How do I backup and restore a groupwise archive to CD?
The standard GroupWise archive directory is: C:\Novell\GroupWise\Archive You can burn this directory to a cd in order to backup your GroupWise archive, but the tricky part is restoring and reading it. To do so: • Create a directory called c:\archivebackup. • Copy the archmail directory from the cd to this directory e.g. c:\archivebackup\archive. • Right click on the archive directory and choose Properties. • Uncheck Read Only and a second box will be displayed confirming your choice. • Be sure to check apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files. • Go into GroupWise and choose Tools > Options > Environment > File Location . • Change the archive directory path to c:\archivebackup\archmail. • Click on ok. • Go back into your mailbox and choose File > Open Archive. You should now be able to read your backup archive directory.
The standard GroupWise archive directory is: C:\Novell\GroupWise\Archive You can burn this directory to a cd in order to backup your GroupWise archive, but the tricky part is restoring and reading it. To do so: • Create a directory called c:\archivebackup. • Copy the archmail directory from the cd to this directory e.g. c:\archivebackup\archive. • Right click on the archive directory and choose Properties. • Uncheck Read Only and a second box will be displayed confirming your choice. • Be sure to check apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files. • Go into GroupWise and choose Tools > Options > File Location > Environment. • Change the archive directory path to c:\archivebackup\archmail. • Click on ok. • Go back into your mailbox and choose File > Open Archive. You should now be able to read your backup archive directory.
