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Administering
This documentation provides information about the administration tools for HCL Domino.
Administering with Domino Administrator
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.
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.

Administering
This documentation provides information about the administration tools for HCL Domino.
- Administering with AdminCentral
  The AdminCentral application (admincentral.nsf) is automatically created by adminP on the Domino administration server. You can open AdminCentral directly from your Notes Standard or Nomad web client, without the need to start Domino Administrator. This application provides a simplified and easy-to-use way of managing fully functional Notes users and groups in a Domino deployment.
- Administering with Domino Administrator
  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.
      - 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.

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.

Procedure

To administer a server, first select the server from a server list.
You can have multiple server lists, each of which is represented by a button.
- Favorites – Lists your "favorite" servers -- that is, those you administer most frequently. To add a server to Favorites, choose Administration > Add Server to Favorites, and then specify the name of the server to add.
- Domain – Lists all servers in a domain. You can also view servers by hierarchy or by network.
After you select a server, information about that server appears in all the tabs.
If you add new servers to the list, choose Administration > Refresh Server List.