Lotus Domino Installation and Configuration - Start Now
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.
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