Course Details

Course Code: ND6SA2

Course Title: Notes Domino 6 System Administration 2
Units: 12
Duration: 3 classroom equivalent days
Discussion Access: 4 months¹

1. Up to 12 months access when purchased as part of a Curriculum Package.

Summary Description

Notes Domino 6 System Administration 2, the second course in TLCC's Admin series, will enable you to better manage and administer Domino servers, databases, directories, users and mail. Learn advanced administration topics including how to administer the server using a browser, use the Domino Server Controller, view statistics and monitor Domino server events, and automatically restart the server if it crashes. Manage Domino databases with tools like compact, repair corrupt databases, and manage the design of databases with templates. Learn how to manage users including renaming, workstation setup and updates, roaming users, and using policies. Understand how to setup multiple Domino Directories and to use LDAP with Domino. Learn how to keep spam under control with blacklists and mail rules and how to troubleshoot mail routing issues.

Upon completion of this course and the Notes Domino 6 System Administration 1 course you will be prepared to take all three of the exams needed to become a Certified System Administrator in Notes Domino 6/6.5.

Audience and Prerequisites

Experienced Domino administrators who want to learn how to manage and maintain a Domino network. The recommended prerequisite is:

• Notes Domino 6 System Administration 1

System Requirements

• Notes 6 or 6.5 Administrator client
• Domino 6 or 6.5 Server
• At least one computer on which the Domino Administrator 6 client and Domino 6 test servers can be installed; this system must run TCPIP and have a static IP address; two or three separate testing systems are desirable, but not required.

Course Modules

Module 1 - Installing and Configuring the Domino Network

The first task in creating a Domino network is installing and configuring the Domino servers and the Domino Administrator client. This module provides hands-on experience in installing the Domino server and Administrator client software. This module is designed to setup the environment needed for the rest of the course. If you have completed the Notes Domino 6 System Administration 1 course than this module can be skipped.

• Install the Domino server software
• Plan the organization's Domino server topology and naming scheme
• Configure the organization's first Domino server
• Install and configure the Domino Administrator client software
• Register an additional server
• Configure an additional server

Module 2 - Advanced Domino Administration
Domino administrators need an understanding of the available tools to administer Domino servers. This module covers how to use the Domino Server Controller, using the Domino Console to start a stopped or crashed server, administering a server with a browser using the Web Administrator, analyzing statistics, generating real-time and historical statistics charts, event monitoring, enabling Fault Recovery to reboot a server automatically after a crash, and more.

• Learn to start the Domino server with the Domino Server Controller and the Domino Console
• Use the Domino Console to start a stopped or crashed server remotely
• Administer a Domino server remotely with a browser using the Web Administrator
• Use the Server Monitoring feature to monitor the current health of server tasks across many servers
• Learn to view the current status of the server's statistics
• Use the Monitoring Configuration database to configure statistics and statistic events
• Use the Monitoring Results database to analyze the performance of servers over time
• Use the Real-time Statistics Charting feature to generate real-time line charts for selected server statistics
• Use the Historical Statistics Charting feature to generate historical charts using data from the Monitoring Results database
• Understand the default server events and create Event Generators documents to define custom server events
• Create Event Handlers to notify administrators when an events occurs
• Understand how the Notes System Diagnostic application releases system resources and generates logs when a server crashes
• Define a Cleanup Script that is run whenever a server crashes
• Learn to enable Fault Recovery to reboot a server automatically after a crash
• Understand the various server backup strategies and how to enable Transaction Logging

Module 3 - Managing Domino Databases
Domino provides several tools to manage Domino databases. This module covers how to facilitate searching for information in databases and across the Domino domain, using the Compact command to recover the white space in a database, fixing a corrupted database, configuring Advanced Database Properties, managing database design using templates, guarding against malicious code, archiving a database, and enabling a database to receive mailed in documents. This module also covers how analyze database activity and trends using the Database Analysis tool, the Activity Logging tool, and Activity Trends tool.

