Lotus Domino Server

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Domino can be set to run as a service or with that command line window. I have had problems running at as a service and most of the sites I go to with domino use the command window. Admin work is done through a utility called Domino Administrator. version 5 is a couple of years old. I think they are now at 7 or 7.5.

 

I don't know much about domino, so I can just go by what I have seen.

There are two types of Lotus Notes client installations. One just has the Notes client, and the other has the client, Administrator and Designer. Usually there are seperate icons in the Lotus Notes client folder on the Start menu or once you open Lotus Notes, you will see bookmarks for them on the left with the other icons. They look like the Notes icon but are a little different. The one for designer has a little green proctor in the corner.

 

Ive got to use lotus domino at work and it drives me nuts...

If i remember correctly (still learning) you get the CLI form on the server, but you can use commands to launch certain lotus apps e.g. notes. l notes

They are on lotus notes 8 now.

Lotus Admin can be accessed via those bookmarks ajs1976 said.

The designer is used to make what they call custom databases.

O and get this i changed the unread colour of the emails from red to blue, loaded the new "database" into my lotus notes and it killed it, plain outright killed it.

tip of the day: Migrate from lotus notes :P

 

I've been using Lotus/Domino for a few months now and all I can say is.... I can't wait for the migration to Exchange in December!

I had my first experience with the actual server a couple of days ago, and I had exactly what you had Sparky. But I have been running Domino admin 7 on my workstation, and it runs just fine. Basically you can install it just like you do the Lotus client.

Can't reccomend any good books, but I do lurk ALOT on the IBM Lotus / Domino forums, and they can a real life saver.

 

Yep. You need the user name that was used when the Domino server was installed, or you'll need a User ID file.

Where's my points?

 

I haven't administered Notes since 2000. But if it hasn't improved much since then, I'd highly recommend implementing your temptation.

 

Sparky, I know nothing about Domino but Phoenix helped me a lot with info about it when I had to decide between Domino and Exchange. Sounds like I was lucky enough that Exchange was chosen.

 

Hi Sparky,
Like Bm said you'll need the ID file that was used to set the Domino server up. It might be called Notes.Id or Master.Id. Have you looked on the Domino server itself for this file? I can't remember exactly the path where they are stored on the server (been 18 months since migrated to Exchange) , but I'm pretty sure the folder is called ID and its in the same location as the NSF files are stored.

HTH
NB

 

I think the ID files will be on both servers, if the 2nd server is a replica of the master. If you find the ID file you'll also need the password for it. If I remember correctly and it hasn't been changed, the default password for the ID file is lotusnotes.
Are you thinking of migrating to Exchange? We did & it was the best decision we've made.

Cheers
NB

 

OK, do you know the name of the person who originally set up the first Domino server in the domain? The reason I'm asking is when I took over our Domino system the administrator id was the user id of the chap that had initially set it up.This was stored in the folder where the user ID's were stored. A long-shot maybe.

Cheers
NB