Setting up a secondary name server

To ensure that the Notes® Name Service is always available to Notes users, assign a secondary name server in users' Location documents.

About this task

You can specify a different secondary name server for any location whose Location type is either Local area network or Custom. The secondary server can use either the TCP/IP, NetWare NDS, or NetBIOS protocol. The secondary name server is used when:

  • The user's home server is down.
  • The user's home server is not running the expected protocol, for example, TCP/IP.
  • The name of the user's home server cannot be resolved over the expected protocol, for example, TCP/IP.
    Note: You can use desktop policy settings to assign secondary name servers to groups of users.

Procedure

  1. In Notes client, select File > Locations > Manage Locations, and select the location for which you want to designate a secondary name server.
  2. Click Edit .
  3. Click the Advanced > Secondary Servers tab.
  4. To specify a secondary server for one of the offered protocols, for example, TCP/IP, in the Secondary TCP/IP Notes name server field, enter one of the following:
    • The common name of the Domino® server -- for example, Notesserver1
    • The hierarchical name of the Domino server -- for example, Notesserver1/Renovations
  5. In the Secondary TCP/IP host name or address field, enter one of the following:
    • IP address -- for example, 197.114.33.22.
    • The fully qualified domain name -- for example, notesserver1.renovations.com
    • The simple host name -- for example, notesserver1
  6. Optional: Specify secondary servers for either NDS or NetBIOS.
  7. Click Save and Close.