Specifications

Lotus Redbooks Wiki – IBM Lotus Notes and Domino V8.5 Deployment Guide
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Domino Deployment Considerations ......................................................................................... 37
Planning the Domino Deployment ............................................................................................. 37
Deploying Domino...................................................................................................................... 37
Domino Server Deployment Best Practices............................................................................... 37
Domino 64 Bit............................................................................................................................. 38
Upgrade vs New Installation ...................................................................................................... 38
A word about pilot deployment...................................................................................................38
Domino Server Additional Information....................................................................................... 38
Domino New Features................................................................................................................... 39
Console Log Mirroring................................................................................................................ 39
Interoperability for non Notes calendar users............................................................................ 39
Domino Server Commands........................................................................................................ 39
Show ID Vaults....................................................................................................................... 39
Show Stat Mail ....................................................................................................................... 39
DAOS Manager Tell commands............................................................................................. 39
Enhancement to Show Tasks................................................................................................. 39
Enhancements to Show Server and Show Directory............................................................. 40
Administration Process .............................................................................................................. 40
Database Features .................................................................................................................... 40
ODS 51 Advantages...............................................................................................................40
Domino Attachment and Object Service DAOS......................................................................... 41
Auto Populate Groups................................................................................................................ 41
Setting up auto populated home server groups ..................................................................... 42
Auto populated group statistics .............................................................................................. 42
Domino Deployment Considerations............................................................................................. 44
Considerations for a new Domino Deployment ......................................................................... 44
Considerations for upgrading an existing Domino infrastructure............................................... 44
Considerations for upgrading existing Mail Servers............................................................... 45
Considerations for upgrading existing application servers..................................................... 45
Third party applications .......................................................................................................... 47
Template customization ......................................................................................................... 48
Domino Deployment Planning....................................................................................................... 49
Understanding prerequisites...................................................................................................... 49
Evaluating server readiness....................................................................................................... 49
Windows System Requirements ............................................................................................ 49
AIX System Requirements ..................................................................................................... 50
Solaris System Requirements................................................................................................ 50
Linux System Requirements .................................................................................................. 51
System i System Requirements ............................................................................................. 51
System Requirements Linux for System z ............................................................................. 52
Features..................................................................................................................................... 53
Sizing ......................................................................................................................................... 53
Consolidation ............................................................................................................................. 53
Compatibility............................................................................................................................... 53
Application considerations......................................................................................................53
Third party applications .......................................................................................................... 53
Deployment Sequence............................................................................................................... 54
Domino Deployment...................................................................................................................... 55
Pre Upgrade Checklist............................................................................................................... 55
Administration Client.................................................................................................................. 56
System Databases..................................................................................................................... 56
Prerequisites........................................................................................................................... 56
Domino Directory Design Upgrade ........................................................................................ 57
Administration Request Design Upgrade............................................................................... 58
Install the Lotus Domino Server.................................................................................................58
Pre Upgrade Checklist ...........................................................................................................58