During this course you will use Domino Administrator as you learn to perform Notes-specific administration tasks such as registering users and controlling Notes configuration using policies.

Lotus Training Learning Objectives

In this course, you will learn how to:

• create an Organizational Unit Certifier ID and configure it for ID/password recovery and alternate language names
• define explicit and organizational policies and Registration, Setup, Desktop, Archiving, and Security Settings policies
• register Notes users
• track active Notes client users to ensure license compliance
• upgrade Notes software using Upgrade By Mail and Notes Smart Upgrade
• deploy custom Welcome Pages, Bookmarks, and databases
• enforce passwords and password changes
• use the Administration Process to automate user identity changes and to recertify expired certificates
• recover a lost User ID or forgotten password using Password Recovery.

This course is part of two series of courses designed for both advanced help desk personnel and Notes/Domino administrators.

Help desk personnel. This course is distinguished from the Lotus Notes 6.5 Support course, which is designed for help desk personnel who do not have Domino Administrator or administrative rights to the Domino Server but who are responsible for installing and supporting Notes clients. Depending on your responsibilities, you may need the additional knowledge presented in this course to learn the administrator side of supporting Notes clients.



Notes/Domino administrators. This course follows the Lotus Domino 6 Administration Basics course, focusing on Notes clients:



Whereas the Lotus Domino 6 Administration Basics course covers general Domino Server installation and configuration, this course focuses on the administration of Notes clients.

Lotus Training Course duration

This course is sold as a 2-day course, but it is unlikely that you can finish all the topics in two days.

Lotus Training Course outline

Topic 1: Domino Administrator

A few definitions
What you can do with just Notes
Start Domino Administrator
Welcome Page
User interface
Sequence to use Domino Administrator
Files function tab
Remote Server Console
Get Administrator Help
Exercise: Domino Administrator interface
Administration preferences
Web Administrator
Security and Domino Administrator
Full-Access administrator mode

Prerequisite: Administration rights
Task 1: Create Certification Log database
Task 2: Organizational identity
Advantages of Organizational Units
Disadvantages of Organizational Units
Register users with Organization Certifier
Create OU Certifier from O Certifier
Create OU Certifier from OU Certifier
Certificate Authority Process
Exercise: Create OU Certifier ID
Task 3: Password/ID recovery
ID/Password recovery Step 1: Create Mail-In database
ID/Password recovery Step 2: Edit recovery information
Exercise: Edit recovery information
Task 4: Alternate name language support
Add alternate user name

Policy defined
Settings documents
Policy type
Choosing between Explicit and Organizational policy types
Exercise: Create Policy and Settings documents
Assign policies to users
Assignment Method 1: Set default policy for registrations
Assignment Method 2: Assign policy during registration
Assignment Method 3: Change Person document
Things you cannot control with policies

Prerequisite: Administration rights
Task 1: Ensure that new users have unique names
Task 2: Add user to appropriate groups
Exercise: Create group
Task 3: Add the groups to the Server access fields
Task 4: Define Registration Settings policy
Exercise: Registration Settings
Task 5: Set Administration Preferences
Advanced Person Registration Options
Exercise: Set Administration Preferences
Task 6: Define Setup Settings policies
Exercise: Setup Settings

What is user registration?
The role of a Person document
No user count limitations
Sources for users to register
Register Person dialog box
Basics tab
Mail tab
Address tab
ID Info tab
Groups tab
Roaming tab
Other tab
Exercise: Register user
Registration Queue
Options button
Views button
Name conflicts
Register users from a text file
Registration text file contents
Batch registration NOTES.INI variables
Windows directory integration
Exercise: Set up User

Execution Control Lists and Design signatures
Administrator control over ECLs
Administration ECL
Refresh client ECL with Administration ECL
Admin ECL in the Security Settings policy document
Exercise: Security Settings policy
Encrypt replica databases on laptops
Replica encryption in the Desktop Settings policy document
Notes mail security
Force encryption of all incoming mail at the Server
Mail Security in the Desktop Settings policy document
Exercise: Desktop Settings policy
Security settings in User Preferences
Security settings in Location document
Automatic logout policy

Administrator access requirements
Procedure 1: Rename user (Administrator initiated)
Exercise: Rename user
Procedure 2: Rename user (User initiated via Notes Mail)
Procedure 3: Move user to another Organizational Unit
Procedure 4: Recertify User ID (Administrator initiated)
Exercise: Recertify User IDs
Procedure 5: Recertify User ID (User initiated)
Procedure 6: Recertify expired User ID
Procedure 7: Delete user
Procedure 8: Lockout user from Servers
Procedure 9: Rename or delete group
User ID responsibilities
ID file problems
Procedure 10: Re-register user

Default password behavior
Password strength
Enforce password
Enable password verification and expiration
How password verification and expiration work
Password verification and expiration anomalies
Lock out User ID
Compare public keys
Windows NT/2000 server password synchronization
Internet password synchronization
User override of password synchronization
HTTP password management

Problem 1: Lost User ID
Problem 2: User ID file is deleted by the user
Set recovery information after registration
Recover deleted User ID
Exercise: Recover ID file
Problems with password recovery
Problem 3: User forgets ID password
Problem 4: User ID password is compromised

Three ways to upgrade Notes software
Upgrades are safe
Determine what version is running
Upgrade by (Notes) Mail
Notes Smart Upgrade from 6.x to 6.x
COMPACT utility
CONVERT utility
Seamless Mail database upgrade

Deploy replica databases
Deploy Mobile Directory Catalog
Deploy Bookmarks
Deploy custom Welcome Pages
Working in Advanced Mode to create new Welcome Pages
Deploy Workplace as Welcome Page
Deploy custom tips of the day

Policy hierarchies
Create policy hierarchy
Inherit settings assignment
Policy Viewer
Inherit and enforce specific settings in a policy hierarchy
Policy Synopsis tool

Certification Log
Client Access Licenses (CALs)
Server\Licenses view
License tracking
Version tracking