Domino 6 for iSeries best practices guide / Birgit Roehm ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Business Machines Corporation, International Technical Support Organization Staff, Corporate Author.

Roehm, Birgit., Author.

Contributor:

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

Redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Data transmission systems.

Lotus Domino.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 642 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, Minn. : IBM, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Figures

Tables

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Part 1 Deployment, administration, and performance

Chapter 1. Deploying Domino 6 for iSeries

1.1 Environmental planning

1.1.1 User distribution

1.1.2 Site distribution and server placement

1.1.3 Network bandwidth

1.1.4 Client access method and strategy

1.1.5 LPAR requirements and guidelines

1.1.6 Domino partitioning planning

1.1.7 Mail file size

1.1.8 Indexing

1.1.9 Third party products

1.1.10 SMTP architecture

1.1.11 Services

1.1.12 SSL accelerators

1.1.13 Fault tolerance solutions

1.1.14 Backup and recovery requirements

1.1.15 Domino Directory structure

1.1.16 File directory structure

1.1.17 Transaction logging

1.1.18 Policy-based system administration

1.2 Hardware

1.2.1 Hardware planning

1.2.2 Special considerations

1.3 Software installation guidelines and resources

1.3.1 OS/400 and program temporary fixes prerequisites

1.3.2 Basic install

1.3.3 Installation best practices

1.3.4 iSeries Access for Windows and iSeries Navigator tips and tricks

1.4 Configuration guidelines and recommendations

1.4.1 TCP/IP configuration

1.4.2 Virtual hosts

1.4.3 Adapter configuration

1.5 Securing your Domino environment

1.5.1 iSeries security considerations

1.5.2 Domino security considerations

1.6 National language support considerations

1.6.1 Domino 6 compared to Domino R5

1.6.2 Localization and NOTES.INI settings

1.6.3 Web preferences

1.6.4 iSeries Navigator changes in V5R2

1.6.5 Resources

Chapter 2. Administering your Domino environment

2.1 Document your Domino environment

2.2 Getting the most out of your Domino Directory: revisited.

2.2.1 Getting the most out of your Domino Directory on Domino 6 for iSeries

2.3 ID management

2.3.1 ID file naming standards

2.3.2 Creating ID files

2.3.3 Managing ID files

2.3.4 Recovering ID files

2.3.5 Roaming users

2.3.6 Additional recommendations

2.4 Managing your Domino templates

2.5 Mail file management

2.5.1 Enterprise mail management policy

2.5.2 Mail policy implementation

2.6 Maintaining your Domino environment

2.6.1 Recommended maintenance schedule

2.6.2 System databases

2.6.3 Change management

2.6.4 Tips for using the Domino Administrator client

2.6.5 IBM iSeries Access for Windows and iSeries Navigator tips

2.7 LPAR and Domino clustering administration guidelines

2.7.1 LPAR

2.7.2 Domino clustering

2.8 Lotus software compatibility

2.9 Backup and recovery strategies

2.10 Upgrade from previous versions of Domino

2.10.1 Why upgrade to Domino 6?

2.10.2 Planning your upgrade

2.10.3 Interoperability issues

2.10.4 Creating your upgrade plan

2.10.5 Upgrading your environment

2.10.6 Tips and tricks for the upgrade process

2.11 Maintenance tips and resources

2.12 Special considerations for large Domino deployments

2.12.1 Administration guidelines and recommendations

2.12.2 Enterprise integration

2.12.3 Performance considerations

2.12.4 Defining organizational responsibilities

Chapter 3. Monitoring Domino performance on the iSeries

3.1 Ten minute checklist for spotting performance problems

3.2 Using Management Central to monitor system health

3.2.1 Setting up Management Central

3.2.2 Work with system performance monitors

3.3 Using Collection Services to monitor Domino and iSeries performance

3.3.1 Designing a data collection

3.3.2 Starting and stopping a data collection

3.3.3 Using Collection Services data.

3.3.4 Sample reports

3.3.5 QAPMDOMINO database reference

Chapter 4. Tuning Domino performance on the iSeries

4.1 iSeries performance tuning for Domino

4.1.1 Work with System Status (WRKSYSSTS)

4.1.2 Work with Active Jobs and Work with System Activity

4.1.3 Run priority

4.1.4 Work with disk status (WRKDSKSTS)

4.1.5 Network Status (NETSTAT) and other communication information

4.1.6 System values

4.1.7 Integrated File System (IFS)

4.1.8 Authority lookups

4.2 Domino performance tuning for iSeries

4.2.1 Transaction logging

4.2.2 Domino memory management

4.2.3 Mail file sizes and indexing large Domino databases

4.2.4 HTTP tips

Part 2 Managing your environment

Chapter 5. Backup and recovery of Domino 6 for iSeries: Concepts

5.1 Domino implementation on the iSeries system

5.1.1 Domino objects on the iSeries

5.1.2 Future release changes

5.2 Choosing the right backup strategy

