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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.
The Domino® Administrator
The Domino® Administrator is the administration client for Notes® and Domino. You can use the Domino Administrator to perform most administration tasks.
Setting Domino® Administrator preferences
To customize your Domino® Administrator work environment, set optional preferences.
Setting Registration preferences
You can set default registration preferences that apply whenever you register new certifiers, servers, and users.

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.
  - The Domino® Administrator
    The Domino® Administrator is the administration client for Notes® and Domino. You can use the Domino Administrator to perform most administration tasks.
    - Installing the Domino® Administrator client
      The Domino® Administrator is available for installation in the Notes® single-user Allclient kit on a supported Windows™ release. The Notes single-user Allclient kit is not available for Linux™ or Macintosh.
    - Setting up the Domino® Administrator
      After Domino® Administrator installation, the first time you start the Domino Administrator, a setup wizard automatically runs. After you answer the questions displayed by the setup wizard, the Domino Administrator client opens automatically.
    - Starting the Domino® Administrator
      There are several ways to start the Domino® Administrator.
    - Selecting a server to administer in the Domino® Administrator
      The first time you start the Domino® Administrator, the system automatically creates a server list, based on the domains listed in Administration Preferences.
    - Setting Domino® Administrator preferences
      To customize your Domino® Administrator work environment, set optional preferences.
      - Setting Basics preferences for domain management
        You can set basic administration preferences for how to manage Domino® domains.
      - Setting Files preferences
        By setting Files preferences, you can customize which columns appear on the Files tab, change the order in which columns display, and limit the types of files the Domino® Administrator retrieves.
      - Setting Monitoring preferences
        You can use the default Monitoring preferences or customize them.
      - Setting Registration preferences
        You can set default registration preferences that apply whenever you register new certifiers, servers, and users.
      - Setting Statistics preferences
        You set statistics preferences to enable statistics reporting and statistics charting. The Statistics section in Administration preferences is also where you specify the polling and reporting time interval used for gathering and reporting statistics.
    - Hiding folders in the Files tab of the Domino Administrator
      Use the server notes.ini setting ADMIN_CLIENT_SKIP_DIRECTORIES to prevent specified folders in the Domino data directory from displaying in the Files tab of the Domino Administrator.
    - Roadmaps to Domino® Administrator tools
      Most tabs on the Domino® Administrator include a set of tools that change based on the selected tab. For example, the People and Groups tab includes two tools: one for managing people and one for managing groups.
  - The Server Controller and the Domino® Console
    The Server Controller is a Java-based program that controls a Domino® server. Starting the Server Controller starts the Domino server it controls. When a server runs under a Server Controller, you can send operating system commands, Controller commands, and Domino server commands to the Server Controller.
  - The Administration Process
    The Administration Process is a program that automates many routine administrative tasks.
  - Domino® server commands
    This section describes the Domino® server commands that are available, as well as methods of issuing those commands.
  - Domino® server tasks
    The information in this topic describes Domino® server tasks and their defaults in the NOTES.INI file.
  - IBM® i server commands
    You can use IBM® i server commands to manage Domino® with IBM i.
- 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.
- Managing databases
  Topics in this section describe how to set up and manage Domino® databases.

Setting Registration preferences

You can set default registration preferences that apply whenever you register new certifiers, servers, and users.

Procedure

From the Domino® Administrator, click File > Preferences > Administration Preferences.
Click Registration.

