Using a server setup profile

You can use a server setup profile to set up a Domino server. You can use the profile from the server you are setting up or from a client system.

Before you begin

Complete the procedure Creating a server setup profile.

About this task

Using a server setup profile from a Microsoft™ Windows™ client is easier if the client has the Domino® Administrator installed. To use a profile from a Windows™ or UNIX™ client without Domino® Administrator, you need the Java™ runtime environment plus some files from the program directory of an installed Domino® server.

When you use a setup profile, you choose whether to view the setup screens as you run the profile. This procedure describes running the profile so that you view the setup screens. Running a profile without viewing the screens is sometimes referred to as a "silent" setup. For information about that procedure, see Using Domino silent server setup with a profile.

When the following procedures include instructions for entering system commands, make sure you understand the terms Domino® program directory, Domino data directory, and Notes® program directory.

To use a setup profile at the server

Procedure

  1. Install the Domino® server program files on a server system but do not run the Domino® server setup program.
  2. (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.
  3. 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_executeable> -playback
    Example on a Windows™ server:
    C:\Domino\nserver -playback
    Example on a UNIX™ server: 
     /opt/hcl/domino/bin/server -playback
    Note: Entering nserver -help or server -help displays the parameters available for working with server setup profiles.
  4. Choose the profile to use. Click Browse to navigate to the directory in which you saved the profile (the profile is not visible in the directory) and click Select. The profile appears in the Available Server Setup Profiles field.
    Note: To change the profile rather than run it, select Modify selected profile.
  5. Click OK to start the server setup. The setup fields contain the values you specified in the profile. Proceed through the screens to complete the setup.

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

Procedure

  1. Make sure that you selected Remote server setup when you installed Domino® Administrator on the client.
  2. Install the Domino® server program files on a server system but do not run the Domino® server setup program.
  3. (UNIX server 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.
  4. 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, to put the server in listen mode: 
    <full_path_to_Domino_server_executeable> -listen
    Example, on a Windows™ server:
    C:\Domino\nserver -listen
    Example on a UNIX™ server: 
    /opt/hcl/domino/bin/server -listen
    Note: Entering nserver -help or server -help displays the parameters available for working with server setup profiles.
  5. At the command prompt on the Windows™ client, switch to the Notes® program directory and enter the following command: 
    serversetup -playback
  6. In the Connect to Remote Domino Server dialog box, enter the host name or network address of the Domino server.
  7. Click Ping to ensure that you can connect to the server.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Choose the profile to use. Click Browse to navigate to the directory on the Windows client in which you saved the profile (the profile is not visible in the directory) and click Select. The profile appears in the Available Server Setup Profiles field.
    Note: To change the existing profile rather than run it, select Modify selected profile.
  10. Click OK to start the server setup. The setup fields contain the values you specified in the profile. Proceed through the screens to complete the setup.
  11. When setup is complete and you see the prompt Should the setup server listener be stopped? click Yes.

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

Procedure

  1. Install the Domino® server program files on a server system but do not run the Domino® server setup program.
  2. (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.
  3. 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 to put the server in listen mode: 
    <full_path_to_Domino_server_executeable> -listen
    Example, on a Windows™ server:
    C:\Domino\nserver -listen
    Example on a UNIX™ server: 
     /opt/hcl/domino/bin/server -listen
    Note: Entering nserver -help or server -help displays the parameters available for working with server setup profiles.
  4. On the client system, install the Java™ runtime environment.
  5. 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
  6. 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 located in the following directories:
    • /<Domino program directory>/notes/latest/ibmpow/ on an IBM® AIX® server
    • /<Domino program directory>/notes/latest/linux/ on a Linux™ server
  7. At the command prompt on the client system, from the directory you created, enter:
    remotesetup -playback
  8. In the Connect to Remote Domino Server dialog box, enter the host name or network address of the Domino server.
  9. Click Ping to ensure that you can connect to the server.
  10. Click OK.
  11. Choose the profile to use. Click Browse to navigate to the directory in which you saved the profile on the client (the profile is not visible in the directory) and click Select. The profile appears in the Available Server Setup Profiles field.
    Note: To change the existing profile rather than run it, select Modify selected profile.
  12. Click OK to start the server setup. The setup fields contain the values you specified in the profile. Proceed through the screens to complete the setup.