Building the IBM Lotus Domino 8 Infrastructure

DURATION

2 days

Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm

Tea-break: 10.15am – 10.30pm, 3.15pm – 3.30pm

Lunch: 12.30pm – 1.30pm

Description

In this course, you will install and configure a basic infrastructure with a single domain using an existing deployment plan. Students will also set up replication and mail routing in the single-domain environment.

Audience

The target audience for this course is system administrators new to Lotus Domino who are responsible for:

Initial installation and setup of a basic Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes 8 infrastructure.

Set up of Domino Mail servers in the corporate intranet and extranet (i.e. Internet) environment.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for this course include completion of :

or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience

Skills taught

Upon completing the course, you should be able to:

Install and set up the first Lotus Domino server and administrator

Set up servers in the Lotus Domino domain

Add Lotus Notes workstations to the Lotus Domino domain

Set up the administration environment

Set up the replication schedule to synchronize Lotus Domino system databases in the domain

Configure intranet Lotus Domino mail routing

Configure internet mail routing

Enable message controls

Enable server and messaging monitoring

Troubleshoot common mail setup problems

DAY 1

Building the IBM Lotus Domino 8 Infrastructure

This course covers the following topics:

Installing and setting up the first Lotus Domino server and administrator

Considering deployment scenarios

Designing a hierarchical naming scheme

Installing and setting up the first Domino server and theDomino Administrator client

Creating a database to track Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes licenses

Setting up servers in the Lotus Domino domain

Creating additional certifiers for servers and users per an established naming scheme

Constructing server IDs per an established naming scheme

Adding Lotus Notes workstations to the Lotus Domino domain

Creating internal Lotus Domino user IDs per an established naming scheme

Installing the Lotus Notes client software

Setting up the Lotus Notes workstation

Making user groups

Specifying desktop settings using policies

Setting up the administration environment

Specifying administration preferences

Allowing and restricting server access

Making administrators access to the Domino Directory

Recording server activity in the Domino Server Log file

Setting up the replication schedule to synchronize Lotus Domino system databases in the domain

Designing a replication topology

Creating a group for server replication

Scheduling replication

Monitoring replication

DAY 2

Configuring intranet Lotus Domino mail routing

Creating Domino Named Networks

Routing mail between Domino Named Networks

Scheduling mail routing

Configuring internet mail routing

Enabling SMTP routing

Configuring basic and advanced settings for SMTP routing

Restricting mail flow to and from the Internet

Enabling message controls

Controlling mail delivery

Setting mail restrictions

Creating whitelist and blacklist filters

Implementing message disclaimers

Enhancing transfer performance

Enabling mail journalling

Understanding how mail rules are executed

Creating mail rules

Stopping the processing of mail rules

Using the blacklist tag and whitelist tag mail rule conditions

Establishing mail quotas

Archiving mail using policies

Controlling Inbox size

Enabling server and messaging monitoring

Testing mail routing

Enabling message tracking

Monitoring mail delivery and mail statistics

Enabling message recall

Troubleshooting common mail setup problems

Testing mail connections

Restarting the Router

Forcing mail to route

Managing dead and undelivered mail

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