Environment
Open Enterprise Server 2018
Situation
Need to backup GroupWise® database files
in a consistent manner when hosted on OES using TSAFS with the EnableGW startup switch and have the following setting remain permanent.
smsconfig -l tsafs --EnableGW --noCachingMode
smsconfig -l tsafs --EnableGW --noCachingMode
Reference: GroupWise Backup
Resolution
In order to implement this, perform the following steps:
1. Modify /etc/opt/novell/sms/smdrd.conf to change the line containing "autoload: tsafs" to read appropriately as required:
Shutting down smdr daemon done
Starting smdr daemon done
3. After smdrd has started, wait a few seconds and then issue smsconfig -t to verify the correct settings are in effect to be displayed as:
The loaded TSAs are:
tsafs --EnableGW --noCachingMode
1. Modify /etc/opt/novell/sms/smdrd.conf to change the line containing "autoload: tsafs" to read appropriately as required:
- If clustered, change to "autoload: tsafs --EnableGW --noCachingMode"
- If not clustered, change to "autoload: tsafs --EnableGW --noCachingMode --noCluster"
Shutting down smdr daemon done
Starting smdr daemon done
3. After smdrd has started, wait a few seconds and then issue smsconfig -t to verify the correct settings are in effect to be displayed as:
The loaded TSAs are:
tsafs --EnableGW --noCachingMode
Additional Information
The caveat is that the backup software in use needs to support SMS in order to leverage tsafs along with these settings.