Adding resources

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Login level required for this task: Systems

After you install a service such as Hosted Exchange 2003, you need to add or register the service's hosting server or resources to the Ensim Unify system. You need to do this before you begin selling the service to resellers or organizations. If you want to expand your server resources for a service, you can install and register additional resources at any time.

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

To add a resource to Ensim Unify:

  1. Prepare the server and install the service software as instructed in the service's installation guide. About preparing servers

  2. If this is the first resource for the service, verify the service is enabled before you add the server. Some 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.

  5. Provide service resource information

  6. Configure the resource and set resource limits for each component of the service, then click Next. For information about service resource options, click the links below to open the service-specific Help. For information about resource options for services, see the online Help for each service.

  7. Provide service configuration information

  8. 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. For more information about configuring service components, see the online Help for each service.

  9. Verify information

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

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