During this course you will install and configure the Lotus Domino Server and Domino Administrator. When you finish the course, the Server will be ready to serve Domino databases to Notes clients and browsers and to delivery mail within a single Domino Domain.
This course places special emphasis on security and replication, two core features of Domino.
Lotus Training Learning Objectives
In this course, you will learn how to:
- install, set up, and configure a Domino Server and Domino Administrator
- register a user with basic settings
- create a new database using a standard template
- define groups to manage server and database security
- understand and configure server and database security
- configure the Administration Process to automate administrator tasks
- cross certify other organizations to use your Domino Server
- register a new Server and reconfigure your Server to join an existing Domino Domain
- configure a Remote Primary Directory Server to provide centralized directory services
- replicate databases and schedule automated replication between Domino Servers
- create a Domain Catalog and configure Domain Search
- learn how the Domino Web Server provides database access to browsers
- learn how electronic mail transfer and delivery work in a single Domino Domain using the Notes routing protocol.
Lotus Training Audience
This course is part of a series of Domino administration training courses. Follow these paths to master all aspects of administering the Domino Server, Lotus Notes, and other clients:
Courses later in the series assume that you have mastered the content of earlier courses.
This course is designed for network/database administrators who are responsible for supporting Lotus Domino Servers and Notes clients and who:
- have never administered a Domino Server
- are proficient Lotus Notes 7 users.
You will find this course most useful if prior to this course you have:
- studied the principles and operation of personal computer networking using TCP/IP in LAN/WAN/Internet environments
- installed and supported the operating system used in this course (Windows 2000 Server and Professional) as well as applications used by those systems
- installed, administered, and supported network operating system server and workstation software.
You will find the course especially rewarding if you have already installed a Domino Server and a handful of Notes Clients and have had some experience designing Domino databases.
Lotus Training Course duration
This course is sold as a 3-day course.
Lotus Training Course outline
Topic 1: The Services of a Domino Server
What Domino is
What Domino is NOT
Major administrator task areas
Topic 2: Install a Domino Server
Domino Server platforms
Hardware requirements
Operating system licensing requirements
Pre-installation: OS optimization
Pre-installation: Install ODBC/RDBMS drivers
Pre-installation: Lock down server access
Pre-installation: Network connectivity
CD versions
Install Server from a network drive
Install Domino software
Page 1: Welcome
Page 2: Program Files Directory/Partitioned Server
Page 3: Data files directory
Page 4: Server choice
Page Summary
Reboot server
Results
Exercise: Install Domino 7 Server
Custom installations
Reinstallation/Uninstallation
QMR/QMU updates
Topic 3: Setup Pre-Planning
To centralize or distribute?
Domino Domain
Multiple Domino Domains
Domino Named Networks
Organization structure
Domino Server names
Exercise: Setup pre-planning
Topic 4: Setup First Server
Exercise: Server Setup
Start Setup
Step 1: Start as Windows service prompt
Step 2: Welcome
Step 3: Server choice
Step 4: Server name and title
Step 5: Organization Certifier
Customize button: Advanced Organization Settings
Step 6: Domain name
Step 7: Administrator name and password
Step 8: Server tasks
Customize button: Advanced Domino Services
Step 9: Network settings
Customize button: Advanced Network Settings
Step 10: Security defaults
Step 11: Review
Results of the Server Setup
Remote Server Setup
Silent setup
Topic 5: Start Server
Start the Domino Server
Startup
Server tasks
Turn off unnecessary server tasks
Other ways to start tasks
Start Domino as a Windows Service
Exercise: Rename ID files
Topic 6: Server Console
Running Notes on a Domino Server
Server Console commands
Useful Server Console commands
Downing a server
Lock Server Console
Server Console Message ID and Severity
