Lotus Notes Domino Server Administration

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  1. Module 1 - Installing and Configuring the Domino Network
    • Install the Domino server software
    • Configure the organization's first Domino server
    • Understanding files created during first server setup
    • Install and configure the Domino Administrator client software
    • Register an additional server
    • Configure an additional server
  2. Module 2 - Administration Basics
    • Understand how to use the Domino Administrator client
    • Understand the structure of a Domino database
    • Learn where to find help on Domino administration
    • Understand the importance of and how to edit the NOTES.INI file
    • Explore Server documents and Configuration Settings documents
    • Use the server console to issue commands to the server
    • Use the remote server console to issue commands to the server
    • Use Web Administration database for Browser Administration.
    • Understand what is stored in the server log
    • Learn the purpose of various server tasks
    • Start and stop server tasks using the server commands, the NOTES.INI file, and Program documents
  3. Module 3 - Managing Domino Users
    • Understanding usage of Naming Hierarchy
    • Learn to expand the organization by registering additional Organizational Units
    • Understand and enable the Roaming User feature
    • Understand the options available when registering new users both manually and using a batch file
    • Use Policy documents to apply various end-user options to users in the organization
    • Create Settings documents to configure the various end-user options associated with policies
    • Use the AdminP task to automate the many administrative tasks involved in user and group changes
    • Understand the different strategies for dealing with deleted or corrupted users' IDs and forgotten passwords
    • Enable the User License Tracking feature on a Domino server
    • Renaming, Recertifying and moving user to different organizational Hierarchy
  4. Module 4 - Security
    • Understand the levels of Domino security
    • Learn how certifier IDs form the basis of Domino's security and naming hierarchy
    • Learn how user and server ID files are used to authenticate Domino entities
    • Create user and server groups
    • Provide basic security for Domino servers using the Server document
    • Different types of Administrators, Public Key and Private Key, Server Access settings.
    • Learn to start the Domino server with the Domino Server Controller and the Domino Console
    • Check Password on NotesID files
    • Programmability Restrictions
    • Understand how to secure Domino databases using Access Control Lists
    • Provide appropriate administrative access to the server and the Domino Directory
    • Explore the workstation's Execution Control List
    • Element Level and Field Level security.
  5. Module 5- Mail Routing
    • Understand how Domino routes mail
    • Learn the significance of Domino Named Networks
    • Configure mail routing between servers in same and different Domino Named Networks
    • Configure mail routing between servers of different certifiers. Discuss Cross certification.
    • Configure mail routing between servers of different Domains. Discuss Directory Catalog and Directory Assistance Services
    • Configure mail routing via SMTP to and from the Internet
    • Control mail routing to and from the Internet via SMTP, including minimizing Spam
    • Control mail routing within the Domino network
    • Track and store mail routed within the Domino network
    • Use server mail rules to control mail routing
    • Manage the size of users' mail files with quotas
    • Implement shared mail
    • Handle dead and held mail
    • Troubleshoot mail routing issues
    • Set up the Resource Reservations database
  6. Module 6 - Replication
    • Understand the purpose of the Replica task
    • Server-Server and Workstation to Server Replication process.
    • Type of Replication
    • Learn about how replica and document IDs are used in replication
    • Understand the exact process of replicating new, changed, and deleted documents
    • Learn about replication conflicts and how to minimize them
    • Create a replica copy using the Notes client and the Domino Administrator
    • Synchronize databases using manual server commands
    • Limit replication using Connection documents, ACLs, Readers fields, and the database's replication settings
    • Schedule regular replication between servers using Connection documents
    • Various factors at each level which influence the Replication process
  7. Module 7-Clustering
    • What is Cluster and Cluster requirements
    • Various Cluster Components
    • Fail over process
    • Load balancing parameters
  8. Module 8 - Web Access
    • Enable web access to a Domino server
    • Understand what "anonymous" and "name-and-password" access are, and their implications
    • Learn how to keep Domino databases secured from inappropriate web access
    • Learn the URLs used to access Domino databases from web browsers
    • Configure a Domino web server from the Server document or from a Web Site document
    • Set up logging of HTTP requests and responses on a Domino server
    • Learn about session authentication
    • Configuration of Domino web server configuration for Customized Login Form and Customized error messages
    • Configure single-server sessions
    • Enable support for Java Servlets
  9. Module 9 - Managing Domino Databases
    • Learn how to create and configure Full-text indexes, Database catalogs, Domain catalogs, and Domain search
    • Understand the Compact task, database compacting styles, and the Compact command options
    • Understand the sources of database corruption and the commands and options to repair a corrupted database
    • Learn about and configure the Advanced Database Properties
    • Manage database design using Design Templates, Master Design Templates, and Single Copy Templates
    • Use the Database Analysis tool to view and analyze database activity
    • Understand the various server backup strategies and how to enable Transaction Logging
    • Configure databases to use the Database Archiving feature
    • Create a Mail-In Database document to enable a database to receive documents
  10. Module 10- Backup and performance tuning parameters