Merging Two GroupWise System That Exist In Two Trees

To create external system, highlight the GroupWise system object in the GroupWise View

Right click and chose Create

Chose External Domain

Fill in all of the fields appropriately, the name must match the other domain exactly. So, Domain A will have an external domain named Domain B, and Domain B will have an external Domain named Domain

Tools | GroupWise System Operations | System Connections (In ConsoleOne select Tools | GroupWise System Operations | Select Domain)

Specify Other Domain, Browse to the temp directory containing Domain B's WPDOMAIN.DB

Click "OK"

Click "Connect"

Click "Close"
Note: You should now see Domain B's system in the GroupWise view

Tools | GroupWise Utilities | Graft GroupWise Objects (NDS view must be highlighted in order to graft)

Chose "Domains, post offices, and gateways" Click "Next"

Click "Next" past the Overview

Select the Domain B (it will be the Primary domain if there is more than one), Click "Next"

Click "Yes" when it ask you if you are sure you want to graft the Domain B in Tree A

Change the context of Domain B to a temp context in Tree A Click "Next"

Change the context of Domain B's post offices to a temp context in Tree A Click "Next"

Click "Finish" at the Summary

Chose "No" on Graft More objects and Click "Done"

Tools | GroupWise System Operations | System Connections (In ConsoleOne select Tools | GroupWise System Operations | Select Domain)

Specify Other Domain, Browse to the directory containing Domain A's WPDOMAIN.DB

Click "OK"

Click "Connect"

Click "Close"
Note: You should now see Domain A's system in the GroupWise view

Highlight Domain B, right click chose details

Change the UNC path to reflect the temp directory where the WPDOMAIN.DB for Domain B is located

Click "OK"

Highlight Domain B Tools | GroupWise Utilities | System Maintenance

Merge External Domain should be marked, Click "Run"

This starts the Merge Wizard, Click "Next"

Check the path and make sure it is pointing to the temp directory for the Domain B (If you are doing just steps 8 and 10 do not do this step.)

Click "Next"

Choose whether or not to merge external systems, then click"Next"

Close the MTA, Click "Next" (there should not be any agents running against Domain A or Domain B)

Click "Merge"

Click "Done"

Click "Close" to exit System Maintenance. Domain B should show as a secondary in the GroupWise View

Rename the original WPDOMAIN.DB back in the Domain B's location

Take the WPDOMAIN.DB of Domain B out of the temp directory in location A and move it back to its original location

Start NWADMIN/CnosoleOne

Tools | GroupWise Utilities | Graft GroupWise Objects (NDS view must be highlighted in order to graft)

Chose "Domains, post offices, and gateways" Click "Next"

Click "Next" past the Overview

Select Domain B, Click "Next"

Click "Yes" when it ask you if you are sure you want to graft the Domain B in Tree B

Change the context of Domain B to Its original context in Tree B Click "Next"

Change the context of Domain B's post offices to their original context in Tree B Click "Next"

Change Domain B UNC path back to its original location

Click "Finish" at the Summary

Chose "No" on Graft More objects and Click "Done"

Note: Sometimes there are problems grafting Domain B back into Tree B since there are NDS objects already there for the domain and post office in that tree. If this occurs, you should manually delete the domain and post office objects from Tree B using a non-snapped-in version of NetWare Administrator (such as NETADMIN or ConsoleOne). You can then proceed with Step #9.

Highlight the domain, right click chose "Link Configuration"

Check the link between the two domains to make sure they are correct