Topic 7: Install and Configure Domino Administrator
Minimum platform requirements
Connection requirements
NotesCONNECT
Exercise: Install and configure Notes/Domino Administrator
Step 1: Uninstall previous installations
Step 2: Start installer
Step 3: Choose directories
Step 4: Client choice
Program features options
Step 5: Ready and set default email client
Step 6: Reboot computer
Results of the installation
Exercise: Notes configuration
Topic 8: Tour of Domino Administrator
Start Domino Administrator
User interface
Sequence to use Domino Administrator
Get Administrator Help
Exercise: Domino Administrator interface
Remote Server Console
Remote Console properties
Remote Server Console display watch
Customize the Send button
Customize the Command button
Administration Preferences
Change to another location
Start Domino Administrator to Local
Server Console properties
Server Console filters
Run pieces of Domino Administrator
Topic 9: Configuration Settings Documents
Configuration Settings
Directory Profile document
Configuration Settings document
Multiple Configuration Settings documents
NOTES.INI
Console command to edit the NOTES.INI
Configuration Settings document to change NOTES.INI
Exercise: Change NOTES.INI with Configuration Settings
Topic 10: Security Overview
Security model
General observations about the security model diagram
Levels of effort
Basic network security
Port access lists
Network data encryption
Firewall network
Small shop solutions
Domino firewall domain
Domino administrator responsibilities
Developer responsibilities
Resources
Topic 11: User Authentication and Names
IDs created during first server setup
Contents of Server and User IDs
Validation and authentication
Increasing authentication security
Hierarchy of Organizational Unit Certifiers
Registering users and servers with an OU Certifier ID
Authentication and Organizational Certifiers
Advantages of Organizational Units
Authenticated name for Notes users
Authenticated name for browser users
Failure to authenticate
Debugging authentication
Topic 12: Notes User Registration and Groups
What is Notes user registration?
Exercise: Basic Notes user registration
Why use Groups
Standard groups
Create Group document
Exercise: Create groups
Group views
Find Group Member
Manage Groups
Rename Group
Delete Group
Find Groups
Organizational wildcards
Topic 13: Server Access Lists
Domino Directory administration
Security tab in the Server document
Recommended Server Access practices
Exercise: Limiting access
Server access for browsers
Topic 14: Administrator Rights
General user access to the server
Default administrator access
What being listed as an administrator gets you
Delegating administrative duties
Administrator use of Domino Administrator
Full Access administrator mode
Domino Console Server access fields
Administrator access to the Domino Directory
Administrator access to system databases
Topic 15: Databases
Add Domino database
Exercise: Create database
Internal tools
External tools
Files function tab
Files display preferences
Folder tools
Database tools
Database white space
Compact
Other ways to free disk space
Database rollout
Exercise: Database tools
Topic 16: Database Security
Folder Access (Directory Link)
Directory Links caveats
Database Access Control List
ACL Entries
Add users to the ACL
Acceptable ACL Entries
Standard settings
User Type
Conflicting/overlapping access
Explicit versus Effective Access
Maximum Internet name & password access
Entry privileges
Roles
Create and assign a role
Exercise: Define ACL and roles
Set Administration Server
Manage Multiple ACLs tool
Copy and Paste entire ACLs
Local ACL enforcement
Enforce Consistent ACL
Server and Domain-wide ACL reporting
Exercise: Database Catalog
System database ACLs
Encrypt Server databases
Exercise: Encrypt server database
Topic 17: Administration Process
Administration Process workflow
Major areas of work
Security requirements
Configure AdminP
Administration Requests database
Critical views to monitor
One Administrative Server or many?
When tasks are performed
Server console commands
Domino Administrator Tell Task tool
Exercise: AdminP in action
Debugging AdminP
Topic 18: Cross Certification
Exercise: Test access to another Organizations server
Locating Cross Certificate documents
Purpose of cross certification
Three methods to cross certify
Exercise: On-demand cross certification
What level to cross certify?
