GroupWise Mobility v18.3.x Discussion and Guide I just started writing this in February 2022 when the latest GMS release was 18.3.2. If you're reading it and it seems incomplete, it's because it's a work in process. Feel free to email me from my Contact Page if you have specific questions or would like to add points to any of my discussions. This document outlines some of the things that need to be understood with GroupWise Mobility. It's [...]
Cloud Integrated Services (CIS) on OES Best Practice Guide CIS is a new service that became available with the release of OES 2018 SP1, I believe sometime in 2019. I started working with it shortly after it was released due to a large scale customer implementation. Since then I have worked with the product extensively as it has been developed and improved up until now (Currently working with OES 2018 SP2, with SP3 release right around the corner.) This [...]
Obtaining GroupWise Cores on SLES 12 and SLES 15 When I first started moving GroupWise systems to SLES 12, I had a horrible time just configuring GroupWise to capture a core in the event of a crash. It took a long time to figure it out since it's not as automatic as on previous SLES versions. I've also found similar challenges on SLES 15. I was finally able to compile a list of needed items to either try to prevent [...]
GroupWise 18.3 Discussion and Best Practice Guide This document outlines some of the best practices I use in my day to day business installing, upgrading, migrating, and supporting GroupWise for customers throughout the United States and around the world. GroupWise 18.3 was released in December 2020 as a milestone feature release of GroupWise. In addition to bug fixes and minor feature enhancements, GroupWise introduced two major new components to the product: GroupWise Web GroupWise WebAcess is now considered [...]
GroupWise 18.3 Quick Build Sheet (SLES 15) Here's a quick reference sheet for how I typically build a GroupWise server on Linux. My preference is to use SLES 15, and that is what I outline in this document. If you'd like to read my discussion regarding the various supported operating systems, click on my "GroupWise 18.3 Discussion and Best Practices" article. VMware Server Configuration Adapt as needed to hypervisor platforms. My preference is VMWare ESXi and anything [...]
GroupWise Web 18.3 Best Practices This is a comprehensive document that is evolving. The GroupWise 18.3 release is new. I work with the product daily and experience different issues with my customers and their individual environments. It's accurate to the best of my knowledge and I update/correct as needed. I'm writing this guide based on the SLES 15 SP2 operating system. While SLES 12 and OES 2018 are also supported, you could experience variations in some of the [...]
This post is still relevant for GroupWise 18 versions through 18.2.1, however with the release of GroupWise 18.3 in December 2020, the traditional GroupWise Web Access is no longer supported. WebAccess has been replaced by a newly designed "GroupWise Web". My post for the new GroupWise Web can be found here. GroupWise 18 WebAccess on Windows Server Here is a list of things required to get GroupWise WebAccess 18 running on a Windows Server. The architecture is different [...]
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Major Patches Published through June 30, 2014. Patches published after this date are not included in this listing. Our Baseline Document is a compilation of patches that are considered stable and production ready for the current business quarter. This list outlines the major products which fit into our core expertise, primarily in the Data Center. We generally perform a quarterly Baseline process for all of our customers, and ensure that all the updates listed here are applied and functional. This [...]
