Environment
Novell GroupWise Gateway - 4.1 API Gateway for NLM
Novell GroupWise 7
Novell GroupWise 6.5
Novell GroupWise 6
Situation
The API gateway is a GroupWise 4x gateway which is still used to sync GroupWise and Exchange, and for other Admin tasks. This document is intended to help with what files you will need to install and how to install and configure the gateway correctly.
Resolution
Files needed to install the API can be found at
https://support.novell.com/patches.html .
GW41API2.EXE
FGWAPI5.EXE
Snap-ins needed for NWadmin can be found at
https://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/19293.html
Extract the install file
GW41API2.EXE to the server. Next run Pinstall from the
console. You will have the install path where you loaded the
pinstall.nlm from. The Domain path which you will have to
change to the location of your domain which will also change your
gateway nlm location. Last you will have your Shared NLMs and
load script which should be the same location (by default
sys:system).
After installing the software it
will create the api directory under wpgate but you will not have a
object in Console One. Still using Console One (this is
important) right click the domain which will own
the API and create a new gateway, making sure it is a API gateway
Version 4x and points to your API home directory.
Once the API is created go intoNWAdmin (this is
important) with the API snapins to configure the
gateway. In the details of the API required parameters tab
change Addressing Format from GroupWise to Component
if you are going to sync with Exchange. You will also
need to change the Root directories from mapped drive syntax to UNC
syntax.
G:\DOMAIN\WPGATE\API
to EMAIL:\DOMAIN\WPGATE\API
Under the Optional Gateway
Settings tab change the Directory Sync/Exchange option to
Exchange.
To Patch with the FGWAPI5.EXE
file extract the files and copy to the the DOMAIN\WPGATE\API and
the SYS:SYSTEM. Before doing that make sure that NGWLIB.NLM
is not loaded.
You are now ready to load the
api gateway from the console, type:
ngwapi /ph=volume:\DOMAIN\WPGATE\API
NOTE* To have
the API work with a Non GroupWise domain, the Domain
version needs to be set to version 4x. The Non GroupWise
Domain version can be seen and set in the properties of the
Domain while in NwAdmin and the GroupWise
view.