Lotus Domino Administrator 8.5 Help - Creating a server setup profile

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Creating a server setup profile
A server setup profile is a file that you use to quickly configure servers. To create a server setup profile, you run the server setup program in record mode, either at the server you are setting up or from a Microsoft® Windows® client. Creating a server setup profile from a Windows client is easier if the client has the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator installed -- to create a profile from a client without Domino Administrator, you need the Java® runtime environment plus some files from the program directory of an installed Domino server.

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 create a setup profile at a server

1. Install the Domino server program files on the 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:

On a Microsoft Windows® server, enter

nserver -record

On a UNIX® server, enter

server -record

Note For Linux® on System z and z/OS, set the DISPLAY environment variable so that the setup program is directed to a workstation supporting X-Window.

Tip Entering nserver -help or server -help displays the parameters available for working with server setup profiles.

3. Enter a name and description for the profile.

4. Continue through the setup program.

Domino saves your selections in a file with the name you specified in Step 3. By default this file is created in the Domino program directory.

To create a setup profile 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 the server system, but do not run the Domino server setup program.

3. At the command prompt on the client system, from the IBM® Lotus® Notes® program directory, enter

serversetup -record

4. Enter a name and description for the profile.

5. Continue through the setup program.

Domino saves your selections in a file with the name you specified in Step 4 and stores the file in the Notes program directory on the client system.

To create a setup profile from a Windows client without Domino Administrator or from a UNIX workstation

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

2. On the client system, install the Java™ runtime environment.

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

On a Microsoft® Windows® client:

mkdir c:\temp

On a UNIX® workstation:

mkdir /temp

4. Do one of the following:

From a Windows client, copy the remote setup files CFGDOMSERVER.JAR, JHALL.JAR, and REMOTESETUP.CMD from the server to the directory you created on the client system. These files are in C:\Domino program directory on the server.
From a UNIX workstation, copy the remote setup files CFGDOMSERVER.JAR, JHALL.JAR, and REMOTESETUP from the server to the directory you created on the workstation. These files are located as below:

/<Domino program directory>/

lotus/notes/latest/ibmpow/ on an IBM® AIX® server

/<Domino program directory>/lotus/notes/latest/zlinux/ on a Linux on System z server

/<Domino program directory>/lotus/notes/latest/linux/ on a Linux server

/<Domino program directory>/lotus/notes/latest/sunspa/ on a Solaris server

Note

Linux on System z and z/OS ship tar files on the CD that contains the files needed for remote server setup.

On Linux on System z -- ZLINUX_CLIENT.TAR
On z/OS -- ZOS_CLIENT.TAR

5. At the command prompt on the client system, from the directory you created, enter:

remotesetup -record

Note For Linux on System z and z/OS, Set the DISPLAY environment variable so that the setup program is directed to a workstation supporting X-Window.

6. Enter a name and description for the profile.

7. Continue through the setup program.

Domino saves your selections in a file with the name you specified in Step 6 and stores the file in the client-system directory that you created in Step 3.

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