5.2.1 Backup methods

5.2.2 Save and restore comparison

5.3 Transaction logging

5.3.1 Flushing and hardening

5.3.2 DBIID

5.3.3 Domino server crashes

5.3.4 Transaction logging basics

5.3.5 Set up transaction logging

Chapter 6. Backup and recovery using OS/400 commands

6.1 What to save and when

6.1.1 Recommended saving frequency for Domino

6.2 Backing up Domino databases

6.2.1 Backup of entire Domino data directory

6.2.2 Backup of individual Domino databases

6.2.3 Backup of mail databases

6.2.4 Backup of Domino objects outside of the Domino data directory

6.3 Incremental backups

6.3.1 Saving changes since the last full backup (cumulative)

6.3.2 Saving changes since the last incremental backup

6.4 OS/400 SAVE menu

6.5 Recovery of Domino for iSeries

6.5.1 Recover an entire iSeries server

6.5.2 Recover Domino data directory

6.5.3 Recover Domino mail files.

6.5.4 Recover individual Domino databases

6.5.5 Recover changed objects (from an incremental backup)

6.5.6 Recover Domino program code

6.5.7 Recreate a Domino server configuration

6.6 Tips and techniques

6.6.1 Save files

6.6.2 Scheduled backups

6.6.3 Save databases while Domino server is running

6.6.4 Restore databases while Domino server is running

6.7 Tips for beginners: System management

6.7.1 User profile requirements for backups

6.7.2 Determine used disk space

6.7.3 Determine Domino data directory size

6.7.4 Initialize tapes

6.7.5 Find Domino objects on the system

6.8 Common SAV/RST problems

Chapter 7. Backup and recovery using BRMS/400

7.1 Introduction

7.1.1 If you have never worked with BRMS/400

7.1.2 Using iSeries Navigator client versus OS/400 commands

7.1.3 Backup scenarios

7.1.4 BRMS/400 entities

7.2 Using BRMS iSeries Navigator client

7.2.1 The BRMS iSeries Navigator client window

7.2.2 Moving from OS/400 BRMS commands to BRMS iSeries Navigator client

7.3 Configuring a Domino backup strategy in iSeries Navigator

7.3.1 Creating a backup policy for daily online incremental backups

7.3.2 Advanced Job Scheduler: Predefined backup schedules

7.3.3 Create backup policies for weekly, monthly, and yearly backups

7.3.4 Backing up additional (non-Domino) data

7.4 BRMS/400 concepts

7.4.1 Link lists

7.4.2 The BRMS maintenance task

7.4.3 Print BRMS reports

7.4.4 Review and create move policies

7.4.5 Media pools

7.4.6 Adding media volumes

7.4.7 Backup to a save file or an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server

7.4.8 Checklist for iSeries Navigator Domino backup configuration

7.5 Tips and troubleshooting iSeries Navigator backups

7.5.1 Tips for iSeries Navigator backups

7.5.2 Troubleshooting tips for Domino backup and recovery.

7.6 Restoring Domino databases with iSeries Navigator

7.7 Quickstart for using OS/400 commands

7.7.1 How BRMS objects relate

7.7.2 Initialize BRMS

7.7.3 Customizing the BRMS defaults

7.7.4 Domino backups in a 24x7 environment

7.7.5 What happens when BRMS runs Domino backups

7.7.6 Domino restore methods

7.7.7 Tips and troubleshooting

7.7.8 More information on using BRMS for Domino backups

Chapter 8. Backup and recovery using Tivoli Data Protection for Domino

8.1 Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

8.1.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager basics

8.1.2 Data Protection for Domino

8.2 Installation of Data Protection for Domino on OS/400

8.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server configuration

8.3.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager node

8.3.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Policy Domain

8.4 Data Protection for Domino on OS/400 configuration

8.4.1 Running the dominstall program

8.4.2 Creating directory and configuration files: Data Protection for Domino instances

8.4.3 Modifying Data Protection for Domino configuration files

8.4.4 Include/exclude processing options

8.4.5 Setting QShell environment variables for Data Protection for Domino

8.4.6 Verifying Data Protection for Domino configuration

8.4.7 Configuring Data Protection for Domino for partitioned Domino servers

8.5 Using Data Protection for Domino

8.5.1 Backup of Domino databases

8.5.2 Archival of transaction log extents

8.5.3 Backup strategies for Domino servers using Data Protection for Domino

8.5.4 Automating backup operations with Data Protection for Domino

8.5.5 Scheduling Data Protection for Domino operations on OS/400

8.6 Recovering Domino servers and databases

8.6.1 Recovering a Domino database

8.6.2 Performing disaster recovery with Data Protection for Domino.

8.7 Considerations and best practices for Data Protection for Domino on OS/400.

Notes:

"This edition applies to Version 5, Release 2, Modification 0 of OS/400 (product number 5722-SS1) and Version 6.0.2 of Domino 6 for iSeries (5733-LD6)."

Text enhanced by pdf downloads.

"June 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

80244365