Safe Copy cross certification
Verbally cross certify key
Revoke authentication from cross certification
Allow Anonymous access to Notes
Organizations and Domino Domains
Topic 19: Adding Servers to the Domain
Register server
Administrative requirements to register server
Server name guidelines
Additional server registration
Exercise: Remove server configuration
Exercise: Register additional server
Start server and run the Server Setup program
Protocol access
Server security requirements
Additional Server Setup
Exercise: Server Setup on additional server
Exercise: Register new administrator
Exercise: Reconfigure Notes/Domino Administrator
Topic 20: Primary and Configuration Directories
Distributed directory architecture
Centralized directory architecture
Pros and cons
Hybrid directory architecture
Directory Type settings
"Show Xdir" console command
Change the directory type
Topic 21: Replication Fundamentals
What replication is NOT
What replication IS
Cluster Replication
Why replicate databases
Database Replica ID and Document UNID
Server-to-server replication
Item modification record
Single source item update
Dual source field update
Deleted documents
Design/ACL replication
What is NOT replicated
Topic 22: Create a Replica Database
Prepare source of replica
Who can create a replica on a server
Rule: Only one replica on a server
Immediately create one replica database
Exercise: Create replica database
Create replicas using AdminP
Transporting large replica databases
Topic 23: Replicate Databases
Force replication
Exercise: Replicate from Notes
Replicate from the Server Console
Exercise: Replicate from the Server Console
Verify replication
Exercise: Replication results
Topic 24: Replication Settings
General perspective
Sequence of conditions
Connection document
ACL settings
Differential access via ACL
Document Reader Access List
Replication Settings
Exercise: Selective Replication
Replication of unread marks
Topic 25: Replication Topology
Replication topology
Connection topology and selective replication
How often should you replicate?
Replication Type
Scheduling guidelines
Deterministic replication
Example three-tier topology
Example schedule
Cluster Replicator
Topic 26: Replication Connections
Connection documents
Required replication connections
Connection topology
Create Connection document
Replication schedule grid
Exercise: Connection documents
Multiple Replicator tasks
Topic 27: Troubleshoot Replication
Replication history and cutoff dates
Clear the replication history
Deletion stub purge
Replication conflict handling
Replication conflicts in Domino Directory
Preventing replication conflicts
Document locking
Enable document locking
Document locks and mobile users
Exercise: Replication conflicts and document locking
Phantom documents
General troubleshooting
Replication stops if ACLs are different
Domino Server Log
Replication logging
Note ID
Connection trace
Replication monitoring tools
Topic 28: Domain Catalog and Domain Search
Database Catalog versus Domain Catalog
Database Catalog replication
Full Text Search versus Domain Search
Full text index settings
Configuration overview
Configuration procedures
Procedure 1: Enable Domain Catalog and Indexer server tasks
Procedure 2: Include Domino databases in multi-database indexing
Procedure 3: Include other files in index
Procedure 4: Restart server
Notes client configuration
Search using Notes client
Search using Browser
Exercise: Domain Search
Domain Search and security
Design considerations
Delete Domain Index
Indexer tuning
Other search products
Topic 29: Browser Access to Databases
Domino Web Server
Incoming URL parsing
Serving file system resources
Serving Domino databases
User authentication
Increase the strength of Internet Passwords
Other means to authenticate users
Login name versus authenticated name
Server Access Lists and HTTP
Anonymous users of the server
Database security
Maximum Internet name and password
Database encryption
Exercise: Open Marketing Discussion from browser
Domino Web Administrator
Additional server configuration
Topic 30: Message Transfer and Delivery
Message flow in Notes mail
Choosing a mail client
Choosing a mail protocol
Think Domino
Domino Domain
Domino Named Networks
One Domino Named Network
Multiple Domino Named Networks
One WAN, multiple Domino Named Networks
Multiple protocol/NIC Servers
Notes mail architecture
Notes configuration
Create a Memo
Submit mail to recipient
Deliver mail to user
Read mail
User registration and mail
Exercise: Test mail delivery
Mail Users view in Domino Administrator
Router task
Exercise: Test mail delivery
Message document internals
