Novell recommends you use the new backup utilities so that you can recover a post office in the event of catastrophic damage beyond the ability of GroupWise to fix it. Of course, any new data after your last backup will be lost. If you use these utilities, the instructions in this document supersede any information in the GroupWise 5 administrator's online help that pertains to backing up and restoring user, domain, post office, library, or document databases or files. The following table lists the data types, the file types they use, and where they are stored. Each blob file contains only one attachment or one DMS document.
Blobs are both compressed and encrypted.
2 DMS database files contain information for each library, including library and document properties. They also contain references to each document, including its versions and any related objects. A post office's database files are stored at the post office. DMS blob files, however, can be stored separate from the post office, which is recommended for most installations due to disk space considerations. You can back up DMS blob files using any third-party backup software.