Lotus Domino 8 Monitoring and Maintenance

This course covers all aspects of monitoring and maintaining a Domino Server. Domino’s self-monitoring capabilities have expanded with each revision, the latest being Domino Domain Monitoring added to Domino 8. With this knowledge you will better understand the recommendations on how to increase server reliability and improve server and database performance.

This course is designed for network/database administrators who are responsible for supporting Lotus Domino Servers and Notes clients. It assumes that you have:

- extensive experience using Notes 8
- experience using Domino Administrator 8 to manage Domino servers
- mastered the concept and skills covered in Lotus Domino 8 Administration Basics.

Monitoring Domino
Server Console
Domino Server Log
Logging levels
Log filter
Keeping the Domino Server Log file small
Exercise: Domino Server Log
Analyze\Log Document tool
Log Analysis tool
Exercise: Log Analysis tool
Even more logging opportunities

Show Statistic command
Configuration information
Performance statistics
Memory statistics
Disk statistics
Network statistics
Replication statistics
Platform statistics
Reset statistics
Statistics graphical interface
Exercise: Statistics
Collect statistics in Monitoring Results
Exercise: Collect statistics and read reports
Configure Domino Administrator to collect statistics
Exercise: Local statistic collection
Realtime statistics chart
Chart options
Exercise: Realtime statistic chart
Historical chart
Exercise: Historical chart
Windows Performance Monitor

Method 1: Basic database activity
Method 2: Database and user activity in the Domino Server Log
Method 3: Database Catalog
Exercise: Update Database Catalog
Method 4: Activity logging
Exercise: Enable activity logging
Run Analyze\Activity tool
Exercise: Run Analyze\Activity tool
Method 5: Database analysis
Method 6: Activity Trends
Configure Activity Trends

Server Status
Server Monitoring
Start monitoring
Change list of servers to monitor
Save server list to profile
Monitoring window
Column sorting
Switch tabs to find details
Two monitoring views
Add tasks to monitor
Add statistics to monitor
Monitoring preferences
Polling time recommendations
Exercise: Server Monitoring
Server Health Monitor
Enable Server Health Monitoring
View health metrics
Recommendations to restore health
Exercise: Server Health Monitoring

Example Event Generator and Event Handler
Required server tasks
Event Generators overview
Statistics Event Generators
Event Handlers overview
Event Handler for a specific Event Generator
View logged Events

Database Event Generator
Exercise: Monitor ACL changes
Exercise: Monitor replication failure
Domino Server Event Generator
Mail Event Generator
Task Status Event Generator
TCP Server Event Generator
Global versus specific Event Handlers
Evolve to type and severity level handlers
Specific Event Handlers
Create Event Handler from Remote Server Console
Create Event Handler from Domino Server Log
Monitoring Configuration Setup Wizards

Review of Event Generator probes
DDM objectives
Compatibility and platforms
Key elements of DDM
Probe areas
DDM probe views
Create DDM probe
Exercise: Define DDM probes
Scheduled probes chart
Probe results in the Domino Domain Monitor database
Domino Domain Monitor ACL
Domino Domain Monitor interface
DDM Event document
Automatic Report Closing (Administration Probe subtype)
Exercise: Read DDM events
Manually run a DDM probe
DDM Server Collection Hierarchy
Create a DDM Server Collection Hierarchy
DDM replication
DDM data collection failure
DDM Filters
Tivoli Enterprise Console Server settings
Shared modular documents
Administration preference

Advantages of the Domino Console
Advantages of the Domino Controller
Installation and configuration
Operate the Domino Controller and Console
Commands
Issue command to multiple servers
Periodic commands
Server access fields

Automatic Server Recovery
Caveats
Configure Automatic Server Recovery and diagnostic collection
Server Fast Restart
Automatic Diagnostic Collection
Diagnostic reports
Interpreting NSD output files
Send diagnostic data to IBM
NSD as a Windows service
DDM event
Third-party recovery tool

Recommended maintenance schedule
Corrupt documents
Database utilities
FIXUP
FIXUP NOTES.INI options
Corrupt view indexes
UPDALL
UPDALL logging options
COMPACT
Other ways to free disk space
If all else fails
Indirect (.IND) and < files
Program documents
Exercise: Run FIXUP from a Program document
When server starts agent trigger
System-level maintenance
Anti-virus software
Server backup options
Backup software
What directories to back up
Open files
Exit a Server automatically
Backup frequency
Restore a deleted document

Server.Load utility
Interpret Server.Load results
Performance-enhancing options
Option 1: Tune operating system
Option 2: Tune Domino server
Option 3: Tune applications
Option 4: Balance server workload
Option 5: Optimize mail Inbox folders
Option 6: Compress network traffic
Option 7: Upgrade server hardware
Option 8: Cluster servers
Option 9: Dedicate Domino Servers
Option 10: Upgrade clients and network
Learn more about Domino performance