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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.
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.

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.
    - 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.
      - Specifying settings for managed replicas
        You can specify settings for managed mail replicas on the Mail tab of the Desktop Settings Policy document, generating a policy for all users of managed mail replicas.
      - Controlling the number of managed mail replicas created concurrently in your organization
        Performance of managed mail replicas can degrade if too many are created simultaneously. For this reason, 25 concurrent creations of managed replicas are allowed by default. But, you can use a component of Smart Upgrade called the Smart Upgrade Governor to determine the number of replicas that can be created concurrently.
      - Enabling full text searching for managed replicas
        The administrator can provide full-text search features for a managed replica even when the server-based replica is not indexed for full-text searching.
      - How users of a managed replica can open a server-based replica
        When a managed replica exists, it opens by default in response to most user actions. But a user can open the server replica instead.
  - 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.

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.

About this task

A managed replica is a variation of a standard local replica of the user's mail file. The managed replica is used by default when the user is connected on a server-based location. It also has the capability of containing full documents for a section (based on time/date) of the mail file and truncated content for the rest (older data).

The managed replica extends the capabilities of a local mail replica and a local outgoing mailbox to those locations where the user remains connected to a HCL Domino® server. In this configuration, (connected location with managed replica) when the user opens the mail file, the client will detect that a managed replica for the file exists, open that managed replica (locally), and present the user with the view of the mail from the local file. Updates, sending of mail, and receipt of new mail will happen in the same way as when the HCL Notes® user uses a standard local replica with a local outgoing mailbox. Synchronization occurs normally, in the client Replicator between the server-based files (mailbox, mail file) and local mail. An administrator can configure the Notes® client to perform this synchronization in as timely a manner as possible.

The typical user of a managed replica is connected to a Domino® server for mail, but on a network or line that can have high latency issues. By moving all network I/O between local and server files to the background client replicator, the user's interface will never be blocked waiting for an I/O operation to complete. All the user's operations will occur on the local files.

Procedure

Perform the following tasks: