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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 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.
Starting and stopping the Domino® Console
You can run the Domino® Console from any machine on which a Domino server or the Domino Administrator is installed. To use the Domino Console to communicate with a Domino server, the server must be running under a Server Controller.

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.
    - 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.
      - Starting and stopping the Server Controller
        You can start the Server Controller, the Domino® server, and the Domino Console.
      - Starting and stopping the Domino® Console
        You can run the Domino® Console from any machine on which a Domino server or the Domino Administrator is installed. To use the Domino Console to communicate with a Domino server, the server must be running under a Server Controller.
      - Using Domino Console to create MicroCA certificates for existing servers
        For existing servers, a Domino Console command generates microCA certificates to replace the former process of using self-signed certificates to establish the intitial SSL/TLS connection for the Server Controller and Java-based Domino Console.
    - 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.

Starting and stopping the Domino® Console

You can run the Domino® Console from any machine on which a Domino® server or the Domino® Administrator is installed. To use the Domino® Console to communicate with a Domino® server, the server must be running under a Server Controller.

To start the Domino® Console

About this task

For information on using the Domino® Console, choose Help > Help Topics from the Domino® Console menu.

Procedure

Make sure that the Domino® server or the Domino® Administrator is installed on the machine.
Run the following command directly from the program directory, or from a directory path that points to the program directory:
```
jconsole
```
Note: The Domino® Console also starts by default when you start a Server Controller.

To stop the Domino® Console

Procedure

From the Domino® Console, choose File > Exit.
If the Console is currently connected to a Server Controller, when you see the prompt Exiting the Console by disconnecting all active connections. Do you want to continue? do the following:
1. To also stop a Domino® server and Domino® Server Controller running locally, select the option Also, bring down Domino (if running) and quit the local Server Controller - local server name.
2. Click Yes.