Creating a GroupWise Backup Job

The section below describes the scenarios for implementing DPX in a GroupWise environment.

Note. The scenarios are for standalone nodes. GroupWise backups do not support clusters.

Introduction to GroupWise Backup

Although standard file-level backups can back up GroupWise files, this method is not recommended. For such backups, from the normal directory view you would select the domain and post office directory.

Then you would define the backup as for any other file-level backup. However, standard file-level backups use the general TSA, are not GroupWise aware, and back up more data than is required. GroupWise support, on the other hand, uses the GroupWise TSA, is GroupWise aware, and backs up only the data necessary for GroupWise recoveries of accounts, users, and data.

The following sections explain how to implement GroupWise backups in Linux OES environments. The key is to ensure that TSAFSGW is running on the client node, where the source data resides. This is accomplished in two steps:

• Step 1: Load TSAFS with GroupWise functionality on Linux OES.

• Step 2: Load TSAFSGW on Linux OES. (This step does not apply to GroupWise 2012 or 2014.)

The backup scenario described below assume the following environment:

Node: oes-linux-test (this node is added to DefaultGroup) Root password: sysadmin edirectory tree: admin.abc Tree password: sysadmin GroupWise Domain Directory: oes-linux-test:/groupwise_message/ GroupWise Post Office Directory: oes-linux-test:/Post_Office/

Note. The procedures below are based on Micro Focus documentation. Since procedures may change, we recommend checking for current procedures at https://www.novell.com/documentation/.

Step 1: Load TSAFS with GroupWise functionality on Linux OES

To load TSAFS with GroupWise on Linux OES:

1. Verify that the daemon is running:

   /opt/Micro Focus/sms/bin/smsconfig –t

2. Make sure you are logged in as root.

3. Change to the directory where the SMS executables are located:

   cd /opt/Micro Focus/sms/bin

4. Stop TSAFS:

   ./smsconfig -u tsafs

5. Start TSAFS with GroupWise functionality:

   ./smsconfig -l tsafs –-EnableGW

6. Verify that TSAFS is running with GroupWise functionality:

   ./smsconfig –t

   The following is displayed:

   The loaded TSAs are:
   tsafs –-EnableGW

7. Make GroupWise functionality the default by modifying the SMS configuration file, as follows:

   1. Change to the directory where the SMS configuration file is located:

      cd /etc/opt/Micro Focus/sms

   2. In a text editor, open the smdrd.conf file.

   3. Change autoload: tsafs to autoload: tsafs --EnableGW

   4. Save the file and exit.

8. Restart SMS services to ensure the changes made to the SMS configuration file smdrd.conf take effect:

   /etc/init.d/service Micro Focus-smdrd restart

Step 2: Load TSAFSGW on Linux OES

Because TSAFSGW depends on SMS, you use the smsconfig command in the /opt/MicroFocus/sms/bin directory with one or more home switches to specify the domains and post offices to back up. Note that this step does not apply to GroupWise 2012 or 2014.

To load TSAFSGW on Linux OES:

1. Make sure you are logged in as root.

2. Change to the directory where the SMS executables are located:

   cd /opt/Micro Focus/sms/bin

3. Use the following command to specify GroupWise locations to back up:

   ./smsconfig -l tsafsgw --home /domain_directory --home /post_office_directory

   For example:

   ./smsconfig -l tsafsgw --home /groupwise_message --home /Post_Office

4. Verify TSAs currently running:

   ./smsconfig –t

   The following is displayed:

   The loaded TSAs are:
   tsafs –-EnableGW  
   tsafsgw --home /groupwise_message --home /Post_Office

5. Modify the SMS configuration file to establish the specified GroupWise locations as defaults for automatic backups in the future, as follows:

   1. Change to the directory where the SMS configuration file is located:

      cd /etc/opt/Micro Focus/sms

   2. In a text editor, open the smdrd.conf file.

   3. Locate the following line:

      autoload: tsafs –-EnableGW

   4. Add another line beneath it for TSAFSGW:

      autoload: tsafsgw --home /groupwise_message --home /Post_Office

   5. Save the file and exit.

   6. Restart SMS services to ensure the changes made to the SMS configuration file smdrd.conf take effect:

      /etc/init.d/service Micro Focus-smdrd restart

Running GroupWise Backups

After configuring the TSAFS with GroupWise functionality, open DPX and browse the node. You will see the following extra volumes under the node:

1[DOM]groupwise_message:  
2[PO]Post_Office:  
3[DMS]lib0001:

These volumes contain the GroupWise data that needs to be backed up. You can now select items to browse the volume and select items to back up.

To run backups of GroupWise:

1. On the desktop interface choose Backup > File.

2. Define a backup file of GroupWise volumes: 1[DOM]groupwise_message, 2[PO]Post_Office, 3[DMS]lib0001.

See also. For more information on defining file backup jobs, see Creating a File Backup Job.

1. Run the saved backup job.

2. Verify the backup job.