The Capabilities of AdminP Carilyn E. Daniel KMAS Consulting

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 AdminP Requests for Multiple Domains  Reasons To Implement  Understanding How AdminP Works  AdminP Requests Requiring Approval  Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting What We'll Cover...

AdminP Requests for Multiple Domains

 If you administer multiple domains, there are a subset of AdminP requests that can be made cross- domain  These requests are:  Create Replica  Delete Server or Person  Rename Person or Server from flat to hierarchical

 Documents required for cross-domain processing of administrative requests  Cross-certificate documents for domains  Connection document  One or more cross-domain Configuration documents  The "Cross-Domain Delivery Failures" view contains any requests that could not be sent to the receiving domain  Should be checked on a regular basis Cross Domain Inbound/Outbound AdminP Requests Best Practice

Reasons to Implement

 Automates routine administrative tasks  Updating names in Reader and Author fields  Recertifying IDs  Renaming people and upgrading servers to hierarchical  Deleting references to a person, server, or group  Enabling and using password checking  Adding and deleting resources for scheduling  Moving and creating replicas of databases  Creating mail file during setup Reasons to Implement Checklist

Understanding How AdminP Works

 Scheduling and processing requests  Each request in the Administration Requests database contains a scheduling attribute  Controls when the request is processed  AdminP checks the scheduling attribute to see if it is time to process the request How the Administration Process Works Building Block

How the Administration Process Works Scheduling Attributes Attribute The AdminP process checks... Immediate At one minute intervals Interval Admin4.nsf based on the "Interval" field in the Server document Daily Admin4.nsf based on the "Execute once a day requests at" field in the Server document Delayed Admin4.nsf based on the "Start executing on" and "Start executing at" fields Set execution schedule Admin4.nsf for "Delete unlinked mail file" requests on a set execution schedule

How the Administration Process Works Scheduling Attributes (cont.)  The Interval setting  Default is every 60 minutes if there is no value in this field and the notes.ini does not contain an AdminP Interval setting  Daily requests update Person documents  Will execute at 12:00 AM if there is no value in this field and the notes.ini does not contain a parameter, AdminPModifyPersonDocumentsAt

How the Administration Process Works Scheduling Attributes (cont.)  Delayed requests are requests to update Author and Reader fields  The "Start executing on" field defaults to Sunday  Multiple days can be checked  The "Start executing at" field defaults to 12:00 AM

How the Administration Process Works Scheduling Attributes (cont.)  Set execution schedule  The "Interval between purging mail file and deleting when using object store" field default is 14 days

 AdminP checks to see if it is running on the Administration server for the Domino directory  If running on the Administration server AdminP looks for requests:  Processed only by the Administration server ƒ Requests affecting the Domino Directory  That must be signed by the Administration server  That every server in the domain will process  Where the current server is the target server How the Administration Process Works The Process Steps Decision Point

 AdminP checks... (cont.)  If running on a server other than the Administration server, AdminP looks for requests:  That are processed by every server in the domain  Where the current server is the target server How the Administration Process Works The Process Steps Decision Point

 AdminP looks for requests that are:  Unprocessed  Previously processed and the Administrator has requested that the request be processed again  Based on the Administrator selecting "Perform Request Again" in the AdminP Requests database How the Administration Process Works The Process Steps

 Once a request has been processed, AdminP either:  Generates a response document  Stores the Notes ID -- internal table  Based on the "Store AdminP Process log entries when status of no change is recorded" field in the Server document -- reduces size of Admin4.nsf  Only applies to requests that did not require any work by AdminP How the Administration Process Works The Process Steps

AdminP Requests Requiring Approval

 Moving and delegating mail files  Moving a replica to a new server  Deleting a resource from the Domino Directory  Deleting a person  Deleting private design elements AdminP Requests Requiring Approval Checklist

 Automated steps to move a user's mail from one server to another  The Administration Process (AdminP) creates separate request for each of the steps and reports on their successful completion  An Administrator must approve the "Approve file deletion" request  This triggers a "Request File Deletion" request to delete the mail file that AdminP will then carry out Moving and Delegating Mail Files

 Not all of these steps are applicable to browser clients!!!  Browser clients will not have location documents to modify -- AdminP can't complete the process Moving and Delegating Mail Files (cont.) GOTCHA!

 Note: There is an alternative to deleting the mail files yourself  You can download the LotusScript agent, "Create Push Change Request" from the Iris Sandbox on Notes.net Moving and Delegating Mail Files (cont.) Tip

Moving a Replica to a New Server  An Administrator must approve the "Approve Deletion of Moved Replica" request to complete the process  Check the server log to verify that all database changes have been replicated from the old database before approving! Don't Forget

Deleting a Resource from the Domino Directory  This action is triggered from the Resource Reservations database  You must be in the [Create Resource] role of the ACL for the Resource Reservations database to carry this out!  An Administrator must approve the "Resource Deletion" Heads Up!

Deleting a Person  An administrator must approve the deletion of the mail file for the person  Approve the "Approve file deletion" request

Deleting Private Design Elements  When deleting a user, if also deleting Reader and Author fields in databases, all databases are checked for private design elements  If private design elements are found, an AdminP request to "Approve deletion of private design elements" is created and must be approved by an administrator Don't Forget

Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

 To keep the size of the Administration Requests database to a minimum, schedule delayed requests more frequently or extend the number of days unmodified documents can remain in the Admin4.nsf database Updating Names in Reader and Author fields Tip

 Note: After the Administration Process updates Reader and Author fields in a database, Domino always marks the documents that contain these fields as unread, regardless of whether a particular person has read them or not. Updating Names in Reader and Author fields (cont.) Heads Up!

 Make recertifying IDs easy -- Be proactive  Recertify without involvement of the ID owner  Recertify groups of IDs due to expire at the same time -- this way people don't have to remember to notify you when their IDs are about to expire Recommendations for Recertifying ID's Secret

 Note: Remember, replicating alone will not activate this process, therefore accepting these changes with backup ids can save time and prevent administrative headaches Recommendations for Recertifying ID's (cont.) Tip

AdminP and Server Information  AdminP stores the server's DNS host name in the "Fully qualified Internet host name" field on the Basics tab in the Server document  Not populated in R4 unless an SMTP MTA is defined  The R5 router uses this for the "helo" part of the RFC822 conversation and as an alias for the local host

Troubleshooting -- Too Many Documents  Problem  The Administration Requests database holds unnecessary documents, even when the status of log entries has not changed  Solution  Change the "Store AdminP Process log entries" to "No"

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