Use this as a tool when planning how to integrate HCL Domino® into your existing environment.

About this task

After planning is complete, you can begin to install and set up Domino servers and the Domino Administrator client and build the Domino environment.

Procedure

1. Determine your company's server needs. Decide where to locate each server physically, taking into consideration local and wide-area networks and the function of each server.

2. Develop a hierarchical name scheme that includes organization and organizational unit names.

3. Decide whether you need more than one Domino domain.

4. Understand how server name format affects network name-to-address resolution for servers. Ensure that the DNS records for your company are the correct type for the server names.

5. Determine which server services to enable.

6. Determine which certificate authority to use.

7. Install and set up the first Domino server.

8. Install and set up the Domino Administrator client on the administrator's machine. The Domino Administrator client is available in the HCL Notes® Allclient install kit for the Windows™ platform only.

9. Complete network-related server setup.

10. If the Domino server is offering Internet services, set up Internet site documents. There are some instances where Internet Site documents are required.

11. Specify administration preferences.

12. Create additional certifier IDs to support the hierarchical name scheme.

13. Set up recovery information for the certifier IDs.

14. Add the administrator's ID to the recovery information for the certifier IDs and then distribute the certifier IDs, as necessary, to other administrators.

15. Register additional servers.

16. If you did not choose to do so during first server setup, create a group in the Domino Directory for all administrators, and give this group Manager access to all databases on the first server.

17. Install and set up additional servers.

18. Complete network-related server setup for each additional server.

19. Build the Domino environment.

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.

Getting started with Domino for IBM i
You can get information on install and deploying Domino on an IBM® i server.

Functions of Domino servers
Before you install and set up the first Domino server, consider the function and physical location of the servers that your company needs and determine how to connect the servers to each other.

Hierarchical naming for servers and users
Hierarchical naming is the cornerstone of HCL Domino security; therefore planning it is a critical task. Hierarchical names provide unique identifiers for servers and users in a company. When you register new servers and users, the hierarchical names drive their certification, or their level of access to the system, and control whether users and servers in different organizations and organizational units can communicate with each another.

Domino domains
A Domino domain is a group of HCL Domino servers that share the same Domino Directory. As the control and administration center for Domino servers in a domain, the Domino Directory contains, among other documents, a Server document for each server and a Person document for each HCL Notes user.

Partitioned servers
Using Domino server partitioning, you can run multiple instances of the Domino server on a single computer. By doing so, you reduce hardware expenses and minimize the number of computers to administer because, instead of purchasing multiple small computers to run Domino servers that might not take advantage of the resources available to them, you can purchase a single, more powerful computer and run multiple instances of the Domino server on that single machine.

Certifier IDs and certificates
Certifier IDs and certificates form the basis of HCL Domino security. To place servers and users correctly within your organization's hierarchical name scheme, you create a certifier ID for each branch on the name tree. You use the certifiers during server and user registration to "stamp" each server ID and user ID with a certificate that defines where each belongs in the organization. Servers and users who belong to the same name tree can communicate with each other; servers and users who belong to different name trees need a cross-certificate to communicate with each other.

Domino server services
Before you start the HCL Domino Server Setup program, decide which services and tasks to set up on the server.

Domino naming requirements
Refer to these guidelines when naming parts of the HCL Domino system.

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

Related concepts
Functions of Domino servers
Installing the Domino Administrator client
Hierarchical naming for servers and users
Domino domains
Partitioned servers
Certifier IDs and certificates
Planning your Notes client deployment
Domino server services
Domino naming requirements
Ensuring DNS resolves in TCP protocols
Domino and networks
Network security

Related tasks
Starting the Domino Administrator
Planning your Domino server deployment
Building the Domino environment
Resolving server names to network addresses in NRPC
Ensuring DNS resolves in NRPC -- Best practices
Setting up Notes routing