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Configuring
Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
Configuring users and servers
Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
Replicas
You can make a database available to users in different locations, on different networks, or in different time zones, by creating replicas of the database.
Customizing server-to-server replication
You can customize replication in several ways.
Forcing immediate replication
You can replicate changes to critical databases, such as the Domino® Directory, without waiting for a scheduled connection. After you create Connection documents to schedule server-to-server replication, you can use a server command to force immediate replication.

Configuring
Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
- Configuring a network
  This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful HCL Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
- Configuring users and servers
  Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
  - Understanding the Server document
    The Server document is set up when you register a server. It contains many of the settings that define how your server operates.
  - Policies
    Use Domino® policy settings to control how users work with Notes®. A policy is a document that identifies a collection of individual policy settings. Policy settings documents define a set of defaults that apply to the users and groups to which the policy is assigned. You can change policy settings and they will be automatically applied to the assigned users and groups.
  - Defining default settings for Notes® user registration
    Before you register new Notes® users, you can specify default settings that apply to all users. Default settings simplify user registration and ensure user settings consistency. You can define many default settings, such as what mail server users have or what certifier ID to use for user registration. You can also specify a default workstation execution control list (ECL) to protect data from unauthorized workstation access.
  - Using groups
    Groups are lists of users, groups, and servers that have common traits. They are useful for mailing lists and access control lists. Using groups can simplify administration tasks.
  - Replicas
    You can make a database available to users in different locations, on different networks, or in different time zones, by creating replicas of the database.
    - How replication works
      For server-to-server or server to/from client replication, the Replicator on one computer calls another Domino® server at scheduled times. By default, the Replicator is loaded at startup. To schedule replication between servers, the servers must be able to connect to each other in order to update replicas. You may need to create Connection documents to enable server connections, depending on your server topology.
    - Guidelines for setting server access to databases
      For replication to occur properly, you must assign servers the appropriate access in the database ACL. Follow these guidelines when you set server access to databases.
    - Setting up a database ACL for server-to-server replication
      You add the names of servers to a database ACL in the same way that you add the names of people. The access level given to a server in an ACL determines what, if any, changes that server can replicate to the replica.
    - Creating replicas using the Administration Process
      Through the HCL Domino® Administrator you can use the Administration Process to initiate the creation of one or more replicas. You can create replicas on servers in the same domain or in another domain (across domains, using a cross domain administration request).
    - Table of replication settings
      By default, two replicas exchange all edits, additions, and deletions if the servers the replicas are on have the necessary access. However, you can customize replication. For example, to save disk space, you can prevent the transfer of documents that are not pertinent to your site.
    - Scheduling times for replication
      Whenever possible, schedule replication for times when there is less activity on the network -- before or after work or at lunch time.
    - Scheduling server-to-server replication
      For replication to occur between two servers, you create a Connection document that specifies how and when the information exchange occurs. Connection documents are stored in the Domino® Directory. Use only one Connection document at a time to handle all replication between each pair of servers. Creating unnecessary Connection documents increases network traffic and congestion.
    - Customizing server-to-server replication
      You can customize replication in several ways.
      - Specifying replication direction
        When you choose replication direction, you identify which server(s) send and receive changes. The direction you choose does not affect or restrict the functionality of the replication process itself.
      - Replicating only specific databases
        By default, Domino® replicates all databases that two servers have in common, but you can specify databases to be replicated.
      - Replicating databases by priority
        Database managers assign a replication priority to databases so that Domino® administrators can schedule replication for databases based on priority.
      - Limiting replication time
        Limiting the time a server has to replicate with another server prevents extensive replication sessions and allows you to control the cost of replication with servers in remote sites. For example, if replication depends on a slow connection and the database takes time to replicate, you can limit how long the replication period lasts.
