Netscape Calendar Server 4.0: Administrator's G uide

Server Administration

This chapter describes how to manage the Netscape Calendar Server. All standard administrative tasks can be performed through the Calendar Server section of Netscape Administration Server 3.5. Alternatively, many of these procedures can also be executed using command line utilities or operating system tools.

This chapter first describes the Calendar Server Manager, then documents the following administrative procedures:

Calendar Server Manager

The Calendar Server Manager is a collection of forms used to perform the various administrative tasks required to configure and operate the server. This management tool can be accessed by selecting the server button underneath the title Netscape Calendar Server 4.0 on the Server Administration Page.

All management forms for the Calendar Server are grouped in categories accessed by clicking one of the following six buttons:

Server Preferences

Options in this category allow the administrator to start and stop the server, and to view and modify the system configuration.

Server Status

Various monitoring tools are found in this section. Administrators can view the current server status, the connected users, and the output of any log files.

Resource Management

From the options in this category, the administrator can create new resources, add resources to a node, manage existing resources, and alter the default profile assigned to all resources upon creation.

User Management

The options in this category allow administrators to add users to a node, to assign administration rights to these users, and to alter the default profile assigned upon the creation of new users. Calendar users are created and managed using the forms found in the Users and Groups category under General Administration.

Node Management

Tasks related to the administration of a Calendar node are grouped in this section. From the forms in this area, the administrator can create a new Calendar node, increase the user capacity of an existing node, and connect two or more nodes to form a node network.

Database Management

The ability to back up, restore, or delete a backup is accessed through the forms grouped in this category.

Note
Public groups are created and managed in the Users and Groups category under General Administration.

Starting and stopping Calendar Server

Calendar Server can be started or stopped by executing one of the following procedures:

Note
Directory Server must be running before starting Calendar Server. Also, if you have enabled mail notifications, Messaging Server should be running.

On the Server Administration Page, to the left of the server's name, is an icon that can be toggled between OFF/ON. If the server is running, ON is illuminated by a green light.
Using the Calendar Server Manager form:

Command line utilities -- unistart / unistop. For full instructions on the use of these utilities, see Appendix G.

From the Services Control Panel -- stop the five Calendar Server services (uniengd, unilckd, unicwsd, unisncd and unidasd)

Warning
As a result of the number of user connections, the number of processes running, and the volume of network traffic, Calendar Server may take over a minute to stop.

Calendar Server status

To view the current status of the Calendar Server daemons/services and servers:

Select Server Status | Show Server Status from the Calendar Server Manager menu.
Select the option(s) you wish to invoke by clicking the appropriate check box(es).
If you wish to return to the default settings, click Reset.
Click OK to run the utility.

This utility can also be run from the command line. See unistatus in Appendix G for complete instructions and syntax.

Viewing current user activity

To view the current status of connected Calendar users:

Select Server Status | Show Connected Users from the Calendar Server Manager menu.
Select the option(s) you wish to invoke by clicking the appropriate check box(es).
If you wish to return to the default settings, click Reset.
Click OK to run the utility.
This utility can also be run from the command line. See uniwho in Appendix G for complete instructions and syntax.

Other administrative tasks

A number of less common Calendar Server administrative tasks can be performed using command line utilities. For full instructions on the use and syntax of these utilities, see Appendix G.

Some of the utilities that an administrator may want to be familiar with once the Calendar Server is up and running are:

unipasswd - to change the password of the SYSOP or any other user on a Calendar node
unireqdump - to view and optionally delete requests in the Corporate-Wide Services (CWS) queue

unicheck - to verify the presence of all necessary files and directories, and check the settings for permissions, owner and group information

uniclean - to remove or correct any problems found running unicheck. Transient files will be removed and permission and ownership settings restored to the default.

uniclr_ipc - to clear IPC (Inter-Process Communication) resources consumed by the Calendar Server system

See the table at the front of Appendix G for a short description of the function of all utilities included with Netscape Calendar Server 4.0.