Lotus Domino 8 Administration Basics

Course: LD8AB

Duration: 3 Days

Level: III

Course Summary

During this course you will install and configure the Lotus Domino Server and Domino Administrator, and a Notes client to test the installation. When you finish the course, the Server will be ready to serve Domino databases to Notes clients and browsers and to delivery mail within a single Domino Domain.

This course places special emphasis on database services, security, replication, and messaging, the core strengths of Domino.

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Topics Covered In This Course

The Services of a Domino Server

What Domino is
What Domino is NOT
Major administrator task areas
Other servers you may need

Install a Domino Server

Domino Server platforms
Hardware requirements
Operating system licensing requirements
Pre-installation: OS optimization
Pre-installation: Lock down server access
Pre-installation: Network connectivity
Obtain installer software
Install from a network drive
Start installer
Page 1: Welcome
Page 3: Program Files Directory/Partitioned Server
Page 4: Data Files Directory
Page 5: Server choice
Page 6: Summary
Reboot Windows
Results
Exercise: Install Domino Server
Custom installations
Reinstallation/Uninstallation
QMR/QMU updates

Setup Pre-Planning

To centralize or distribute?
Domino Domain
Multiple Domino Domains
Domino Named Networks
Organization structure
Domino Server names
Exercise: Setup pre-planning

Setup First Server

Exercise: Server Setup
Step 1: Start Server Setup program
Step 2: Welcome/Fonts
Step 3: Server choice
Step 4: Server name and title
Step 5: Organization Certifier
Customize button: Advanced Organization Settings
Step 6: Domain name
Step 7: Administrator name and password
Step 8: Server tasks
Customize button: Advanced Domino Services
Step 9: Network settings
Customize button: Advanced Network Settings
Step 10: Security defaults
Step 11: Review
Results of the Server Setup
Remote Server Setup
Silent setup

Start Server

Start the Domino Server
Startup
Server tasks
Turn off unnecessary server tasks
Other ways to start tasks
Start Domino as a Windows Service
Exercise: Rename ID files

Server Console

Running Notes on a Domino Server
Server Console commands
Useful Server Console commands
Downing a server
Lock Server Console
Server Console Message ID and Severity

Install and Configure Domino Administrator

Minimum platform requirements
Connection requirements
NotesCONNECT
Exercise: Install and configure Notes/Domino Administrator
Step 1: Uninstall previous installations
Step 2: Start installer
Step 3: Choose directories
Step 4: Client choice
Program features options
Step 5: Ready and set default email client
Step 6: Reboot computer
Results of the installation
Exercise: Notes configuration

Tour Domino Administrator

Start Domino Administrator
User interface
Sequence to use Domino Administrator
Get Administrator Help
Exercise: Domino Administrator interface
Remote Server Console
Remote Console properties
Remote Server Console display watch
Customize the Send button
Customize the Command button
Administration Preferences
Change to another location
Start Domino Administrator to Local
Server Console properties
Server Console filters
Run pieces of Domino Administrator

Configuration Settings Documents

Configuration Settings
Directory Profile document
Configuration Settings document
Multiple Configuration Settings documents
NOTES.INI
Console command to edit the NOTES.INI
Configuration Settings document to change NOTES.INI
Exercise: Change NOTES.INI with Configuration Settings

Security Overview

Security model
General observations about the security model diagram
Levels of effort
Basic network security
Port access lists
Network data encryption
Firewall network
Small shop solutions
Domino firewall domain
Domino administrator responsibilities
Developer responsibilities
Resources

User Authentication and Names

IDs created during first server setup
Contents of Server and User IDs
Validation and authentication
Increasing authentication security
Hierarchy of Organizational Unit Certifiers
Registering users and servers with an OU Certifier ID
Authentication and Organizational Certifiers
Advantages of using Organizational Units
Authenticated name for Notes users
Authenticated name for browser users
Failure to authenticate
Debugging authentication

Notes User Registration and Groups

What is Notes user registration?
Exercise: Notes user registration
Why use Groups
Standard groups
Create a Group document
Exercise: Create groups
Group views
Find Group Member
Manage Groups
Rename Group
Delete Group
Find Groups
Organizational wildcards

