Lotus Domino R5 System Administration Part 10: Monitoring a Notes/Domino Environment

Audience

This course series is for system administrators who are responsible for Domino server and Notes client. Participants should have completed NETg course 13403 Lotus Domino R5 Development Part 1: Basic Concepts or have equivalent knowledge and have completed the first nine courses in this series.

Objective

• Identify the monitor server database and user activity on the Domino server.
• Monitor the statistics and events of Domino servers by using monitors probes and event messages to ensure the integrity of the Domino system.
• Monitor mail and database replication.
• Perform backup tasks restore lost IDs and passwords and recover lost data.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Monitoring the Domino Server

• Install a Domino server as a Performance Monitor counter in Windows NT.
• Display Domino statistics by using the menu bar in the Performance Monitor window.
• Match various Server log file views with the situations in which the information contained in them is used.
• Search the Domino Server log file for specific information by using Domino Administrator.

Unit 2: Statistics and Events

• Configure the Server Statistic Collection document by using Domino Administrator.
• Create a Domino system statistic for an add-in application by using Domino Administrator.
• Match the monitor with the task it can perform.
• Create an ACL change monitor by using Domino Administrator.
• Create a file monitor to track database use by using Domino Administrator.
• Create a replication monitor by using Domino Administrator.
• Create a statistic monitor by using Domino Administrator.
• Create a Domino server probe by using Domino Administrator.
• Create a mail probe by using Domino Administrator.
• Create a TCP server probe by using Domino Administrator.
• Display event messages by using Domino Administrator.
• Create an event notification for an event that matches specified criteria by using Domino Administrator.

Unit 3: Monitoring Mail and Replication

• Configure the Domino server for mail tracking by using Domino Administrator.
• Identify the commands required to perform specific Mail Tracker Collector tasks.
• Create the Reports database.
• Create a mail tracking request by using Domino Administrator.
• Generate a mail usage report.
• Match the information to be recorded in the Server log with the value specified in the Log Replication entry.
• Match the error messages commonly displayed in the Server log with the problems they indicate.
• Match the error messages commonly displayed in the Notes log of a client with the problems they indicate.
• Identify the information displayed by the Replication Schedule option.

Unit 4: Backup and Recovery Tasks

• Identify the files that must be backed up on a Notes system to restore the system in case of a failure.
• Match each backup method with the situation in which it is best suited.
• Set up password recovery for an ID file by specifying the ID recovery information in the certifier ID file.
• Send the recovery information to a user by using the Domino Administrator.
• Obtain an administration password for recovering an ID file by using the Domino Administrator.
• Identify the actions to be performed by the administrator to prepare for disaster recovery.
• Recover a database that has not been modified after its last replication from its replica.
• Recover databases from backup tapes.
• Identify the actions to be performed by the administrator to recover individual documents from backup tapes.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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