How to take a back up of GroupWise database from NetWare to Windows.

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  • 20-Mar-2008
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Products:
Novell GroupWise 7

Situation

Purpose:
How to take a back up of GroupWise database from NetWare to Windows using DBCopy
Using DBCopy to take back of GroupWise Database on Windows Machine from NetWare

Resolution

1. Use Windows DBCopy utility on the Windows machine where the backup is to be taken.
2. In Command Prompt change directory to the folder where the agents are installed .Usually C:\grpwise.
3. Run dbcopy.exe \(Path of NetWare Post Office/Domain Directory) \(Path on local workstation where back is required).
e.g dbcopy.exe H:\po1 C:\poback or dbcopy.exe H:\dom1 C:\domback.
4. A Windows batch file can also be created to Auto-execute the backup.
This will create a backup of the GroupWise database on Windows from NetWare.
This will however not create the queues .

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