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Configuring
Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
Configuring users and servers
Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
Understanding the Server document
The Server document is set up when you register a server. It contains many of the settings that define how your server operates.
Server Properties - Advanced
The Advanced tab shows statistics on transactions, users, and memory.

Configuring
Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
- Configuring a network
  This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful IBM® Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
- Configuring users and servers
  Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
  - Understanding the Server document
    The Server document is set up when you register a server. It contains many of the settings that define how your server operates.
    - Server document - Basics tab
      This topic is an overview of the tabs and fields on the document.
    - Server document - Security tab
      This topic is an overview of the tabs and fields on the document.
    - Server document - Ports tab
      After you install and set up a Domino® server, review the list of network ports that were enabled by the Server Setup program. Unless you customize network settings during setup, Domino enables ports based on the current operating system configuration.
    - Server Tasks tab
      The Server Tasks tab contains seven sub-tabs.
    - Server document - Internet Protocols tab
      This topic is an overview of the tabs and fields on the document.
    - Server document - Miscellaneous tab
      This topic is an overview of the tabs and fields on the document.
    - Server document - Transactional Logging tab
      Use the fields on this tab to enable and configure transaction logging, or to disable transaction logging.
    - Server document - Traveler tab
      Complete the fields on the Traveler tab when you are configuring IBM® Traveler.
    - Server document - Administration tab
      This topic is an overview of the tabs and fields on the document.
    - Server Properties - Advanced
      The Advanced tab shows statistics on transactions, users, and memory.
    - Server Properties - Basics
      The Basics tab provides information such as server name, operating system, hardware, and mailboxes. You can also view this information using the Show Tasks server command.
    - Server Properties - Cluster
      The Cluster tab provides information if the server is a member of a cluster.
    - Server Properties - Disks
      The Disks tab provides information about server disks, size, and free space.
  - Policies
    Use Domino® policy settings to control how users work with Notes®. A policy is a document that identifies a collection of individual policy settings. Policy settings documents define a set of defaults that apply to the users and groups to which the policy is assigned. You can change policy settings and they will be automatically applied to the assigned users and groups.
  - Defining default settings for Notes® user registration
    Before you register new Notes® users, you can specify default settings that apply to all users. Default settings simplify user registration and ensure user settings consistency. You can define many default settings, such as what mail server users have or what certifier ID to use for user registration. You can also specify a default workstation execution control list (ECL) to protect data from unauthorized workstation access.
  - Managing users
    The Administration Process helps you manage users by automating many of the associated administrative tasks. For example, if you rename a user, the Administration Process automates changing the name throughout databases in the Notes® domain by generating and carrying out a series of requests, which are posted in the Administration Requests database.
  - Using groups
    Groups are lists of users, groups, and servers that have common traits. They are useful for mailing lists and access control lists. Using groups can simplify administration tasks.
  - Replicas
    You can make a database available to users in different locations, on different networks, or in different time zones, by creating replicas of the database.
  - Domain Search
    Notes® client and Web users can use Domain Search to search an entire Domino® domain for database documents, files, and attachments that match a search query.
  - Calendars and scheduling
    The calendar and scheduling features allow users to check the free time of other users, schedule meetings with them, and reserve resources, such as conference rooms and equipment.
  - Configuring Widgets and Live Text
    Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in supported documents, including IBM® Notes® mail, using XML extensions (widgets) created specifically for their use.
  - Configuring the Domino® OpenSocial component
    The Domino® OpenSocial component adds social and web features to make third-party processes available directly in the client user's mail. The OpenSocial component supports embedded experiences in the Notes® client, including OpenSocial Gadgets in the sidebar, pop-ups, and tabs.
- Editing the NOTES.INI file
  You should rarely, if ever, need to modify a server's or client's NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI file contains many settings that Domino® and Notes® rely on to work properly. An accidental or incorrect change may cause Domino or Notes to run unpredictably. Therefore, you should edit the NOTES.INI file only if special circumstances occur or if IBM® Support Services recommends that you do so.
- Configuring directory services
  This section describes how to plan, set up, and use IBM® Domino® directory services.
- Configuring messaging
  This section provides an overview of messaging and describes how to set up mail routing, how to set up and customize mail servers, and how to track mail.
- Configuring iNotes®
  IBM® iNotes® (previously IBM Domino® Web Access) provides IBM Notes® users with browser-based access to Notes mail and to Notes calendar and scheduling features. Administrators specify mail policy and security policy settings as well as notes.ini file settings to complete the full implementation of IBM iNotes.
- Configuring Web servers
  This section describes how to set up the IBM® Domino® Web server, the Domino Web Navigator, and other Web servers such as IBM HTTP.
- Domino® Off-Line Services
  Domino® Off-Line Services (DOLS) provides a way for users to take Domino Web applications offline, work in them, and synchronize the changes with an online replica on the Domino server. Users are not required to have Notes® client because the applications are accessed with a browser.
- Setting up a cluster
  Setting up a cluster includes the tasks of creating and verifying that it is working correctly, and then setting up user access, mail, replications, size quotas, directory assistance, roaming, web navigation, and use of a private LAN in the cluster.

Server Properties - Advanced

The Advanced tab shows statistics on transactions, users, and memory.

You can also view some of this information by using the Show Tasks server command.

Table 1. Server transactions
Property	Description
Total transactions	Total number transactions performed on the server it was started.
Peak time	Time of last peak transactions per minute. Useful to anticipate peak times and recommend that users access the server at other times for faster server response.
Transactions/minute	Number of transactions that took place in the last minute and last hour. Useful to monitor server use. If this number is consistently higher than that of other servers and performance is a problem, redistribute the server load to other servers.

Table 2. Notes® users
Property	Description
Peak #	Maximum number of sessions (users and servers connected at one time) since the server started.
Peak time	Time, in the last minute and last hour, of maximum number of users logged on. Useful to anticipate peak times and recommend that users access the server at other times for faster server response.

Table 3. Server memory
Property	Description
Allocated memory	Total amount of memory allocated on the server
Available memory	Total amount of memory available on the server

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