USER AND SERVER CONFIGURATION

Creating a roaming policy settings document
You can specify settings in the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Roaming policy settings document to enable file server roaming for registered IBM® Lotus® Notes® users, standard configuration. When you enable file server roaming for a Notes end user, the user's files and applications that roam reside on a file server.

1. From the Domino Administrator, select the People & Groups tab, and then open the Settings view.

2. Click Add Settings, and then choose Roaming.

3. Do one of these:

4. On the Basics tab specify a policy name and description as needed and then complete these fields:
FieldAction
Server nameSpecify the file server on which the user's files and applications that roam will reside by specifying a file share or a mapped network drive.
Base folderSpecify the top-level directory name, under which the roaming file path will reside. This is the parent directory for the user's roaming data. By default this value is "roaming."
Sub-folder formatSpecify the directory path, relative to the base folder name specified above, in which the user's roaming data will reside. The sub-folder format is typically based on the user's name and determines the default personal roaming folder for each user on the roaming server. Use the example path as a format guide.

By default, this value is "shortname."

Files that roamThe files that roam are listed here.
  • Contacts -- NAMES.NSF
  • Bookmarks -- BOOKMARK.NSF
  • Journal or Notebook -- JOURNAL.NSF or NOTEBOOK.NSF
  • Feeds subscriptions -- LOCALFEEDCONTENT.NSF
  • Eclipse plug-in data and settings -- ROAMINGDATA.NSF
Show roaming setup dialogsSpecify whether Notes will display two optional dialog boxes to inform the roaming user about their upgrade status. You can customize the content of these dialogs using the following two fields.
Modifiable text for the first dialogUse Domino supplied or your own text to inform the user that their administrator has enabled roaming for them, and that while they continue to work they can monitor replication enablement progress.
Text for the "Roaming complete" dialog Use Domino supplied or your own text to inform the user that their roaming enablement has successfully completed.
Data removal on local drivesSpecify what cleanup action should occur when the user logs out of the client computer on which the user's data has roamed as local replicas. Choose one of the following options:
  • Do not remove data -- Roaming user files will not be deleted from the client.
  • Periodically -- Enables the "Every [ ] days" field on which you specify the number of days that should pass before roaming user files are deleted from the client.
  • Remove when Notes shuts down -- Roaming user files will be deleted from the client upon Notes shutdown.
  • Prompt the user -- Forces Notes to prompt the user, upon exiting Notes, to delete their roaming user files. If the user chooses Yes, the user's data directory on the client is deleted. If the user chooses No, the roaming data files remain.
Allow user to temporarily disable roamingChoose one:
  • Yes - Allows users to disable and then enable file server roaming on a specific computer using the file server Roaming preferences panel. Be sure to set the How to Apply value to at least "Set initial value."
  • No - Disables the option to allow users to disable or enable file server roaming on a specific computer using the file server Roaming preferences panel.
5. Specify comments and administrator details on the Comments tab and the Administration tab.

6. Click Save and Close.

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