Groupwise Advice 1

[tmattson]

We are just beginning our move from ISP email to an in-house Groupwise email solution. I would very much appreciate any help or advice the board can provide. We are a fairly small co. with approx 100 users. Any pifalls to watch out for? Any issues you have run into?

Thanks to all in advance. Happy Holidays to all.

 

[sstoppel]

What platform will it run on - Linux? Windows?

 

[marvhuffaker]

Don't let GroupWise install to SYSUBLIC. That is the default and I've never quite understood why.

You should put the GroupWise database on a separate volume, no salvage, no compression.

If you're installing GW7 (assume you are), just install with GW7 SP1. You don't need to install GW7.0 first.

There is a best practice document that you should follow:

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/9814.html

Maybe overwhelming as a lot of the stuff you won't need, but if you have questions about anythign in particular just ask. (This was for gw6.5 but should apply to gw7 as well).



Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[tmattson]

Thanks Marv...sstoppel we will be running it on Netware 6.5 sp5

 

[sstoppel]

OK - I also set the GW folders to purge immediately, as the queues see a lot of file creation and deletion. Maybe marv can add if that is a good idea or not.

Be sure that users have no rights to the database. It is possible to run it as a fileshare database but it is a horrible idea to actually do it.

GW is extremely stable, so if you set it up according to the guidelines and taking Marv's advice it can literally run for years without failing. I have seen Exchange installations of 100 people with a full time mail admin, but with GW I have seen a 4000 user 9 PO install run by just one person.

You will want to do the general mail system things like control incoming attachment size, antispam and antivirus, etc.

As a matter of procedure I whack the indexes and also do a top-down rebuild twice a year which is adequate for my small shop.