Backing Up Groupwise on Netware with BEWS

[garydba]

(Apologies in advance...I am having this problem on BEWS 11d but with things pretty quiet over in that forum, I was hoping that someone here might be able to offer some guidance.)

Hello.  I am running BEWS 11d along with the Agent for Netware Servers.  Regular backups of my Netware Servers have been fine.

Now I need to back up a Netware server that is running GroupWise.  I have added  the "EnableGW=yes" switch to the load of TSAFS.NLM.

Is there anything else I need to do to do a backup of GroupWise?  I have seen references to using TSAFSGW.NLM but I can't find that NLM on our servers.

I have also seen references to using GWTSA when backing up GroupWise.

Is there a "best way" to backup GroupWise with BEWS 11d?  Or are all these options just as good as any of the others?

With any of these options, should I expect to see anything different in my BEWS console related specifically to the post office(s)?  The reason I ask is because on a previous job I had used ArcServe to backup an Exchange post office, and that required a separate agent and was also a separate selection during the backup process.

Thank you.

-Gary

[Kevin_Cotreau]

I have not touched GW in 8 years, so I really can't help with specific advice any more (old and forgetful now :)), but I would say two things:

One is that considering the importance of what you are backing up, if you do not get a clear answer, you should call Symantec and pay for a support call. Second, is that NetWare is going away, and you should be planning your migration strategy since even Novell's OES2 runs on Linux as a preference.

Considering the limited support you will be able to receive from Novell and other software vendors over time, to continue on for any length of time is asking for trouble.

[Ray_Sipp]

We use TSAFSGW on ours, all you have to do is add it to your autoexec.ncf as such:

LOAD TSAFSGW

thats it.  when you refresh your agent list in BE, you will see a GW option.

http://www.novell.com/documentation/gw7/gw7_admin/index.html?page=/documentation/gw7/gw7_admin/data/...