Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
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.
To manage policies, you can perform any of the tasks listed in the related topics.
This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful IBM® Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
The Server document is set up when you register a server. It contains many of the settings that define how your server operates.
There are two types of policies: organizational and explicit. Understanding the differences between the types helps you plan the implementation.
The effective policy for a user is a set of derived policy settings that are dynamically calculated at the time the policy is executed. The field values in an effective policy can originate from many different policy settings documents associated with the policy documents that apply to the user. Users may have a combination of policy settings that include values set at their OU level, values set with an explicit policy -- including values assigned to groups the user is a member of -- and settings inherited from a parent policy. The resolution of those settings determines the effective policy for each user.
Before you register and set up users, plan and create policies. Then, during user registration, assign the policies.
The policy settings documents contain a How to Apply setting that enables you to uniformly control how and when users can modify the individual field values in these documents and when the field values cannot be modified by end users. The How to Apply feature provides a central location, the policy settings document, from which you can set, and optionally, lock down policy settings. This feature is especially useful for implementing company procedures and increasing security. The How to Apply setting is available in all policy settings documents.
Assign custom NOTES.INI settings or Locations settings using the Custom Settings tab of the Desktop Settings document.
You can use a Desktop Settings document to add or remove Eclipse preferences used by Notes® or other Expeditor client application such as Symphony®.
You can centrally control various aspects of the Eclipse-based plug-ins that you deploy to IBM® Notes® and non-Notes users. For example, you can control server name and address as well as authentication type for embedded or stand-alone IBM Connections clients.
You can customize the mail policy settings document and push new or customized settings to the profile document specified in the $Profiles field.
Creating a policy is a two-step process. If you create an organizational policy, it automatically applies when you register users. If you create an explicit policy, you assign it manually during user registration, in the Person document or by using the Policy Assignment tool.
You can edit existing policy and policy settings documents in the Domino® Directory.
You can delete policy and policy settings documents from the Domino® Administrator.
To determine the effective policy governing a selected user, use the Policy Synopsis tool to generate a report that is written to the Policy Synopsis Results database (POLCYSYN.NSF).
The policy viewer is a convenient tool you can use to view each policy, the settings associated with each policy, and how they relate to each other. The policy viewer is also versatile because of the number of ways in which you can view policy documents.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in supported documents, including IBM® Notes® mail, using XML extensions (widgets) created specifically for their use.
The Domino® OpenSocial component adds social and web features to make third-party processes available directly in the client user's mail. The OpenSocial component supports embedded experiences in the Notes® client, including OpenSocial Gadgets in the sidebar, pop-ups, and tabs.
You should rarely, if ever, need to modify a server's or client's NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI file contains many settings that Domino® and Notes® rely on to work properly. An accidental or incorrect change may cause Domino or Notes to run unpredictably. Therefore, you should edit the NOTES.INI file only if special circumstances occur or if IBM® Support Services recommends that you do so.
This section describes how to plan, set up, and use IBM® Domino® directory services.
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.
IBM® iNotes® (previously IBM Domino® Web Access) provides IBM 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 IBM iNotes.
This section describes how to set up the IBM® Domino® Web server, the Domino Web Navigator, and other Web servers such as IBM HTTP.
Domino® Off-Line Services (DOLS) provides a way for users to take Domino Web applications offline, work in them, and synchronize the changes with an online replica on the Domino server. Users are not required to have Notes® client because the applications are accessed with a browser.
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.