The R6IMAP Initialization workload automatically creates and sets up the mail databases and establishes the settings listed below:

• Database ACL settings
  • Default user is provided with Manager access
  • Anonymous user is provided with Manager access
• Owner set = mail#

Prerequisites

• The mail template, MAIL6.NTF, must exist on the driver.
• All user passwords must be set to NotesBench because authenticated users are required.

The agent that you use to create Person documents is in NAMAGENT.NSF.

1. Run R6IMAPINIT to create the mail databases.

2. Use the "Create NotesBench Mail Person Documents" NAMAGENT.NSF agent on any platform to create Person documents that use the R6IMAPINIT mail*.nsf files on the SUT as the users' mail files. Copy NAMAGENT.NSF to the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Directory and run it from there.

Running the R6IMAP Initialization workload

The R6IMAP Initialization workload creates and populates the IMAP mail file with SMTP messages, initializes the mail file, and then converts it to IMAP.

1. Make sure that you have already set up clients and servers for Server.Load.

2. Run the "Create NotesBench Mail Person Documents" agent to create the desired number of Person documents in the Domino Directory. When prompted, set these variables:

Variable	Setting
Message storage format	2 (MIME)
Mail system	6 (POP3/IMAP)

3. On the Domino Administrator client, start Server.Load.

4. In the Test Type field, choose Built-In, and then choose R6 IMAP Initialization Workload from the list.

5. Click the Script Variables tab, and enter these values:

Variable	Action
MailServer	Enter the canonical name of the mail server -- for example, CN=MailServer1/O=Acme.
MailTemplate	Enter the name of the mail file template -- for example, MAIL6.NTF.
nb_dbdir	Enter the directory used to store mail files, relative to the data directory.
NormalMessageSize	Enter the size of the body of the message. Recommended value is 10000.
MessageLineSize	Enter the number of characters per line. Recommended value is 80.
RecipientDomain	Enter the name of the domain containing the intended recipients -- for example, acme.com.
SMTPHost	Enter the fully qualified domain name of the Domino server that is running the SMTP Listener task -- for example, server1.acme.com
ClientHost	Enter the fully qualified domain name of the client -- for example, client1.acme.com
NumMailNotesPerUser	Enter the number of documents to populate the mail file when it is created. Recommended value is 100.

6. Start the IMAP task on the server.

7. In the "Build Recipient List using Name and Address Book" field, enter the name of the SUT and its Domino Directory in the format servername/org!!dominodirectory.NSF -- for example, Server1/Acme!!NAMES.NSF.

8. Verify that the client and server experience no errors while creating mail files. If a mail file has not been created, the test script creates the mail file during the first test iteration, but this adds overhead on the server back end. As a rule, CPU on the client and SUT should not exceed 75%, and the percentage of Disk Time on the Domino Server Data directory should not be a factor.

9. Click the Test Parameters tab. If you are running the test on multiple clients, increment the value of the Starting Thread No. parameter when you run the test on each client.

10. (Optional) Click the Stop Conditions tab to set a stop condition.

11. Click Execute.

12. (Optional) Select metrics to monitor.

13. (Optional) In the "Server to receive console commands" field, enter the name of the SUT.

14. Click Start Test.

15. Verify that the correct number of test mail files were created in the data directory. Each mail file is named MAILn.NSF, where n is a number.

16. Complete the procedure to run the R6IMAP workload.

Related topics

Setting up clients and servers for Server.Load
Setting a Server.Load stop condition
Monitoring Server.Load metrics
R6IMAP workload
Running the built-in Server.Load workloads
Tips for running a Server.Load test
Running a custom Server.Load script

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