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Subject:    Re: Novell Branch Office
From:       "James Taylor" <James.Taylor () eastcobbgroup ! com>
Date:       2005-03-28 17:03:58
Message-ID: s247f2c5.035 () inet ! eastcobbgroup ! com
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The big plus for Branch Office is the ability to connect and provision a remote \
office without a private network. If you already have a private network, then a \
regular server will be much easier to manage.  As you indicated, you can run rsync as \
a service on NW6.5 to sync data back to a central site for backup. I don't believe \
you're going to be able to get a backup of the open GW databases using rsync. You'll \
need to opy them to a separate location if you want to sync them back.  BO is \
supposed to support a "cached" GW PO, but I haven't tested it myself.

-jt
 
 
> > > dabernathy@claytoncorp.com 03/28/05 9:05 am >>> 
Is anyone out there using Novell Branch Office 2.0? If so, what is your opinion of \
it? We're on the fence about whether or not to use it.   
We bought it thinking it would be a good fit for our secondary location, liking the \
idea of replicating their data back to the central office and backing it up there.   
However, the more I read the documentation, the more leery I am of trying to upgrade \
this way. We have an existing NetWare 5.0 server at the location, and a GroupWise 5.5 \
post office. Central office is already upgraded to NW65/GW65.   
We did some testing this past weekend. The Branch Office was very hands-off, and it \
installed into its own little tree and connects to CO via LDAP. I'm not sure I like \
that. I don't see any good documentation on how to move existing users into this new \
tree, nor how to move their GroupWise accounts to the new GW 6.5 post office the \
Branch Office appliance will create.   
We have a private leased line between the two locations, and that's not likely to \
change since we use it for interconnecting phone systems as well as data. NBO seems \
better suited to new deployments at locations that only have an Internet connection.  \
 We can use rsync standalone to back up data (though not sure how well that works \
with GroupWise databases - does it handle those ok?). Is there any compelling reason \
that I'm not seeing why we should use Branch Office vs. just installing this box as a \
normal NetWare 6.5 server?   
Dan Abernathy 
Network Admin 
Clayton Corporation 
P 636-349-5333 Ext. 261 
F 636-349-5335 
E dabernathy@claytoncorp.com 
 
 
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