Start the Linux MTA with or without a user interface, as described in the following section of the GroupWise Installation Guide for your version of GroupWise:
GroupWise 2012: Starting the Linux Agents with a User Interface
in Installing GroupWise Agents
GroupWise 8: Starting the Linux Agents with a User Interface
or Starting the Linux GroupWise Agents as Daemons
in Installing GroupWise Agents
GroupWise 7: Starting the Linux Agents with a User Interface
or Starting the Linux GroupWise Agents as Daemons
in Installing GroupWise Agents
At the MTA server console or Web console, check to make sure that all links between the new Linux MTA and other domains and post offices are open.
If you have closed links, see the following section of GroupWise Troubleshooting 2: Solutions to Common Problems for your version of GroupWise:
GroupWise 2012: MTA Status Box Shows a Closed Location
in Strategies for Agent Problems
GroupWise 8: MTA Status Box Shows a Closed Location
in Strategies for Agent Problems
GroupWise 7: MTA Status Box Shows a Closed Location
in Strategies for Agent Problems
(Conditional) If the domain has gateways, start each gateway.
Set up a backup procedure for the domain in its new location on Linux, as described in the following sections in the GroupWise Administration Guide for your version of GroupWise:
GroupWise 2012: GroupWise Database Copy Utility
in Databases
GroupWise 8: GroupWise Target Service Agent
and GroupWise Database Copy Utility
in Databases
GroupWise 7: Target Service Agents
and GroupWise Database Copy Utility
in Databases
(Conditional) If the domain has a GWIA that is running on the same NetWare or Windows server where the domain directory was previously located, migrate the GWIA to the Linux server where the domain directory is now located, as described in Section 13.0, Manually Migrating the Internet Agent to Linux.
After the domain has been migrated to Linux, the NetWare or Windows GWIA can continue receiving and queuing Internet messages, but it cannot pass them into the GroupWise system until the GWIA has been migrated to Linux along with its domain and MTA.
(Conditional) If the domain has a WebAccess Agent that is running on the same NetWare or Windows server where the domain directory was previously located, consider migrating the WebAccess Agent to the Linux server where the domain directory is now located, as described in Section 14.0, Manually Migrating WebAccess to Linux.
Because it is common for the WebAccess Agent to run on a different server from where its domain is located, there is no urgency about migrating it to Linux.
When the Linux MTA is running smoothly for the new domain location, and other GroupWise agents belonging to the domain have been migrated to Linux as needed, delete the old domain directory structure (and if applicable, the mslocal directory structure) from the NetWare or Windows server.
(Optional) Uninstall the old MTA software to reclaim disk space on the NetWare or Windows server.