PLANNING


Planning your Domino server deployment

Before you install and set up the first HCL Domino® server, you must plan server and organizational naming and security. If you are adding an additional server to an existing Domino infrastructure, you must have already registered the server and its server ID and password must be available.

About this task

The Domino server installer copies server program files onto the designated machine. Once installation is complete, you'll use the Domino server setup program to configure the server.

Note: For important reference information, see the technote Upgrade Central: Planning your upgrade to Notes and Domino 10.0.x in the related links.

Note: If you plan to run multiple language versions of Domino with Web browsers, install the International English version of the Domino server as the base Domino installation. Next, install other language packs.

Note: Do not unpack installation kit files to the same directory to which you install the installation files. Specify a unique directory path for each set of installation files.

Prior to Domino server install, do the following:

Procedure

1. Choose a name for the server.

2. Identify the function of the server; for example, mail server or application server. The function of the server determines which tasks to enable during configuration.

3. Decide where to locate the server physically and decide who administers it.

4. Decide whether the server is part of an existing Domino domain or is the first server in a new Domino domain.

5. If this is the first server in a Domino domain, do the following:


6. If this server is part of an existing Domino domain, do the following:
7. Perform additional configuration procedures, based on the type of services, tasks, and programs that you want to run on this server.

Parent topic: Roadmap for deploying Domino servers

Related concepts
Domino server installation
Understanding the Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packs (Windows)
Hierarchical naming for servers and users
Functions of Domino servers
Domino domains
Domino server setup program
Domino and networks
Setting up Domino servers on the network
Network security
Planning security
Setting up an Internet certificate authority
Domino naming requirements
Managing servers
Optional tasks to perform after Domino server setup

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Roadmap for deploying Domino servers
Using a server setup profile
Setting up Notes named networks
Roadmaps to Domino Administrator tools

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