PLANNING
About this task
The procedure is as follows. Also review the Upgrade Cookbook: Upgrading Lotus Notes® and Domino in the Notes® and Domino wiki.
Procedure
1. Create connection documents for server communication.
2. If you have remote users, set up mobile support and Remote Access Service (RAS) for network dialup.
3. Set up mail routing.
4. Establish a replication schedule.
5. Configure incoming and outgoing Internet mail (SMTP).
6. Customize the administration process for your organization.
7. Plan and create policies before you register users and groups.
8. Register users and groups.
9. Determine backup and maintenance plans and consider transaction logging.
10. Consider remote server administration from the Domino console or Web Administrator console. Also consider the use of an extended administration server.
11. Set up a mobile directory catalog on IBM Notes clients to give Notes users local access to a corporate-wide directory.
12. Consider implementing clustering on servers.
Related concepts Managing users Maintaining Notes users The Domino mail router Creating policies Security policies Managing servers Domino server and Notes user IDs Planning your Notes client deployment
Related tasks Roadmap for deploying Domino servers Creating a Configuration Settings document Setting up Notes routing Defining default settings for Notes user registration Setting up the Domino Administrator Creating and modifying groups Setting up a Domino server for transaction logging Creating replicas using the Administration Process Scheduling server-to-server replication Notes pre-installation checklist
Related reference Managing groups Additional documentation resources