PLANNING


Building the Domino environment

After installing the first HCL Domino® server and any additional servers, configure the servers and build the environment.

Procedure

1. Create connection documents for server communication.

2. If you have remote users, set up mobile support and Remote Access Service (RAS) for network dialup.

3. Set up mail routing.

4. Establish a replication schedule.

5. Configure incoming and outgoing Internet mail (SMTP).

6. Customize the administration process for your organization.

7. Plan and create policies before you register users and groups.

8. Register users and groups.

9. Determine backup and maintenance plans and consider transaction logging.

10. Consider remote server administration from the Domino console. Also consider the use of an extended administration server.

11. Set up a mobile directory catalog on HCL Notes® clients to give Notes users local access to a corporate-wide directory.

12. Consider implementing clustering on servers.

Parent topic: Roadmap for deploying Domino servers

Related concepts
Managing users
Maintaining Notes users
The Domino mail router
Creating policies
Security policies
Managing servers
Domino server and Notes user IDs
Planning your Notes client deployment

Related tasks
Roadmap for deploying Domino servers
Creating a Configuration Settings document
Setting up Notes routing
Defining default settings for Notes user registration
Setting up the Domino Administrator
Creating and modifying groups
Setting up a Domino server for transaction logging
Creating replicas using the Administration Process
Scheduling server-to-server replication
Notes pre-installation checklist

Related reference
Managing groups