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Sun Java System Calendar Server 6 2004Q2 Deployment Planning Guide

Preface

The Sun Java System Calendar Server 6 2004Q2 Deployment Planning Guide contains the information you need to deploy Sun Java™ System Calendar Server 6 2004Q2. This guide helps you through the process of understanding Calendar Server, evaluating and analyzing your site, and designing the kind of deployment architecture that meets your organization’s needs.

Who Should Read This Guide

What You Need to Know

What You Need to Know

Resources on the Web

How to Report Problems

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Who Should Read This Guide

This guide is intended for site planners, system administrators, and support specialists who are responsible for planning and deploying Calendar Server at their site.

What You Need to Know

This guide is for individuals who are responsible for assessing and deploying Calendar Server at your site, including:

Evaluators

Architects

System administrators

This guide assumes you are familiar with the following:

How to install enterprise-level software products

DWP, WCAP, and LDAP protocols

Solaris system administration and networking

Conventions

The following table describes the typeface conventions used in this guide.

Table 1  Typeface Conventions

Typeface

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

(Monospace)

API and language elements, HTML tags, web site URLs, command names, file names, directory path names, on-screen computer output, sample code.

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

(Monospace bold)

What you type, as contrasted with on-screen computer output.

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

(Italic)

Book titles.

New words or terms.

Words to be emphasized.

Command-line variables to be replaced by real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

The file is located in the cs_svr_base/cal/sbin directory.

The following table describes placeholder conventions used in this guide.

Table 2  Placeholder Conventions

Item

Meaning

Examples

product_base

Placeholder for the directory where the product is installed.

The cs_svr_base/bin directory might be
/opt/SUNWics5/cal/sbin.

The following table describes the symbol conventions used in this book.

Table 3  Symbol Conventions

Symbol

Meaning

Notation

Example

[ ]

Contain optional command options.

O[n]

¯O4, ¯O

{ }

|

Contain a set of choices for a required command option.

Separates command option choices.

d{y|n}

¯dy

+

Joins simultaneous keystrokes in keyboard shortcuts that are used in a graphical user interface.

Ctrl+A

-

Joins consecutive keystrokes in keyboard shortcuts that are used in a graphical user interface.

Esc-S

>

Indicates menu selection in a graphical user interface.

File > New

File > New > Templates

Resources on the Web

In addition to this guide, you will want to refer to Sun Java™ System Calendar Server 6 documentation. Use the following URLs to see this documentation:

http://docs.sun.com/db/coll/CalendarServer_04q2

Third-party URLs are included in this document to provide additional, related information.

Note

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party Web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.

How to Report Problems

If you have problems with Calendar Server, contact Sun customer support using one of the following mechanisms:

Sun Software Support services online at

http://www.sun.com/service/sunone/software

This site has links to the Knowledge Base, Online Support Center, and ProductTracker, as well as to maintenance programs and support contact numbers.

The telephone dispatch number associated with your maintenance contract

So that we can best assist you in resolving problems, please have the following information available when you contact support:

Description of the problem, including the situation where the problem occurs and its impact on your operation

Machine type, operating system version, and product version, including any patches and other software that might be affecting the problem

Detailed steps on the methods you have used to reproduce the problem

Any error logs or core dumps

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. Use the web-based form to provide feedback to Sun:

http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback/

Please provide the full document title and part number in the appropriate fields. The part number is a seven-digit or nine-digit number that can be found on the title page of the book or at the top of the document. For example, the part number of this Calendar Server Deployment Planning Guide is 816-6709-10.

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Typeface	Meaning	Examples
AaBbCc123 (Monospace)	API and language elements, HTML tags, web site URLs, command names, file names, directory path names, on-screen computer output, sample code.	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail.
AaBbCc123 (Monospace bold)	What you type, as contrasted with on-screen computer output.	% su Password:
AaBbCc123 (Italic)	Book titles. New words or terms. Words to be emphasized. Command-line variables to be replaced by real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. The file is located in the cs_svr_base/cal/sbin directory.

Symbol	Meaning	Notation	Example
[ ]	Contain optional command options.	O[n]	¯O4, ¯O
{ } \|	Contain a set of choices for a required command option. Separates command option choices.	d{y\|n}	¯dy
+	Joins simultaneous keystrokes in keyboard shortcuts that are used in a graphical user interface.		Ctrl+A
-	Joins consecutive keystrokes in keyboard shortcuts that are used in a graphical user interface.		Esc-S
>	Indicates menu selection in a graphical user interface.		File > New File > New > Templates


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