INSTALLING

Creating a server setup profile

A server setup profile is a file that you use to quickly configure servers.

About this task

To create a server setup profile, you run the server setup program in record mode, either at the server you are setting up or from a client. Record mode creates and saves a .pds setup profile that you later use to set up the Domino server. For information on using the profile to set up a server, see Using a server setup profile and Using Domino silent server setup with a profile.

You can create a server setup profile from a server or from a client. Creating a server setup profile from a Windows™ client is easier if the client has the Domino® Administrator installed. To create a profile from a client without the Domino Administrator, you need the Java™ runtime environment and some files from the program directory of an installed Domino server.

Before entering system commands in the following procedures, validate the location of the Domino program directory and Notes® program directory on your system, and be sure to navigate to the required starting directory as instructed.

Note: Consider using one-touch Domino setup which provides a wider range of setup options than traditional server setup. For more information, see One-touch Domino setup.

Parent topic: Using the Domino server setup program

To create a setup profile at a server

About this task

Procedure

1. Install the Domino server program files on the server system, but do not run the Domino server setup program.

2. (UNIX only) Log on to the Domino system as the user you specified during Domino server installation. This is the same user you'll use to start the Domino server.

3. At the command prompt on the server, switch to the Domino data directory. (If you installed a partitioned server, switch to the data directory of the partition you are setting up.) Then, enter the following command:


4. Enter a name and description for the profile. By default, the file is saved in the Domino program directory. To save the file to a different location, click Browse and specify the location, for example C:\temp.

5. Continue through the setup program.


To create a setup profile from a Windows client with Domino Administrator

Procedure

1. Install the Domino server program files on the server system, but do not run the Domino server setup program.

2. Make sure that you selected Remote server setup when you installed Domino Administrator on the client system.

3. At the command prompt on the client system, switch to the Notes program directory and enter the following command:


4. Enter a name and description for the profile. By default, the file is saved in the Notes program directory. To save the file to a different location, click Browse and specify the location, for example C:\temp.

5. Continue through the setup program.


To create a setup profile from a Windows client without Domino Administrator or from a UNIX workstation

Procedure

1. Install the Domino server program files on the server system, but do not run the Domino server setup program.

2. On the client system, install the Java runtime environment.

3. Create a temporary directory on the client system. For example, enter the following at the command prompt:

4. Do one of the following: 5. At the command prompt on the client system, from the directory you created, enter:
6. Enter a name and description for the profile.

7. Continue through the setup program.


Related concepts
Using the Domino server setup program