction, Cluster Planning • Our Demonstration Cluster and GroupWise System: • 2 Node VMWare Cluster • 1 Primary Domain (PMDOM) • 1 Post Office Domain (PODOM) • 1 GWIA Domain (IADOM) • 1 WebAccess Domain (WADOM) • 1 Post Office (EMAILPO) • 1 GWIA (GWIA) • 1 WebAccess Agent (WA) • 1 Apache/Tomcat Web Server/WebAccess Application

  7. Questions? Answers!

  8. Cluster a Domain • Planning: • Cluster Resource (Virtual Server and Volume) • IP Address (/ip) • Ports • Directories (/home and /log) • MTA Configuration Switches • Cluster Resource Load Script • Cluster Resource Unload Script

  9. Cluster a Domain, Demonstration • Demonstration: • MTA Configuration File • Loading the MTA • Loading the MTA in Protected Memory • Building GWUP and GWDN NCF files • Setting the Cluster Resource Load/Unload Scripts • Setting the Cluster Resource Failover • Testing Failover of the GroupWise Domain

  10. Questions? Answers!

  11. Cluster a Post Office, Planning • Planning: • Cluster Resource (Virtual Server and Volume) • IP Address (/ip) • Ports • Directories (/home and /log) • POA Configuration Switches • Cluster Resource Load Script • Cluster Resource Unload Script

  12. Cluster a Post Office, Demonstration • Demonstration: • POA Configuration File • Loading the POA • Loading the POA in Protected Memory • Building GWUP and GWDN *.NCF files • Setting the Cluster Resource Load/Unload Scripts • Setting the Cluster Resource Failover • Testing Failover of the GroupWise Post Office

  13. Questions? Answers!

  14. Cluster WebAccess, Planning • Planning: • Cluster Resource (Virtual Server and Volume) • IP Address (/ip) • Ports • Directories (/home and /log) • Cluster Resource Load Script • Cluster Resource Unload Script • Apache/Tomcat • On SYS • On SAN • WebAccess Application

  15. Cluster WebAccess, Demonstration • Demonstration: • Clustering WebAccess Agent ONLY • Agent Configuration and GWINTER.CFG • Loading the Agent • Loading the Agent in Protected Memory • Building GWUP and GWDN NCF files • Setting the Cluster Resource Load/Unload Scripts • Setting the Cluster Resource Failover • Testing Failover of the Agent

  16. Cluster WebAccess, Demonstration • Demonstration: Cluster WebAccess Application • Install WebAccess Application • Cluster Apache/Tomcat: • Vol:\Apache2\conf\GWApache2.conf • Vol:\Apache2\conf\HTTPd_Default.conf • Vol:\Apache2\conf\mod_jk\workers.properties • Vol:\Novell\WebAccess\Spellchk.cfg • Vol:\tomcat\4\bin\Tomcat4.ncf • Vol:\tomcat\4\bin\TC4STOP.ncf • Vol:\tomcat\4\bin\Startup.ncf • Vol:\Webup.ncf • Vol:\Webdn.ncf

  17. Cluster WebAccess, Demonstration • Demonstration: • Loading Apache/Tomcat in Protected Memory • Building WEBUP and WEBDN NCF files • Setting the Cluster Resource Load/Unload Scripts • Setting the Cluster Resource Failover • Testing Failover of Apache/Tomcat and WebAccess Application

  18. Summary • Best Practices • Plan, Plan, Plan, Document, Document, Document • The more nodes the merrier • Set Standards • Service Packs • Healthy GroupWise system • Tips and Tricks • Install NLM’s on the cluster resource • Cluster Load Script formula • Not everything must failover, not every component must be in the cluster

  19. Questions? Answers!

  20. ADVISOR SUMMIT Web Update Page AdvisorEvents.com/cnx0409p.nsf/w/cnx0409ud This session WILL have updates.

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