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Administering
This documentation provides information about the administration tools for managing and monitoring servers and databases.
Managing servers
Manage Domino® servers by performing any of these tasks.
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.
Disabling transaction logging for a specific database
After you set up transaction logging on a server, Domino® logs all databases on that server. You can disable transaction logging of specific databases, but this practice is not recommended because if unlogged databases are corrupted during a system or media failure, you must run the Fixup task to recover the database.

Administering
This documentation provides information about the administration tools for managing and monitoring servers and databases.
- Administration tools
  Topics in this section describe the tools you can use to administer a Domino® server.
- Managing users
  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.
- Monitoring servers
  This section describes how to use the tools and features that help you monitor a Domino® system.
- Managing servers
  Manage Domino® servers by performing any of these tasks.
  - 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.
    - How transaction logging works
      Following is a general example of transaction logging from both the administrator's and the employees' points of view.
    - Preparing for transaction logging
      Transaction logging captures all the changes that are made to databases and writes them to a transaction log. The logged transactions are written to disk in a batch when resources are available or at specified intervals.
    - Setting up a Domino® server for transaction logging
      You can enable and set up transaction logging on any server.
    - Changing transaction logging settings
      You can change the transaction logging settings by editing the Server document.
    - Disabling transaction logging for a specific database
      After you set up transaction logging on a server, Domino® logs all databases on that server. You can disable transaction logging of specific databases, but this practice is not recommended because if unlogged databases are corrupted during a system or media failure, you must run the Fixup task to recover the database.
    - View logging
      View logging provides a way to maintain consistent views in failure conditions and allows media recovery to update those views.
    - Using transaction logging for recovery
      Transaction logging is an integral part of recovering from system and media failures. Using transaction logging provides insurance against system failure, but creating regular backups is essential so that you can recover data after a failure.
    - Fault recovery
      You can set up fault recovery to automatically handle server crashes.
    - Enabling fault recovery
      You can enable fault recovery.
    - Specifying a cleanup script for fault recovery
      You can create an optional script that runs before any other cleanup takes place. Use the file FAULT_RECOVERY.ATT to collect the information from the script.
  - 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.
- Managing databases
  Topics in this section describe how to set up and manage Domino® databases.

Disabling transaction logging for a specific database

After you set up transaction logging on a server, Domino® logs all databases on that server. You can disable transaction logging of specific databases, but this practice is not recommended because if unlogged databases are corrupted during a system or media failure, you must run the Fixup task to recover the database.

About this task

Transaction logging is required, and must remain enabled if you intend to use the Domino® Attachment and Object Service (available in Domino® 8.5 and later) to consolidate file attachments in the selected database.

To disable transaction logging for a specific database

Before you begin

The Advanced Database Properties are available only to those administrators listed in the Administrators field on the Security tab of the Server document.

Procedure

Do one of the following to select Disable transaction logging:
- If you are creating a new database, use the Advanced Database Options dialog box.
- If you are working in an existing database, use the Advanced tab of the Database properties box.
- In the Domino® Administrator, select a database on the Files tab and select Tools > Database > Advanced Properties.
Be sure that all users have closed the database.
Use the Dbcache command with the flush parameter to close the database in the database cache.
Open the database.

What to do next

To re-enable transaction logging for a specific database, repeat this task, but de-select Disable transaction logging in Step 1.