Maarga’s experienced System Administrators will plan, design the Domino Server architecture & install (and configure) the Domino Servers for companies adopting Lotus Notes/Domino for messaging & collaboration. Get started with planning a Domino Server Installation now.
Why use Maarga:
- Plan and roll out your Domino Server through online collaboration: Fast, Easy & Secure
- Experienced System Administrators to help plan your messaging infrastructure
- Avoid costly mistakes by wrong configuration of your Lotus Notes/Domino Servers & subsequent down time in business and costly migrations
- Access to professional technical advice and support over the phone and the web
- Track the design and plan for your network through secure online reporting
- Low, fixed charges for predefined service packages
Our Installation Service includes:
- Review of your current network/server infrastructure and messaging requirements
- Helping you guide with the version of Lotus Notes/Domino that is most suitable to you
- Help with minimizing cost of licensing Notes/Domino through Express licences, and acquiring licenses as required
- Thorough planning of your Notes/Domino based messaging/collaboration service infrastructure
- Vetting the plan with your internal system administrators (if applicable)
- Remote/Onsite installation of your Domino Servers
- Online Access to your messaging infrastructure architecture and project planning documents
- Basic advice on appropriate hardware
- Unlimited communication with our system administrators in the course of installing the Domino Servers.
- Recommendations for securing your Domino server
- Recommendations for custom applications you can create and deploy on your Domino Server
- Creation of ID files & user accounts (upto 50 users)
Service does not include:
- Installation/configuration of the underlying operating system (Windows/Linux)
- Ongoing Maintenance (Explore our Domino Server Administration Services if you want this)
- Installation/Configuration of custom applications
- Integration with other servers/infrastructure
- Integration with Active Directory/LDAP
- Lotus Notes client Installation, Configuration
Lotus Notes & Domino is suitable for organizations that are looking for:
- A secure, functionally rich e-mail server and clients
- Increasing organizational productivity and responsiveness
- Managing business-critical collaboration
- Helping employees collaborate effectively with secure instant messaging (deployed within the company)
- Control the ever-expanding mailbox
Maarga Guarantee:
We will assess your network, requirements and create and roll out the most appropriate configuration of your Lotus Domino Server to lay a solid framework for e-mail messaging in your organization.
Smooth roll-out of your Domino Infrastructure
Companies with fresh installation of Lotus Domino server or those with an established Lotus Notes infrastructure need to plan the installation and configuration of new Domino servers in considerable detail. Detailed planning of a Domino installation goes a long way in meeting the business objectives with which you procured the Domino server. Maarga offers expert services in planning and deploying Domino servers in your organization. We start with taking a look at your existing network, figuring out where the Domino server fits into your existing infrastructure and step through each task of server installation and configuration with utmost care.
Installing Domino Server in an IT infrastructure which does not have Notes clients or Domino servers involve the following steps:
- Detailed planning on the server, naming, administration, performance and network requirements of the Domino Infrastructure.
- Sizing the hardware required to support the planned applications
- Installing and Configuring Domino Servers
- Creating Organizational Policies, Registering Users
- Creating customized installation files for Notes Clients
- Installing Notes Clients
- Installing Administrator, Designer Clients where needed
- Deploying any custom applications on this environment
- Testing the Installation
- Documentation of key decisions made during installation
If you are interested in getting a quote on our installation and configuration services, fill up our RFQ form (it takes just a moment) If you are interested in knowing more details about our services for installation and configuring of Lotus Domino Servers and Notes Clients, please click here. You can get a copy of our Domino Infrastructure Planning questionnaire by sending a request to this ID.
Here is the detailed list of steps we take in planning and rolling out a new Lotus Domino Enterprise, Utility or Messaging Server:
- Determine your organization’s server needs taking into account physical topography, existing local and wide area network configuration and the functionality needed of the Lotus Domino Server.
- Develop a hierarchical name scheme that includes organization and organizational unit names. Take a look at existing directory services in your organization and decide on integration with LDAP or Windows 2000 Active Directory Services.
- Create Domino domains taking into consideration your administration needs, and how your IS team will delegate the administration of Domino users.
- Evolve an appropriate naming scheme for the Domino Directory/Domain, Servers, Users and other resources using best practices for name-to-address resolution for servers. Ensure that the DNS records for your company are the correct type for the server names.
- Determine which server services to enable. The Lotus Domino 6 server comes with the following services: • Database Replicator, Mail Router, Agent Manager, Administration Process, Calendar Connector, Schedule Manager, DOLS (Domino Off-Line Services), DIIOP CORBA Services, DECS (Domino Enterprise Connection Services), Billing, HTTP Server, IMAP Server, ISpy, LDAP Server, POP3 Server, Remote Debug Server, SMTP Server, Stats, Statistic Collector & Web Retriever. Some of these are optional services, while some are required for starting up the Domino Server.
- Setup the certificate authority for your organization – Domino server-based certification authority, or third-party. Secure the certifier ID to prevent security breaches.
- Install and set up the Domino server. Install and set up the Domino Administrator on the administrator’s machine. Connect to the Domino server from the Administrator Client and configure the Domino Server
- Complete network-related server setup, including setting up Server documents, binding to specific NIC, protocols and ports.
- If the Domino server is offering Internet services, set up Internet site documents. Test the Web Administration tool and enable or disable it based on security considerations, administration needs etc.
- Specify Administration Preferences for Domino Administrator.
- Create additional certifier IDs to support the hierarchical name scheme and set up recovery information for the certifier IDs. Add the administrator’s ID to the recovery information for the certifier IDs and then distribute the certifier IDs, as necessary, to other administrators.
- Register additional servers.
- Create a group in the Domino Directory for all administrators, and give this group Manager access to all databases on the first server.
- Install and set up additional servers. Configure Clustering if required and specify databases to be covered by clustering services. Test clustering to ensure proper failover between clustered servers
- Complete network-related server setup for each additional server.
Client Customization, Installation and User Management Tasks:
- Create policies applicable to users as either explicit or organizational policies. Policies enable organizations to distribute and control a standard set of administrative settings for user registration and setup, desktop configuration, mail archiving, and security. These include policies for user registration, setup, desktop and security requirements.
- Using the registration process creates a Person document in the Domino Directory, a user ID that is stamped with appropriate certificates and an optional mail file for each user. Bulk import users if available from another source.
- Setting up the environment for Client Installation on the desktop, including disabling anti-virus tasks, acquiring administrative privileges on local machine, creating custom files required for client installation etc.
- Decide on the type of installation appropriate for your organization: Single-user installation vs. shared network installation vs. multi-user installation.
- Create a customized installation utility by using transform files and Installshield Tuner for Lotus Notes and custom configuration files for each desktop.
- Roll out the client installation from either a central server or on individual desktops (depending on the infrastructure of your organization)
- Testing the client installation to ensure connectivity, appropriate enforcement of Policies etc.