Adding resources

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Login level required for this task: Systems

The method of adding resources varies, depending on the type of resource you are adding.

To add a resource to the system:

  1. Prepare the server and install the service software as described above and in the Ensim Unify Administration Guide for Service Providers. About preparing servers

  2. If this is the first resource for the service, verify the service is enabled before you add the server. Many services are initially added in the disabled state.

Unless you disable the service later, you need to enable the service only after you initially install the service software, or plugins, on the platform servers. You do not need to enable the service each time you add a resource or hosting server.

  1. Log in to the service provider control panel using a Systems account.

  2. For hosting servers, start the add resource wizard. If you are simply adding a mailbox store resource to an existing set of mailbox stores, use the add resource page for the mailbox store instead of the add resource wizard. When adding this type of resource, you do not need to provide all the information listed here.

  3. Provide server information

  4. On the Server Information form, provide the following information, then click Next.

If you clear this check box, the resource is not available. This is useful when you want to prevent the system from automatically using specific resources, such as mailbox stores dedicated to a single organization, during provisioning.

If you check this box, and you select automatic resource selection when you provision an organization, this resource is available to the system for allocation.

You can always select resources manually during provisioning, regardless of whether this option is selected or cleared.

Valid input in the ISA Server Host Name box includes IP addresses and host names. For example:

10.0.0.1

    Provide service resource information

  1. Configure or set resource limits for each component of the service, then click Next. For more information, click the links below to open the service-specific Help.

  2. Provide service configuration information

  3. Provide any additional information required for the server or resource, such as frontend server information, then click Next. For more information about configuring service components, see the service links above.

  4. Verify information

  5. On the last page of the wizard, verify the resource and service information. To change information, click Previous. To add the server or resource, click Finish.

  6. The hosting server or resource appears on the resources list. You can sell it or its resources to resellers and organizations immediately. If the service installed on the server does not appear on service reseller or organization selection forms, make sure you have enabled the service. When you add a hosting server or resource for a new service, that service is added in the disabled state.

    After you sell a server or resource to a reseller, that reseller becomes the resource owner. The owner has authority to change the server or resource information with the exception of the name and actual resources.