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Administering
This documentation provides information about the administration tools for managing and monitoring IBM Domino® 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.
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.
Roadmap: Server tab
Use the Server tab in the Domino® Administrator to monitor your Domino system.
Roadmap: Performance tab
Use the Performance tab to view charts of your performance statistics in real time or historically.

Administering
This documentation provides information about the administration tools for managing and monitoring IBM Domino® 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.
    - 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.
      - Roadmap: People & Groups tab
        Use the People & Groups tab in the Domino® Administrator to manage Domino directories.
      - Roadmap: Server tab
        Use the Server tab in the Domino® Administrator to monitor your Domino system.
        Roadmap: Status tab
        Use the status tab to view information on tasks and users.
        Roadmap: Analysis tab
        Use the Server > Analysis tab in the Domino® Administrator to view the Domino log file and statistics reports.
        Roadmap: Monitoring tab
        Use the Monitoring tab in the Domino® Administrator to monitor Domino server tasks and to work with statistics and server performance information.
        Roadmap: Performance tab
        Use the Performance tab to view charts of your performance statistics in real time or historically.
      - Roadmap: Messaging tab
        Use the Messaging tab in the Domino® Administrator to track mail.
      - Roadmap: Configuration tab
        Use the Configuration tab in the Domino® Administrator to configure Domino servers.
      - Roadmap: Replication tab
        Use the Replication tab in the Domino® Administrator to configure replication of databases (applications).
  - The Web Administrator
    If you have a browser and want to manage and view settings for a Domino® server, you can use the Domino Web Administrator to perform most of the tasks that are available through the Domino Administrator. This section includes the following information about the Domino Web Administrator:
  - 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.
- Monitoring
  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.

Roadmap: Performance tab

Use the Performance tab to view charts of your performance statistics in real time or historically.

The Activity Trends view is a separate product offering.

Tasks you may perform

Create statistic profiles

Display statistic charts

Enabling Activity Trends for monitoring

Creating a server group configuration for Activity Trends

Creating a statistics profile for Activity Trends

Adding and deleting statistics in a Trends profile

Working with resource balancing