Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
You can make a database available to users in different locations, on different networks, or in different time zones, by creating replicas of the database.
You can customize replication in several ways.
This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful HCL Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
The Server document is set up when you register a server. It contains many of the settings that define how your server operates.
Use Domino® policy settings to control how users work with Notes®. A policy is a document that identifies a collection of individual policy settings. Policy settings documents define a set of defaults that apply to the users and groups to which the policy is assigned. You can change policy settings and they will be automatically applied to the assigned users and groups.
Before you register new Notes® users, you can specify default settings that apply to all users. Default settings simplify user registration and ensure user settings consistency. You can define many default settings, such as what mail server users have or what certifier ID to use for user registration. You can also specify a default workstation execution control list (ECL) to protect data from unauthorized workstation access.
The Administration Process helps you manage users by automating many of the associated administrative tasks. For example, if you rename a user, the Administration Process automates changing the name throughout databases in the Notes® domain by generating and carrying out a series of requests, which are posted in the Administration Requests database.
Groups are lists of users, groups, and servers that have common traits. They are useful for mailing lists and access control lists. Using groups can simplify administration tasks.
For server-to-server or server to/from client replication, the Replicator on one computer calls another Domino® server at scheduled times. By default, the Replicator is loaded at startup. To schedule replication between servers, the servers must be able to connect to each other in order to update replicas. You may need to create Connection documents to enable server connections, depending on your server topology.
For replication to occur properly, you must assign servers the appropriate access in the database ACL. Follow these guidelines when you set server access to databases.
You add the names of servers to a database ACL in the same way that you add the names of people. The access level given to a server in an ACL determines what, if any, changes that server can replicate to the replica.
Through the HCL Domino® Administrator you can use the Administration Process to initiate the creation of one or more replicas. You can create replicas on servers in the same domain or in another domain (across domains, using a cross domain administration request).
By default, two replicas exchange all edits, additions, and deletions if the servers the replicas are on have the necessary access. However, you can customize replication. For example, to save disk space, you can prevent the transfer of documents that are not pertinent to your site.
Whenever possible, schedule replication for times when there is less activity on the network -- before or after work or at lunch time.
For replication to occur between two servers, you create a Connection document that specifies how and when the information exchange occurs. Connection documents are stored in the Domino® Directory. Use only one Connection document at a time to handle all replication between each pair of servers. Creating unnecessary Connection documents increases network traffic and congestion.
When you choose replication direction, you identify which server(s) send and receive changes. The direction you choose does not affect or restrict the functionality of the replication process itself.
By default, Domino® replicates all databases that two servers have in common, but you can specify databases to be replicated.
Database managers assign a replication priority to databases so that Domino® administrators can schedule replication for databases based on priority.
Limiting the time a server has to replicate with another server prevents extensive replication sessions and allows you to control the cost of replication with servers in remote sites. For example, if replication depends on a slow connection and the database takes time to replicate, you can limit how long the replication period lasts.
If you create Connection documents that schedule a server for multiple simultaneous or overlapping replications with different destination servers, set up multiple replicators to handle the replication sessions simultaneously. Multiple replicators efficiently use server resources, shorten replication cycles (especially in hub servers), and save replication time.
To prevent a server from accepting a request for replication, edit the NOTES.INI file to include the setting ServerNoReplRequests. If this setting is set to 1, the called server refuses all replication requests.
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You can replicate changes to critical databases, such as the Domino® Directory, without waiting for a scheduled connection. After you create Connection documents to schedule server-to-server replication, you can use a server command to force immediate replication.
You can disable replication of a database -- for example, to stop replication while you troubleshoot problems. Then, after you correct the problem, enable replication again. You can disable and enable replication of a single database, or if you use the Domino® Administrator, you can disable and enable replication of multiple databases at once.
Replication between database replicas on servers typically occurs according to schedules in Connection documents. However, there are times when you want to force replication between two replicas, rather than wait for replication to occur on schedule. For example, you might force replication when you want to test replication settings or troubleshoot replication problems.
You can see a graphical representation of each server's replication schedule at a glance with the Domino® Administrator. Each server's replication schedule appears separately, even if the server is a member of a group listed in the Destination server field in a Connection document.
Domino® maintains statistics about replication status.
An administrator can use the Managed Replicas tab in the Desktop Settings document to set a policy that, for users affected by the policy, marks any existing local mail replica as a managed replica, and, if desired, creates a new managed replica if no local replica exists.
Notes® client and Web users can use Domain Search to search an entire Domino® domain for database documents, files, and attachments that match a search query.
The calendar and scheduling features allow users to check the free time of other users, schedule meetings with them, and reserve resources, such as conference rooms and equipment.
Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in supported documents, including HCL Notes® mail, using XML extensions (widgets) created specifically for their use.
You should rarely, if ever, need to modify a server's or client's NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI file contains many settings that Domino® and Notes® rely on to work properly. An accidental or incorrect change may cause Domino or Notes to run unpredictably. Therefore, you should edit the NOTES.INI file only if special circumstances occur or if Support recommends that you do so.
This section describes how to plan, set up, and use HCL Domino® directory services.
This section provides an overview of messaging and describes how to set up mail routing, how to set up and customize mail servers, and how to track mail.
HCL iNotes® provides HCL Notes® users with browser-based access to Notes mail and to Notes calendar and scheduling features. Administrators specify mail policy and security policy settings as well as notes.ini file settings to complete the full implementation of HCL iNotes.
This section describes how to set up the HCL Domino® Web server, and the Domino Web Navigator.
Setting up a cluster includes the tasks of creating and verifying that it is working correctly, and then setting up user access, mail, replications, size quotas, directory assistance, roaming, web navigation, and use of a private LAN in the cluster.