Using an extended administration server

An extended administration server is an administration server that processes Domino® Directory administration requests.

About this task

The target documents in the Domino® Directory are added to, modified, or deleted only if they belong to a particular namespace within the Domino® Directory. A namespace is defined by a certification hierarchy, for example, OU=Sales/O=Acme, where the organization is Acme and the organizational unit is Sales. You can specify the organization or one or more organizational units as a namespace for which an extended administration server is used to process administration requests. The traditional administration server modifies all of the target documents in a Domino® Directory which either do not belong to any namespace or to which an extended administration server has not been assigned.

You can designate extended administration servers for one Domino® Directory by selecting a namespace in the Domino® Directory's extended access interface and designating a particular server as an administrator for that namespace. The new interface allows you to specify the exact namespace that an individual administration server is responsible for.

The extended administration server distributes the administration responsibilities across multiple servers which is especially useful for remote administration of servers that are geographically dispersed. The concept of the extended administration server was developed in order to make remote administration available to administrators.

All of the Domino® servers in the domain must Domino® 7 servers or later to use the extended administration server feature.

Setting up an extended administration server

About this task

Complete these instructions to set up an extended administration server.

Procedure

  1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Files tab and then open the Domino® Directory (NAMES.NSF).
  2. Choose Files > Application > Access Control.
  3. Click Advanced and select Enable Extended Access.
  4. Click Basics and click Extended Access.
  5. In the Names list, select the namespace (an organization or one or more organizational units) for which you are assigning an administration server.
  6. Select the server that you are designating as an administration server.
  7. Choose one of these Access applies to settings:
    • This entry only -- to assign the selected administration server to the selected namespace only. Namespaces that are subordinate to the selected namespace are not affected by this selection.
    • This entry and all descendants -- to assign the selected administration server to the selected namespace and to all subordinate namespaces.
  8. In the Access field, in the Allow column, click Administer.
  9. Click OK.
  10. Click Yes.

Removing an extended administration server

About this task

Complete these instructions to remove an extended administration server.

Procedure

  1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Files tab and then open the Domino® Directory (NAMES.NSF).
  2. Choose Files > Application > Access Control.
  3. Click Extended Access.
  4. In the Names list, select the namespace (an organization or one or more organizational units) from which you are removing an administration server.
  5. Select the server that will no longer be an administration server for the selected namespace.
  6. Click Remove.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Yes.