Complete any of these fields:

Table 1. Registration preferences
Field	Action
Registration Domain	Select a domain from the list. The registration domain is the domain into which users and servers are registered.
Create Notes® IDs for new users	Click to create a Notes® ID for each new user during the registration process.
Certifier name list	Choose a certifier ID to use when creating the user name during user registration when a Notes® user ID is not being created for the user. This field appears if the check box Create a Notes ID for this person is not selected.
Certifier ID	Do one: Click Certifier ID, select the certifier ID file, and click OK to select the certifier ID used to register new certifiers, servers, and users. Select Use CA Process to use the Domino® server-based certification authority.
Registration Server	Click Registration Server to change the registration server, which is the server that initially stores the Person document until the Domino® Directory replicates. Select the server that registers all new users, and then click OK. If you do not explicitly define a registration server, it is, by default: The local server if it contains a Domino® Directory The server specified in NewUserServer setting in the NOTES.INI file The administration server
Explicit policy	If you already created explicit policies, select the policy from the list. If you have not created explicit policies, this field displays "None Available."
User setup profile	Select a profile. The default is none. You can assign either a policy or a user setup profile, but you cannot assign both to the same users. Note: The User setup profile document has been replaced by policies and cannot be used when policy documents and policy settings are used. User setup profile documents are supported on pre Release 6 servers, where you can use them instead of policies.
Mail Options	Click Mail Options to display the Mail Registration Options dialog box. Choose one of the following and complete any required associated fields: Notes® (default) -- The Internet address is automatically generated. POP -- The Internet address is automatically generated during registration, and the Internet password is set by default during registration. IMAP -- The Internet address is automatically generated during registration, and the Internet password is set by default during registration. iNotes® Other -- Enter a forwarding email address. Other Internet -- The Internet password is set by default during registration. Enter a forwarding email address. None Note: If you select Other or Other Internet, you need to enter a forwarding email address for the user during user registration. Click Internet address to set up a default Internet address format for person registration: Internet Domain – Enter the domain to be used in the Internet address -- for example, Renovations.com. Address name format – Choose the format of the Internet address. The default format is FirstNameLastName@Internet domain without a separator -- for example, RobinRutherford@Renovations.com. Separator – Choose the character inserted between names and initials in the Internet address. Click Advanced mail options to open the Person Registration Mail Options dialog box where you can set access to users' mail files and options for creation of mail replicas: Mail file owner access – Select the level of access you are assigning to the owner of each mail file. The suggested default is Editor because it provides sufficient delegation rights without providing rights to enable the user to delete a mail file. Mail file manager – Specify a manager other than the mail file owner. If you leave the owner as Designer or Editor, you become a manager automatically Enable full text index – Click to create a full-text index of the mail database. Set database quota – Click to enable, and then specify a size limit (maximum of 10GB) for a user's mail database. Set warning threshold – Click to generate a warning when the user's mail database reaches a certain size, and then enter the warning size (maximum of 10GB). For information on the options for creation of replicas, see the related topics.
User ID/Password Options	Click User ID/Password Options Settings to open the Person ID File and Password Settings dialog box. Specify any of these: Person ID file folder -- Select a folder or enter a directory path, for example, c:\notes\data\ids\people, in which to store the ID files generated for users during registration. Public key specification -- Select one: Compatible with all releases (630 bits) Compatible with 6.0 and later (1024 bits) Compatible with 7.0 and later (2048 bits) The public key specification that you use impacts when key rollover is triggered. Key rollover is the process used to update the set of Notes® public and private keys that is stored in user and server ID files. License type -- Select either North American (default) or International. In practice, there is no difference between a North American and an International ID type. Click Password Options to specify a password quality scale and an encryption strength to be applied to the ID files that are generated for users by default during registration. See the related topics for more information.
Advanced Options	Click Advanced Options to open the Advanced Person Registration Options dialog box where you can specify the following: Whether to keep registered users in the registration queue Whether to attempt to register users with an error status from a previous registration attempt Whether to prompt for duplicate persons, mail files, and roaming directories Whether to search all directories for duplicate names Whether to use the remote user registration database Whether to generate random user passwords Other registration settings
Server/Certifier Registration	Click to open the Server/Certifier ID File And Password Settings dialog box on which you can use the following fields: ID file folder – Define the directories in which to store certifier IDs and server IDs. License type – Specify license type for the server ID file Public key specification – Select the minimum release of Domino® for which you need public keys to be compatible. Click Password Options to define the password quality scale and encryption strength for either type of ID file. See the related topics for more information.

Click OK.