Server Access Lists

Domino Directory administration
Security tab in the Server document
Recommended Server Access practices
Exercise: Control Server Access
Server access for browsers

Administrator Rights

General user access to the server
Default administrator access
What being listed as an administrator gets you
Delegating administrative duties
Administrator use of Domino Administrator
Full Access administrator mode
Domino Console Server access fields
Administrator access to the Domino Directory
Administrator access to system databases

Databases

Add Domino database
Exercise: Create database
Internal tools
External tools
Files function tab
Files display preferences
Folder tools
Database tools
Database white space
Compact
Other ways to free disk space
Database rollout
Exercise: Database tools

Database Security

Folder Link
Folder Links caveats
Database Access Control List
Centralized ACL control
ACL Entries
Add users to the ACL
Acceptable ACL Entries
Standard settings
User Type
Conflicting/overlapping access
Explicit versus Effective Access
Maximum Internet name & password access
ACL Entry privileges
Roles
Create and assign a role
Exercise: Define ACL and roles
Set Administration Server
Manage Multiple ACLs tool
Copy and Paste entire ACLs
Local ACL enforcement
Enforce Consistent ACL
Server and Domain-wide ACL reporting
Exercise: Database Catalog
System database ACLs
Encrypt Server databases
Exercise: Encrypt server database

Administration Process

Administration Process workflow
Major areas of work
Access requirements
Configure AdminP
Administration Requests database
Critical views to monitor
One Administrative Server or many?
When tasks are performed
Modify the processing intervals
Dedicated threads for immediate and interval requests
User rename requests
Server console commands
Domino Administrator Tell Task tool
Exercise: AdminP in actionDebugging AdminP

Cross Certification

Exercise: Test access to another Organizations server
Locating Cross Certificate documents
Purpose of cross certification
Three methods to cross certify
Method 1 Exercise: On-demand cross certification
At what level should you cross certify?
Method 2: Safe Copy cross certification
Method 3: Verbally cross certify key
Revoke authentication from cross certification
Allow Anonymous access to Notes
Organizations and Domino Domains

Add Servers to the Domain

Register server
Administrative requirements to register server
Server name guidelines
Additional server registration
Exercise: Remove server configuration
Exercise: Register additional server
Start server and run the Server Setup program
Protocol access
Server security requirements
Additional Server Setup
Exercise: Server Setup on additional server
Exercise: Register new administrator
Exercise: Reconfigure Notes/Domino Administrator

Primary and Configuration Directories

Distributed directory architecture
Centralized directory architecture
Pros and cons
Hybrid directory architecture
Directory Type settings
"Show Xdir" console command
Change the directory type

Replication Fundamentals

What replication is NOT
What replication IS
Domino Cluster Replication
Why replicate databases
Database Replica ID and Document UNID
Server-to-server replication
Item modification record
Single source item update
Dual source field update
Deleted documents

What You Can Expect

In this course, you will learn how to:

install, set up, and configure a Domino Server and Domino Administrator
register a user with basic settings
create a new database using a standard template
define groups to manage server and database security
understand and configure server and database security
configure the Administration Process to automate administrator tasks
cross certify other organizations to use your Domino Server
register a new Server and reconfigure your Server to join an existing Domino Domain
configure a Remote Primary Directory Server to provide centralized directory services
replicate databases and schedule automated replication between Domino Servers
create a Domain Catalog and configure Domain Search
provide database access to browsers
transfer and deliver email in a single Domino Domain using the Notes routing protocol.

Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for network/database administrators who are responsible for supporting Lotus Domino Servers and Notes clients.

You will find this course most useful if prior to this course you have:

studied the principles and operation of personal computer networkingusing TCP/IP in LAN/WAN/Internet environments
installed and supported the operating system used in this course(Windows XP Professional) as well as applications used by those systems
installed, administered, and supported network operating system serverand workstation software.

You will find the course especially rewarding if you have alreadyinstalled a Domino Server and a handful of Notes Clients and have hadsome experience designing Domino databases.

Training Style

Instructor led with labs.

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Related Courses

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LD8MA	Lotus Domino 8 Mail Administration	4 Days	III	Details
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