Specifications

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Test your Domino server:

a. Access the Domino server from a remote Notes client.

b. Access a database on the Domino server from a Web browser if http is enabled.

c. Ensure that the major Domino server functions like replication, mail routing, and any third-party

applications are running successfully.

• After upgrading the administration server, make sure that you upgrade the design of your

administration requests database (admin4.nsf) based on the new admin4.ntf template.

• Prepare the next Domino sever for upgrade.

Repeat the upgrade steps in this section for each of your Domino servers: administration, hub, directory,

mail, application, and Web servers. Once all Domino servers are upgraded, your Domino server deployment

is complete.

You are now ready to perform the optional ODS upgrade and enable additional Domino features such as

DAOS.

Recommended NOTES INI variables for Domino Servers

SERVER_UPGRADE_NO_DIRECTORY_REDESIGN=1

SetupLeaveServerTasks=1

CREATE_R85_DATABASES=1

Create_R85_Log=1

ADMIN_CLIENT_SKIP_DOMINO=1

CATALOG_DISK_USAGE=1

CONSOLE_LOG_ENABLED=1

Recommended NOTES INI variables for 64 bit Domino Servers

Additional to the variables described in the previous chapter, the following variables are recommended for

64 Bit Domino servers.

MEM_FSCachePercentMem=10

ODS Upgrade

Starting with Lotus Domino 8.0, upgrading to a new On Disk Structure(ODS) is optional.

Although you may very well continue to run an older ODS version on an higher release of Domino any

extended database feature will not be available.

In short, the new ODS provides potential improvements for I/O and folder optimization. It is also a

requirement for the implementation of the following new features:

• Domino Attachment and Object Service

• Document compression

We highly recommend that, if and when you decide to upgrade the ODS of your databases, you ensure that

the Domino server is stable at the new Domino 8.5 code level. This includes the testing of all the basic

Domino server functionality. Once you are confident that the Domino 8.5 upgrade was a success, you can

proceed to upgrading the ODS.