Environment
Novell GroupWise 2014
Novell GroupWise 2014 R2
Situation
Unable to create restore area using a drive on a different server in Windows
* Restore Area "undefined" creation failed
Clicking OK won't save the Restore Area settings when using UNC path
Resolution
- Login to the GroupWise admin console and navigate to System | Restore Area Management and click New...
- Give the restore area a title in the Name field
- In the Path, type something local such as C:\ and click OK
- Edit the restore area just created and modify the path to the UNC path as the following format \\ipaddress\path\to\po
- Switch to the Membership tab and add the applicable post office or individual users if desired
Please note: If the network path requires authentication, and the POA process is not running as a user with the same credentials the credentials can be filled out by clicking Post Offices | applicable po | Settings and filling out the Remote User Name and Password
Status
Reported to EngineeringAdditional Information
Detailed restore area steps can be viewed in the documentation found here