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ImplementingNovell GroupWise™

Tim Shaw & Sylvain PhaneufClinical School IMSU

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Objectives Our requirements Alternative groupware packages GroupWise explored Good and bad Summary Q&A

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GroupWare

What is it?

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GroupWare

What is it? “A class of software that helps

groups of colleagues (workgroups) attached to a local-area network organise their activities.”

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Requirements Problems we needed to solve

Diverse multiple email systems Management of POP users “Group” email addresses

What we wanted to provide Personal and group calendars Web access to email and calendars Proxy access to mailboxes Global address book

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Groupware Alternatives

Lotus Notes

Microsoft Exchange

Novell GroupWise

GroupWise Architecture

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Agent operation - POA

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Agent operation - MTA

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Agent operation - GWIA

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GroupWise Administrator

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Demo

Client Software

Web Access

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Disaster Recovery: GWBACKUP

no Target Service Agent (TSA) Novell GWBACKUP for PO databases backs up database files in logically consistent order

locking each database file while copy is made Novell DBCOPY for domain database

destination location of GWBACKUP and DBCOPY is outside the PO, then standard backup on tape, etc.

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Disaster Recovery: GWBACKUP

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Disaster Recovery: GWCHECK Structural damage to database caused by

corrupt or incomplete transactions interrupted network connection, GPFs, users turning

off their machine during transaction, server abends,

etc. Novell GWCHECK user and message databases

(individual or entire PO) NWAdmin: maintenance routine that can be

run daily Reduce, expire, purge trash

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Disaster Recovery: GWCHECK

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Add ons - Guinevere third party programme allowing virus detection

in internet mail attachments command line anti-virus applications

McAfee/NAI Virus ScanNorton Anti-VirusDataFellows F-Prot and F-SecureTrend Micro/Touchstone PC-CillinCheyenne InoculanSophos SweepDr. Solomons

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Guinevere

Running on NT

Command line F-Prot

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Guinevere - cool tools Limit incoming message size (10MB) Stop attachments by extension: *.bat, *.com,

*.vbs Add a disclaimer/confidentiality/signature

footer to all outgoing messages Filter - subject line (deny ILoveYou messages) Filter - RCPT (forward, delete, archive) Filter - FROM field

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Integration with PDAs

US Robotics and 3Com Palm PilotSyncWise by Toffa International (www.toffa.com)

Intellisync by Puma Technology (www.pumatech.com)

Psion OrganisersLinkWise from Advansys (www.advansyscorp.com)

Synchronise address book, diary, task, mail

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Implementation 3 user evaluation installation on

separate system Pilot installation on main NDS tree

for 8 people (IMSU) Rollout to other departments Upgrades

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Costs Hardware costs Software costs Time costs?

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Good and bad Integration with NWADMIN Low maintenance Distributed design

Gateway performance No TSA for backup Mass message operations Text export from message store

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Summary In conclusion … http://www.novell.com/products/

groupwise/ http://democity.novell.com/staticindex

.html

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Question and Answer time

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