GWAVACon 2013: Reload

Dominik Niehaus Technical Engineer

Reload & Blueprint Introduction

10/2/2013

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• Fastest and most reliable Backup

Solution for Novell GroupWise • Unique Disaster Recovery with a

single mouse click

What is Reload?


• Live Backup of several weeks avail. • Quick Recovery of single mails,

addresses, appointments, … • Off-Site Backup • Easy GroupWise Migration • Users cannot purge items until they

are backed up by Reload

What is Reload?


Reload Backup Engine

GroupWise POA (Linux, Netware or Windows)

Reload Backup Server Running on Linux

Fast Access over GW-Client via Restore Area

How it works


• DR is Push-Button Easy!

• No Backup sets to choose or combine

• No decisions to make

• Just push the “Disaster Recovery Failover” Button

• Reload Server hosts the live post office(s) or domain(s)

Disaster Recovery


• Wizard driven Migration

• Migrate to original, a new server or even a new server platform(NetWare -> Linux)

• Migrate 90% of the live post office data while the live post office is being hosted on the Reload server

Post Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery

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Post Office Size: 100 GB

Initial backup: 100 GB

Incremental backup: 12 GB

7 days of backup: 184 GB +Full backup 84

Instead of 7 x 100 = 700 GB

Guideline: 5x your PO size for 14 days

Effectivity


Reload 4 impressions

Blueprint for Reload

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• Concise reporting—no calculator needed! • Reports on GroupWise system usage. (Blueprint

is not a Reload server analysis system) • HTML reports that are usable on any platform

• PCs • Smartphones • Tablets

• .CSV based reports for custom analysis • Blueprint agents run on the Reload server • No impact on the live system, and absolutely no

configuration changes needed in the live system



Make informed business and technical decisions • Archiving Needs • Storage Needs • How individuals are using GroupWise

Provides over 40 data points on each user’s mailbox, for example:

• What GroupWise client versions are in use • License types: full license vs. limited license • Which users have mailbox storage limit • What are those limits • How close are users to those limits • Which accounts are inactive and unused • Which are the largest mailboxes

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http://reloaddemo.gwava.com:5555/



Questions?

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