DOMINO SERVER INSTALLATION

Using silent server setup
A "silent" setup is one in which you do not view the setup screens as you run the server setup profile. You can do a silent setup at the server you are setting up or from a client system. Doing a silent setup from a Microsoft® Windows® client is easier if the client has the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator installed -- to do a silent setup 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.

Tip When doing a silent setup, display a progress bar (Windows) or have percent-complete written to the command line (UNIX) by adding the -pb parameter to the end of the command.

When the following procedures include instructions for entering system commands, make sure you understand the terms "Domino program directory" and "Notes program directory as they apply to your operating system.

To do a silent setup at the server

Note Before running any Domino setup command, be sure to complete any pending reboot actions you may have from installing other applications.

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

2. At the command prompt on the server, from the Domino program directory, do one of the following:


3. If the profile uses existing server, certifier, or administrator IDs that require passwords, do the following:
4. If this is a partitioned server setup, add the = parameter to the command line to specify the NOTES.INI file in this partition's Domino data directory. For example, on Windows enter:
5. Check the ERRORLOG.TXT file in the Domino data directory to confirm that the setup is complete, or to view any error messages that were generated during setup.

To do a silent setup from a Windows client with Domino Administrator
1. Make sure that you selected "Remote server setup" when you installed Domino Administrator on the client system.

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

3. At the command prompt on the server system, from the Domino program directory, do one of the following:


4. At the command prompt on the client system, from the IBM Lotus Notes program directory, enter:
5. If the profile uses existing server, certifier, or administrator IDs that require passwords, do the following:
6. If this is a partitioned server setup, add the = parameter to the command line to specify the NOTES.INI file in this partition's Domino data directory. For example, on Windows enter:
7. Check the ERRORLOG.TXT file in the Notes data directory to confirm that the setup is complete, or to view any error messages that were generated during setup.

To do a silent setup from a Windows client without Domino Administrator or from a UNIX workstation

1. Install the IBM® Lotus® Domino® server program files on a server system, but do not run the Domino server setup program.

2. At the command prompt on the server system, from the Domino program directory, do one of the following:


3. On the client system, install the Java runtime environment.

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


5. Do one of the following: 6. At the command prompt on the client system, from the IBM Lotus Notes program directory, enter:
7. If the profile uses existing server, certifier, or administrator IDs that require passwords, do the following: 8. If this is a partitioned server setup, add the = parameter to the command line to specify the NOTES.INI file in this partition's Domino data directory. For example, on Windows enter:
9. Check the ERRORLOG.TXT file to confirm that the setup is complete, or to view any error messages that were generated during setup.

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