      - Using multiple replicators
        If you create Connection documents that schedule a server for multiple simultaneous or overlapping replications with different destination servers, set up multiple replicators to handle the replication sessions simultaneously. Multiple replicators efficiently use server resources, shorten replication cycles (especially in hub servers), and save replication time.
      - Refusing replication requests
        To prevent a server from accepting a request for replication, edit the NOTES.INI file to include the setting ServerNoReplRequests. If this setting is set to 1, the called server refuses all replication requests.
      - Forcing immediate replication
        You can replicate changes to critical databases, such as the Domino® Directory, without waiting for a scheduled connection. After you create Connection documents to schedule server-to-server replication, you can use a server command to force immediate replication.
      - Disabling database replication
        You can disable replication of a database -- for example, to stop replication while you troubleshoot problems. Then, after you correct the problem, enable replication again. You can disable and enable replication of a single database, or if you use the Domino® Administrator, you can disable and enable replication of multiple databases at once.
      - Forcing a server database to replicate
        Replication between database replicas on servers typically occurs according to schedules in Connection documents. However, there are times when you want to force replication between two replicas, rather than wait for replication to occur on schedule. For example, you might force replication when you want to test replication settings or troubleshoot replication problems.
    - Viewing replication schedules and topology maps
      You can see a graphical representation of each server's replication schedule at a glance with the Domino® Administrator. Each server's replication schedule appears separately, even if the server is a member of a group listed in the Destination server field in a Connection document.
    - Database.nsf.replicate statistics
      Domino® maintains statistics about replication status.
    - Configuring managed replicas
      An administrator can use the Managed Replicas tab in the Desktop Settings document to set a policy that, for users affected by the policy, marks any existing local mail replica as a managed replica, and, if desired, creates a new managed replica if no local replica exists.
  - Calendars and scheduling
    The calendar and scheduling features allow users to check the free time of other users, schedule meetings with them, and reserve resources, such as conference rooms and equipment.
  - Editing the notes.ini file
    The Domino and Notes notes.ini files contain the settings required for the server and client to operate correctly. If you modify or add settings in a notes.ini file, do so cautiously and never edit the file directly with a text editor.
  - Configuring directory services
    This section describes how to plan, set up, and use HCL Domino® directory services.
  - Configuring messaging
    This section provides an overview of messaging and describes how to set up mail routing, how to set up and customize mail servers, and how to track mail.
  - Configuring iNotes®
    HCL iNotes® provides HCL Notes® users with browser-based access to Notes mail and to Notes calendar and scheduling features. Administrators specify mail policy and security policy settings as well as notes.ini file settings to complete the full implementation of HCL iNotes.
  - Configuring Web servers
    This section describes how to set up the HCL Domino® Web server, and the Domino Web Navigator.
  - Setting up a cluster
    Setting up a cluster includes the tasks of creating and verifying that it is working correctly, and then setting up user access, mail, replications, size quotas, directory assistance, roaming, web navigation, and use of a private LAN in the cluster.
  - Configuring Widgets and Live Text
    Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in supported documents, including HCL Notes® mail, using XML extensions (widgets) created specifically for their use.
  - Domain Search
    Notes® client and Web users can use Domain Search to search an entire Domino® domain for database documents, files, and attachments that match a search query.

Forcing immediate replication

You can replicate changes to critical databases, such as the Domino® Directory, without waiting for a scheduled connection. After you create Connection documents to schedule server-to-server replication, you can use a server command to force immediate replication.

There are many situations when forcing replication is necessary. For example, you may want to update a database immediately, without waiting for scheduled replication to occur, or you might need to replicate with a different server because the usual server is unavailable. You can force immediate replication to trace replication and mail routing problems or to force changes to critical system databases -- such as in the Domino® Directory -- to spread quickly through the domain. When you force immediate server-to-server replication, you can initiate replication in one or in both directions.

Replicate -- Replicates changes to databases in both directions; Domino® performs Pull-Push replication.
Pull -- Replicates changes to databases in one direction where the initiating server pulls changes from the other server.
Push -- Replicates changes to databases in one direction where the initiating server pushes database changes to the other server.