In this course, students will install and configure a basic infrastructure with a single domain using an existing deployment plan. Students will also set up replication and mail routing in the single-domain environment.

The target audience for this course is system administrators new to Lotus Domino who are responsible for:
Initial installation and setup of a basic Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes 8 infrastructure.
Set up of Domino Mail servers in the corporate intranet and extranet (i.e. Internet) environment.
The prerequisites for this course include completion of the IBM Lotus Domino 8 System Administration Operating Fundamentals (D8750) course or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience.
 

This course covers the following topics:
Installing and setting up the first Lotus Domino server and administrator

• Considering deployment scenarios
• Designing a hierarchical naming scheme
• Installing and setting up the first Domino server
• Installing and setting up the Domino Administrator client
• Creating a database to track Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes licenses

Setting up servers in the Lotus Domino domain

• Creating additional certifiers for servers and users per an established naming scheme
• Creating server IDs per an established naming scheme

Adding Lotus Notes workstations to the Lotus Domino domain

• Creating internal Lotus Domino user IDs per an established naming scheme
• Installing the Lotus Notes client software
• Setting up the Lotus Notes workstation
• Creating user groups
• Specifying desktop settings using policies

Setting up the administration environment

• Specifying administration preferences
• Allowing and restricting server access
• Allowing administrators access to the Domino Directory
• Recording server activity in the Domino Server Log file

Setting up the replication schedule to synchronize Lotus Domino system databases in the domain

• Designing a replication topology
• Creating a group for server replication
• Scheduling replication
• Monitoring replication

Configuring intranet Lotus Domino mail routing

• Creating Domino Named Networks
• Routing mail between Domino Named Networks
• Scheduling mail routing

Configuring internet mail routing

• Enabling SMTP routing
• Configuring basic and advanced settings for SMTP routing
• Restricting mail flow to and from the Internet

Enabling message controls

• Controlling mail delivery
• Setting mail restrictions
• Creating whitelist and blacklist filters
• Implementing message disclaimers
• Enhancing transfer performance
• Enabling mail journalling
• Understanding how mail rules are executed
• Creating mail rules
• Stopping the processing of mail rules
• Using the blacklist tag and whitelist tag mail rule conditions
• Establishing mail quotas
• Archiving mail using policies
• Controlling Inbox size

Enabling server and messaging monitoring

• Testing mail routing
• Enabling message tracking
• Monitoring mail delivery
• Monitoring mail statistics
• Enabling message recall

Troubleshooting common mail setup problems

• Testing mail connections
• Restarting the Router
• Forcing mail to route
• Managing dead and undelivered mail