Lotus Notes Domino Server Administration

·         What are Lotus notes & Domino Tools?

·         Domino Server functions-Domino server Types

·         Lotus notes client features and Types of Client software

·         Lotus Notes & Domino infrastructure setup-Basics

Module 2 - 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

Module 3 - 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

Module 4 - 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

Module 5 - 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.

Module 6 - 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

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

Module 7-Clustering

·         What is Cluster and Cluster requirements

·         Various Cluster Components

·         Fail over process

·         Load balancing parameters

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

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

Module 10- Backup and performance  tuning parameters