USER AND SERVER CONFIGURATION


Creating replicas using the Administration Process
Through the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator you can use the Administration Process to initiate the creation of one or more replicas. You can create replicas on servers in the same domain or in another domain (across domains, using a cross domain administration request). You should make sure that Connection documents are in place to schedule replication between the source and destination servers, unless the servers are members of the same cluster, in which case this is not strictly necessary.

1. If you are creating a replica on a destination server in another domain, make sure that:

2. Make sure that you: 3. Make sure that the source server:
4. Make sure each destination server: 5. From the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator, select the source server in the server pane on the left. To expand the server pane, click the servers icon in the server pane.

6. Click the Files tab.

7. In the files window, select one or more databases for which you want to create replicas.

8. From the Tools pane, choose Database - Create Replica. Or, drag the selected database(s) to the Create Replica tool.

9. (Optional) If the current domain includes a cluster, click "Show only cluster members" to display only destination servers that are members of the cluster.

10. Select one or more destination servers. To select a server if it doesn't appear in the list, select Other, specify the hierarchical server name, then click OK.

11. (Optional) Select a destination server, click "File Names" to choose a custom file path on the destination server for any database you're replicating, and then click OK. You can repeat this procedure for each destination server. If you don't choose this option, the database is stored on the destination server in the same location as on the source server.


12. Click OK. A dialog box shows the number of databases processed and indicates if any errors occurred.

Creating replicas by dragging databases to a destination server

You can drag and drop databases to a destination server icon to create replicas on that server. When you use this method, store all replicas in one, preexisting directory on the destination server. This method uses the Administration Process to automate creation of the replica.

1. From the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator, click the Files tab.

2. Select one or more databases you want to replicate in the files pane.

3. Drag the selected databases to a destination server in the server pane on the left.

4. In the dialog box that appears, select "Create replica," select a directory on the destination server in which to store the replica(s), then click OK.

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