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Scalix Server Administration Guide Version 11.0.2 1 Scalix Server Administration Guide Notices The information contained in this document is subject Published by Scalix Corporation to change without notice. 1400 Fashion Island Blvd., Suite 602 Scalix Corporation makes no warranty of any kind with San Mateo, CA 94404-2061 regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantibility and fitness USA for a particular purpose. Scalix Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental Contents copyright © 2007 Scalix Corporation. or consequential damages in connection with the All rights reserved. furnishing, performance, or use of this material. Product Version: 11.0.2 Unix is used here as a generic term covering all versions of the UNIX operating system. UNIX is a E: 2.28.2007 registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Red Hat, and Fedora are registered trademarks of Red Hat Software Inc. rpm is a trademark of Red Hat Software Inc. SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell Inc. Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc. Microsoft, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Exchange, Outlook, Active Directory, and Internet Explorer are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Restricted Rights Legend Use, duplication, or disclosure is subject to restrictions as set forth in contract subdivision (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause 52.227-FAR14. 2 Scalix Administration Guide | Contents Introduction to this Guide . 8 Contents of this Guide . 8 How to Use This Guide . 9 Using the CLI . 9 Identifying the Instance Home Directory. 9 Related Documentation . 10 Introduction To Scalix . 11 About Scalix Product Editions . 11 About Scalix User Types . 13 Required Licenses . 14 Basic Administration Tasks. 15 About This Section . 15 This Section’s Contents Include: . 15 Introducing the Management Console . 16 About the Scalix Management Console . 16 Managing the System with the Management Console . 17 Launching the Management Console . 17 Getting Started with the Management Console . 18 Key Features of the Management Console. 19 Navigating the Management Console . 20 Filtering in the Management Console . 20 Logging out of the Management Console . 23 Managing Basic System Settings . 24 Settings Overview . 24 Reviewing Current Settings . 25 Configuring General Settings. 26 Configuring Mailbox Settings . 30 Configuring Password Settings . 31 Reviewing and Updating Licenses. 33 Modifying Server Settings Globally. 35 Modifying Scalix Administration Settings. 36 Changing the general.cfg File . 38 Managing Mailnodes . 40 3 Scalix Administration Guide | About Mailnodes . 40 Reviewing Existing Mailnodes . 41 Creating New Mailnodes . 42 Changing Address and Domain Rules for Mailnodes . 42 Granting Administrative Access . 44 About Administrative Roles and Permissions . 44 Scalix Admins . 45 The Four Administrative Groups. 46 Group Managers . 48 Managing Users . 49 About User Accounts . 49 Creating New Users . 50 Changing Passwords . 53 Modifying User Information . 54 Changing Users’ Types . 56 Deleting Users. 56 Setting Individual Mailbox Capacity Limits . 57 Unlocking Users after Failed Login Attempts . 58 Enabling Caching on Individual Mailboxes . 58 Enabling Search Indexing . 59 Identifying Delegates . 60 Managing Groups . 61 About Scalix Groups . 61 Creating New Groups . 62 Adding New Users to Existing Groups . 64 Modifying Groups. 65 Deleting Groups. 66 Assigning Group Managers . 66 Logging in as a Group Manager . 67 Managing Resources . 69 About Shared Resources. 69 Setting Up Shared Resources . 70 Booking Shared Resources . 71 Changing Shared Resource Settings . 71 Managing Server Processes . 73 Introducing Server Info . 73 Stopping and Starting Services . 75 4 Scalix Administration Guide | Monitoring Scalix Services and Daemons . 76 Monitoring the Active Users. 77 Monitoring the Message Store . 77 Monitoring Message Queues . 78 Review the Installation Summary . 79 Using Management Plugins. 80 About Management Plugins . 80 Running Management Plugins . 81 Writing Management Plugins . 81 Execution Enviroment. 83 Output Format. 83 Deploying Management Plugins . 84 Language Considerations . 84 Deployment Script . 85 Sample and Template Scripts . 86 Advanced Administration Tasks . 87 About This Section . ..