INSTALLATION

Installing and setting up Domino servers
Before you install and set up the first IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server, you must plan server and organizational naming and security. In addition, you must understand your existing network configuration and know how Domino will fit into the network. If you are adding an additional server to an existing Domino infrastructure, you must have already registered the server and its server ID and password must be available.

Note If you plan to run multiple language versions of Domino with Web browsers, install the International English version of the Domino server as the base Domino installation. Next, install other language packs. Installing the Domino server in English first prevents error messages from displaying in other languages, even when you have selected English as the language preference in your Browser options.

For information on system requirements, see the Release Notes.

Domino server evaluation software license

You also have the option of installing an evaluation copy of the Domino server instead of the traditional production copy. The evaluation copy can be used for a limited number of days.

For more information about installing and using the Domino server evaluation software, see the topic Using the Domino server with a trial evaluation license.

To install and set up a server

Installing a Domino server -- that is, copying the server program files onto the designated machine -- is the first part of deploying a server. The second part is using the Domino Server Setup program to configure the server.

Note Do not unpack installation kit files to the same directory to which you install the installation files from the CD. Specify a unique directory path for each set of installation files.

1. Choose a name for the server. Refer to the hierarchical name scheme that you created based on your company's structure.

2. Identify the function of the server -- for example, will it be a mail server or an application server? The function of the server determines which tasks to enable during configuration.

3. Decide where to locate the server physically and decide who administers it.

4. Decide whether the server is part of an existing Domino domain or is the first server in a new Domino domain.

5. If this is the first server in a Domino domain, do the following:

6. If this server is part of an existing Domino domain, do the following: 7. Perform additional configuration procedures, based on the type of services, tasks, and programs that you want to run on this server.

See also