1.3 Support for Standard Driver Features

The following sections provide information about how the GroupWise driver supports these standard driver features:

1.3.1 Local Platforms

A local installation is an installation of the driver on the Metadirectory server. The GroupWise driver can be installed on the following operating systems supported for the Metadirectory server:

  • Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later (32-bit)

  • Windows Server 2008 or later (32-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 or later (32 and 64-bit)

  • Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 or later (32-bit)

NOTE:Novell ships only 32-bit GroupWise driver. To install the driver on a 64-bit platform, you need to have a 32-bit Metadirectory on a 64-bit platform.

1.3.2 Remote Platforms

The GroupWise driver can use the Remote Loader service to run on a server other than the Metadirectory server. For example, you might not want to install the Metadirectory server (Metadirectory engine and Identity Vault) on the same server as GroupWise. In this case, you install the Remote Loader and driver on the GroupWise server and the Remote Loader enables the driver to communicate with the Metadirectory server.

The GroupWise driver is supported on the following platforms running the Remote Loader:

  • Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later (32-bit)

  • Windows Server 2008 or later (32-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 or later (32 and 64-bit)

  • Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 or later (32-bit)

NOTE:Novell ships only 32-bit GroupWise driver. To install the driver on a 64-bit platform, you need to have a 32-bit Remote Loader on a 64-bit platform.

1.3.3 Entitlements

The sample driver configuration supports entitlements. When entitlements are enabled, the driver does the following actions by default:

  • Adds User object accounts

  • Removes User object accounts

  • Adds members of the distribution list

  • Removes members of the distribution list

1.3.4 Password Synchronization

The Subscriber channel sets the password. Passwords are not synchronized on the Publisher channel. This means that passwords are synchronized from the Identity Vault to GroupWise, but not from GroupWise to the Identity Vault. The GroupWise driver supports password synchronization via Universal Password.

The best practice is to configure GroupWise to authenticate against the Identity Vault, in which case password synchronization is not required.

1.3.5 Objects Synchronized

The GroupWise driver synchronizes users, groups, distribution lists, external entities, containers, and post offices.