Creating a server setup profile

A server setup profile is a file that you use to quickly configure servers.

About this task

To create a server setup profile, you run the server setup program in record mode, either at the server you are setting up or from a client. Record mode creates and saves a .pds setup profile that you later use to set up the Domino server. For information on using the profile to set up a server, see Using a server setup profile and Using Domino silent server setup with a profile.

You can create a server setup profile from a server or from a client. Creating a server setup profile from a Windows™ client is easier if the client has the Domino® Administrator installed. To create a profile from a client without the Domino® Administrator, you need the Java™ runtime environment and some files from the program directory of an installed Domino® server.

Before entering system commands in the following procedures, validate the location of the Domino® program directory and Notes® program directory on your system, and be sure to navigate to the required starting directory as instructed.

To create a setup profile at a server

About this task

Procedure

Install the Domino® server program files on the server system, but do not run the Domino® server setup program.
(UNIX only) Log on to the Domino system as the user you specified during Domino server installation. This is the same user you'll use to start the Domino server.
At the command prompt on the server, switch to the Domino data directory. (If you installed a partitioned server, switch to the data directory of the partition you are setting up.) Then, enter the following command:
```
<full_path_to_Domino_server_executable> -record
```
Example on a Windows™ server:
```
C:\Domino\nserver -record
```
Example on a UNIX™ server:
```
 /opt/hcl/domino/bin/server -record
```
Note: Entering nserver -help or server -help displays the parameters available for working with server setup profiles.
Enter a name and description for the profile. By default, the file is saved in the Domino program directory. To save the file to a different location, click Browse and specify the location, for example C:\temp.
Continue through the setup program.

Domino® saves your selections to a file with the name you specified and appends the .pds extension to it, for example, Profile1.pds.

To create a setup profile from a Windows™ client with Domino® Administrator

Procedure

Install the Domino® server program files on the server system, but do not run the Domino® server setup program.
Make sure that you selected Remote server setup when you installed Domino® Administrator on the client system.
At the command prompt on the client system, switch to the Notes® program directory and enter the following command:
```
serversetup -record
```
Enter a name and description for the profile. By default, the file is saved in the Notes program directory. To save the file to a different location, click Browse and specify the location, for example C:\temp.
Continue through the setup program.

Domino® saves your selections to a file with the name you specified and appends the .pds extension to it, for example, Profile1.pds.

To create a setup profile from a Windows™ client without Domino® Administrator or from a UNIX™ workstation

Procedure

Install the Domino® server program files on the server system, but do not run the Domino® server setup program.
On the client system, install the Java™ runtime environment.
Create a temporary directory on the client system. For example, enter the following at the command prompt:
- On a Windows™ client:
```
mkdir c:\temp
```
- On a UNIX™ workstation:
```
mkdir /temp
```
Do one of the following:
- From a Windows™ client, copy the remote setup files cfgdomserver.jar, jhall.jar, and remotesetup.cmd from the server to the directory you created on the client system. These files are in C:\<Domino program directory> on the server.
- From a UNIX™ workstation, copy the remote setup files cfgdomserver.jar, jhall.jar, and remotesetup from the server to the directory you created on the workstation. These files are located in the following directories:
  /<Domino program directory>/lotus/notes/latest/ibmpow/ on an IBM® AIX® server
  /<Domino program directory>/lotus/notes/latest/linux on a Linux™ server
At the command prompt on the client system, from the directory you created, enter:
```
remotesetup -record 
```
Enter a name and description for the profile.
Continue through the setup program.

Domino® saves your selections in a file with the name you specified and stores the file in the client-system directory that you created.