- Changing the server administrator
If the name of the former administrator is explicitly listed in the access control list (ACL) for the Domino® Directory, delete the name of the former administrator from the ACL. Add the name of the new administrator and assign the administrator Manager access.
- Setting and managing passwords for the server console
Set server console passwords to protect against unauthorized use of the server console.
- Decommissioning a Domain Search server
If you want the server that creates full-text indexes of the Domino® domain to resume duty as a regular Domino® server, remove it from the appropriate group in the Domino® Directory, edit its Server document, and then delete some files from its directory structure.
- Decommissioning a server
You use the Decommission Server Analysis tool when you are consolidating existing servers and/or permanently removing a server from service. Whether you are combining two servers into one server or renaming a server, the result is the same -- the old server name is replaced with the new server name.
- Deleting a server name
You can use the Administration Process to delete references to a server from the Domino® Directory, and from database ACLs and Extended ACLs. The Administration Process automatically deletes mail-in database documents and cross-certificate documents as necessary during the Delete Server process.
- Dropping user sessions on a server
Dropping user sessions from a server may be useful when you need to make a database or server temporarily unavailable to correct a problem; users can reconnect after you are ready. You can drop one user session or all user sessions for the current database, or selected user sessions, from the server.
- Finding a server name in the domain with the Domino Administrator
You can search for a server name in the domain and then view a log that includes document links and directory links to each occurrence of the server name.
- Recertifying a server ID
Use the original certifier to recertify a server ID that has a certificate that is about to expire.
- Uninstalling a Domino partitioned server
You can remove all server partitions from a computer or you can remove just one server partition.
- Reinstalling or moving a Domino server from one computer to another
Use this procedure to reinstall a server if an error occurs and the installer does not complete during the install of an incremental installer, or if the Domino® server is crashing and troubleshooting does not reveal the root cause.
- Transaction logging
Domino® transaction logging captures changes made to a database and writes them to a transaction log. The logged transactions are then written to disk in a batch, either when resources are available or when scheduled.
- Installing and running NSD as a Microsoft Windows service
Installing and running NSD as a Microsoft Windows service is no longer available as of Domino 10.
- Setting up a Fault Reports database
The Notes/Domino Fault Reports database stores data that is collected at the time of a server crash. Data is collected from both the client and the server and can then be used to measure client reliability and determine the areas where problems exist.
- Client and server diagnostics
Use these tasks to perform client and server diagnostics to collect diagnostic information after a server or client crash.
- Collecting diagnostic information after a server or client crash
The automatic diagnostic collection tool collects diagnostic data after server and client crashes and sends the collected data to a mail-in database when the server or client restarts. You can then use the collected data to determine the cause of the crash.
- Using the TECHNICAL_SUPPORT directory
The IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT database contains data that has been collected using the Domino® Configuration Collector and the Automatic Diagnostic Data Collection tool. It also includes system information files and documents that have been exported from the Domino® Directory and saved as .dxl documents using the Save command entered at the Domino® server console.
- The Domino server log file (LOG.NSF)
Every Domino® server has a log file (LOG.NSF) that reports all server activity and provides detailed information about databases and users on the server. The log file is created automatically when you start a server for the first time.
- Controlling the size of the log file
By default, the log file (LOG.NSF) records information about the Domino® system.
- The Domino Web server log (DOMLOG.NSF)
You can log your server activity and Web server requests to the Domino® Web server log (DOMLOG.NSF) database. This option may be preferable if you want to create views and view data in different ways.
- Using console log mirroring
Console log mirroring causes a new server thread to be created which monitors all messages written to the Console Log file and duplicates these messages into another file. When this new file is filled, the thread closes the mirrored file and creates a new file into which subsequent messages are written. You can delete the closed mirrored files at your discretion.
- Using the Domino Configuration Tuner to evaluate server settings
The Domino® Configuration Tuner (DCT) evaluates server settings according to a growing catalog of best practices. All servers in a single domain can be evaluated together. DCT generates reports that explain the issues DCT uncovers, suggests mitigations, and provides references to supporting publications.
- Activity Logging
You use activity logging to collect information about the activity in your enterprise. You can use this information to charge users for the amount they use your system, monitor usage, conduct resource planning, and determine if clustering would improve the efficiency of your system.
- Managing a cluster
After you have set up a cluster, you can perform tasks to manage it.