• Learn how to create and configure Full-text indexes, Database catalogs, Domain catalogs, and Domain search
• Understand the Compact task, database compacting styles, and the Compact command options
• Understand the sources of database corruption and the commands and options to repair a corrupted database
• Learn about and configure the Advanced Database Properties
• Manage database design using Design Templates, Master Design Templates, and Single Copy Templates
• Use the Database Analysis tool to view and analyze database activity
• Enable the Activity Logging and Activity Trends features to log server activity and present a number of trended averages
• Learn strategies and techniques to guard against malicious code running on Notes clients and Domino servers
• Configure databases to use the Database Archiving feature
• Create a Mail-In Database document to enable a database to receive documents
• Understand the default Soft Document Locking and learn to enable Hard Document Locking

Module 4 - Managing Domino Users
Learn how to manage Domino users, from registration to renaming to deletion. Setup the roaming user and multi-user workstation features. Discover how to control your users' settings through policies. Use the Notes Smart Upgrade feature to automate the process of installing full or incremental updates. Learn how to use the AdminP task to automate the many administrative tasks involved in user and group changes.

• Use the AdminP task to automate administrative tasks
• Learn to expand the organization by registering additional Organizational Units
• Use server-based certifiers to delegate server and user registration without giving physical access to any Certifier ID files
• Understand and enable the Roaming User feature
• Understand the options available when registering new users both manually and using a batch file
• Understand the options available of the Notes client installation and setup
• Use Policy documents to apply various end-user options to groups of users in the organization
• Understand Policy hierarchy and inheritance
• Use the Policy Viewer and Policy Synopsis tools to determine the effective Policy settings
• Create Settings documents to configure the various end-user options associated with policies
• Understand the different options for upgrading Notes user clients
• Use the Notes Smart Upgrade feature to automate the process of installing full or incremental updates
• Apply Password Control strategies to enforce password quality, enable password checking, and restrict password recycling
• Use the AdminP task to automate the many administrative tasks involved in user and group changes
• Understand the different strategies for dealing with deleted or corrupted users' IDs and forgotten passwords
• Understand the different levels and techniques to cross certify with another Domino organization
• Enable the User License Tracking feature on a Domino server

Module 5 - Maintaining Domino Directories
Directory services are used by both Notes clients and Domino servers. The client relies on these services for accurate mail addressing and message encryption. The server uses the Directory for mail transfer and delivery. This module describes the different directory-related features and services including Primary and Configuration Directories, editing the Directory Profile document, Extended ACLs (xACL), Directory Assistance, aggregating several directories into an Extended Directory Catalog, condensing several directories into a Condensed Directory Catalog, using external LDAP directories, and enabling LDAP clients to search a Domino Directory.

• Understand the different directory features and services available to Domino administrators
• Understand the three Domino Directory deployment strategies using Primary and Configuration Directories
• Edit the Directory Profile document to setup the Domino Directory
• Use Extended ACLs (xACL) to control which users are able to view or edit particular documents in the Domino Directory
• Use Directory Assistance to set pointers to one or more secondary directories
• Aggregate several directories into an Extended Directory Catalog for mail routing and database access on Domino servers
• Condense several directories into a Condensed Directory Catalog for local access by mobile Notes users
• Configure Domino servers and Notes clients to query external LDAP directories for routing and authentication purposes
• Enable LDAP clients to search a Domino Directory

Module 6 - Managing Mail & Routing
This module discusses the options available to Domino administrators for controlling how and when mail routes, both within the Domino network, and between the Domino network and the Internet via SMTP. The methods for tracking mail are shown. Learn how to control the size of users' mail files through quotas and shared mail. Learn how to set up the Domino server to allow non-Domino mail clients to retrieve messages from Domino mail databases. Configure options for scheduling meetings, including the Resource Reservations database. Learn how to keep spam under control with blacklists and mail rules and how to troubleshoot mail routing issues.

• Control mail routing to and from the Internet via SMTP, including minimizing spam
• Control mail routing within the Domino network
• Track and store mail routed within the Domino network
• Manage the size of users' mail files with quotas
• Implement shared mail
• Handle dead and held mail
• Troubleshoot mail routing issues
• Configure the Domino server to allow POP3 and IMAP clients to retrieve mail
• Understand how meeting scheduling works and configure scheduling between Domino domains
• Set up the Resource Reservations database