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Novell GroupWise backups (DS-MLR)
You can perform message-level backups on Novell GroupWise and restore email data at the message level to the original location or an alternate location.
This following matrix lists the objects that DS-MLR can back up and restore for Novell GroupWise.
• Active Support means that DS-MLR can back up or restore this type of email object.
• Not Supported means that DS-MLR does not support this type of email object.
 
 
Novell GroupWise
Object Type
Sub Type
Backup / Restore of individual emails
Cabinet
 
Active Support
Calendar
 
Active Support
Checklist
 
Not Supported
Contacts
 
Not Supported
Documents
 
Not Supported
Mailbox1
Incoming emails – with/without E‑Mail attachment
Active Support
FW emails
Active Support
Reply emails
Active Support
Work in progress
 
Not Supported
1 Novell GroupWise supports email backup and restore if the body size is no more than 64K (kilobytes).

Limitations
The following limitations apply when you are backing up or restoring Novell GroupWise data using DS-MLR:
• DS-MLR can only back up Novell GroupWise folders that contain up to 65535 email messages. This number may vary in different versions of Novell GroupWise. If a folder exceeds this number, the folder is backed up, but items inside it are not.
• DS-MLR currently supports email messages whose body size is not more than 64K.
DS-MLR registry keys for Novell GroupWise
The following table lists the registry keys that apply only to a Novell Groupwise email server and describes how each registry key affects the operation of DS-MLR.
NOTE:  An asterisk (*) indicates that the registry key is not installed by default and can only be added manually. Other registry keys that apply to multiple types of email servers including Novell GroupWise are listed and described in Table 5 on page 128.
 
Table 8 DS-MLR registry keys for Novell GroupWise
Registry key
Type
Default
Description
GWIPAddress
String
 
The GroupWise server address.
GWPort
String
1677
The port number of GroupWise POA.
GWSkipAttachment *
Dword
0
In the event of a failure to save the attachment of an email message, DS-MLR will continue backing up the email message and report a warning. Otherwise, DS-MLR will not be able to back up the email message.
GWTAppKey
String
 
The Trusted Application Key of GroupWise Domain.
NovellPsw
String
 
The Novell user password.
NovellUser
String
 
The Novell user name.
SkipUnread *
Dword
0
If the value is not 0, all unread message will be skipped during backup.