You can use a server setup profile to set up a Domino server. You can use the profile from the server you are setting up or from a client system.

Before you begin

Complete the procedure Creating a server setup profile.

About this task

Using a server setup profile from a Microsoft™ Windows™ client is easier if the client has the Domino® Administrator installed. To use a profile from a Windows or UNIX™ client without Domino Administrator, you need the Java™ runtime environment plus some files from the program directory of an installed Domino server.

When you use a setup profile, you choose whether to view the setup screens as you run the profile. This procedure describes running the profile so that you view the setup screens. Running a profile without viewing the screens is sometimes referred to as a "silent" setup. For information about that procedure, see Using Domino silent server setup with a profile.

When the following procedures include instructions for entering system commands, make sure you understand the terms Domino program directory, Domino data directory, and Notes® program directory.

Parent topic: Using the Domino server setup program

To use a setup profile at the server

Procedure

1. Install the Domino server program files on a 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:

<full_path_to_Domino_server_executeable> -playback

Example on a Windows server:

C:\Domino\nserver -playback

Example on a UNIX server:

 /opt/hcl/domino/bin/server -playback

Note: Entering nserver -help or server -help displays the parameters available for working with server setup profiles.

Note: To change the profile rather than run it, select Modify selected profile.

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

Procedure

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

2. Install the Domino server program files on a server system but do not run the Domino server setup program.

3. (UNIX server 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.

4. 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, to put the server in listen mode:

<full_path_to_Domino_server_executeable> -listen

Example, on a Windows server:

C:\Domino\nserver -listen

Example on a UNIX server:

/opt/hcl/domino/bin/server -listen

Note: Entering nserver -help or server -help displays the parameters available for working with server setup profiles.

serversetup -playback

7. Click Ping to ensure that you can connect to the server.

8. Click OK.

9. Choose the profile to use. Click Browse to navigate to the directory on the Windows client in which you saved the profile (the profile is not visible in the directory) and click Select. The profile appears in the Available Server Setup Profiles field.

Note: To change the existing profile rather than run it, selectModify selected profile.

11. When setup is complete and you see the prompt Should the setup server listener be stopped? click Yes.

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

Procedure

1. Install the Domino server program files on a 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 to put the server in listen mode:

<full_path_to_Domino_server_executeable> -listen

Example, on a Windows server:

C:\Domino\nserver -listen

Example on a UNIX server:

 /opt/hcl/domino/bin/server -listen

Note: Entering nserver -help or server -help displays the parameters available for working with server setup profiles.

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

• On a Windows client:

  mkdir c:\temp
  
  
  
  

• On a UNIX workstation:

  mkdir /temp
  

• From a Windows client, copy the remote setup filescfgdomserver.jar, jhall.jar, andremotesetup.cmd from the server to the directory you created on the client system. These files are in C:\<Domino program directory> on the server.
• From a UNIX workstation, copy the remote setup filescfgdomserver.jar, jhall.jar, andremotesetup from the server to the directory you created on the workstation. These files located in the following directories:
• /<Domino program directory>/notes/latest/ibmpow/ on an IBM® AIX® server
• /<Domino program directory>/notes/latest/linux/ on a Linux™ server

remotesetup -playback

9. Click Ping to ensure that you can connect to the server.

10. Click OK.

11. Choose the profile to use. Click Browse to navigate to the directory in which you saved the profile on the client (the profile is not visible in the directory) and click Select. The profile appears in theAvailable Server Setup Profiles field.

Note: To change the existing profile rather than run it, selectModify selected profile.

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Using the Domino server setup program

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Using Domino silent server setup with a profile

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