Lotus Domino Administrator 6 Help - New Domino server and Domino Administrator client features

NEW DOMINO SERVER AND DOMINO ADMINISTRATOR CLIENT FEATURES

New Domino server and Domino Administrator client features
The following tables list new features of the Lotus Domino 6 server and Domino Administrator client and where you can find more information about these features.

For information about Lotus Domino Designer 6 and Lotus Notes 6 features, see the topic "What's New" in Lotus Domino Designer 6 Help and Lotus Notes 6 Help. Or, go to http://www.lotus.com/ldd/doc to download or view the Help databases.

For information about enhancements to the Lotus Domino 6 server and Domino Administrator client, see the topic Domino 6 server and Domino Administrator client enhancements.

Administration

New feature Description For more information

Server Controller and Domino Console The Server Controller runs on a Domino server machine and controls the server. The Domino Console is a new console you can use to communicate with a Server Controller. The Domino Console can run on any client or server platform except Macintosh. See the topic The Server Controller and the Domino Console in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Roaming user Stores user information on mail servers or on designated roaming servers. By storing user information on a server, users can access their files from almost any Notes client. See the topic Roaming users in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade Upgrades and deploys Lotus Notes 6 clients with incremental installers downloaded from www.lotus.com/ldd/smartupgrade. See the topic Using IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade in the chapter "Upgrading Lotus Notes Clients" or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Policies Establish and maintain standard settings and configurations. Policies can also automate redundant administrative tasks. Policy documents include:

Archive settings document to create and to modify a set of rules that define how documents are selected and archived
Desktop settings document to dynamically update desktop settings and configurations for users, including custom Welcome pages
Registration settings document to register users with the same settings
Setup settings document to define first-time user setup configurations
Security settings document to manage passwords and administer Execution Control Lists (ECLs)
See the following topics:

Policies
Creating an archive policy settings document
Creating a desktop policy settings document
Creating a registration policy settings document
Creating a security policy settings document
Creating a setup policy settings document
in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Domino Active Directory synchronization (ADSync) Synchronizes Person and Group documents in the Domino Directory with user and group accounts in the Microsoft Active(R) Directory. See the topic Setting up Domino Active Directory synchronization in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

License tracking Monitors the number of Lotus Notes users in a domain to determine how many client licenses you have. See the topic License Tracking in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Command line help Provides help for most server tasks when you add "/?" or "-?" to a LOAD or TELL command. See the topic Domino server commands in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Server Activity Logging Captures detailed information about Notes sessions, databases, and passthru activity, as well as mail, replication, agent, POP3, SMTP, HTTP, IMAP, and LDAP activity. Activity logging collects more data and gives you more control over data collection than the Domino billing functionality. See the topic Activity logging in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Administration Process and Requests

New feature Description For more information

New administration requests Numerous new administration requests including:

Roaming user requests
Service provider (hosted organizations) requests
System monitoring requests
LDAP-related requests
See the topic Administration process requests in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Database management

New feature Description For more information

LZ1 compression for attachments Replaces Huffman compression for file attachments. LZ1 compression is optional. It saves space by compressing attachments more efficiently than Huffman compression. See the book Application Development with Domino Designer or the Domino Designer 6 Help.

Indirect (IND) files Text file that lists databases for the compact, fixup, and updall tasks, all of which support the IND file as a parameter. See the topic Compacting databases, rebuilding views, and fixing corrupt databases with an indirect file in the chapter "Upgrading databases and applications" or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Domino Directory and LDAP schema

New feature Description For more information

Central Directory Architecture Implements Configuration Directories, which are selective replicas of a primary Domino Directory that contain only documents related to Domino Server configuration. Servers with Configuration Directories look up user and group information in remote primary Domino Directories on designated directory servers. See the topic Using a central directory architecture in a Domino domain in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Extended ACLs (xACLs) Refines the ACL and restricts user access to specific portions of a Domino Directory or Extended Directory Catalog. Also enforces database security for Notes client name lookups and for anonymous LDAP search access. See the topic Extended ACL in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Directory Assistance failover for remote LDAP directories Specifying more than one value in the Hostname field in an LDAP Directory Assistance document allows Directory Assistance to fail over to another LDAP server if the first specified server is unavailable. See the topic Directory assistance and failover for a remote LDAP directory in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

New statistics related to directory assistance These include:

Database.DARReloadCount
Database.DARefreshServerInfoCount
Database.DAFailoverCount
See the topic Monitoring directory assistance in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Activity logging for the LDAP service Allows you to determine who is reading or writing objects in the directory. See the topic LDAP activity logging in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Custom LDAP filters used for directory assistance to a remote LDAP directory Override the built-in search filters used by Directory Assistance when searching an LDAP directory. Custom LDAP filters can be used for mail address lookups, client authentication credentials lookups, and group authorization lookups. See the topic Configuring search filters in a Directory Assistance document for a remote LDAP directory in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Domino Upgrade Services

New feature Description For more information

LDAP Domino Upgrade Service Migrates person and group entries from an LDAP-compliant external directory to a Domino Directory. See the topic Migrating entries from an LDAP directory server in the chapter "Migrating Entries from an LDAP Directory Server" or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Microsoft Active Directory Domino Upgrade Service Migrates users and groups from an Active Directory to a Domino Directory. See the topic Migrating Microsoft Active Directory users and groups in the chapter "Migrating Users from Microsoft Active Directory" or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Microsoft Outlook Express upgrade wizard Creates a Notes mail account in Outlook Express to which users can migrate personal mail and address book contacts to Lotus Notes 6 mail and the Personal Address Book (PAB). See the topic Migrating personal mail data in the chapter "Migrating Personal Mail Data" or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Installation and Setup

New feature Description For more information

Multi-user installation Enables multiple Lotus Notes users to share one machine. Each user has his own personal data files stored in separate data directories. This installation option is available for only the Lotus Notes client. See the topic Multi-User installations in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Multi-version UNIX installation Installs more than one Domino server on the same UNIX machine. See the topic Installing Domino on UNIX systems in the book Installing Domino Servers or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

UNIX installation options Four new UNIX installation options were added:

Install template files - you can choose whether or not to install the Domino 6 system templates
Create /opt/lotus soft link during installation - you can create a soft link to the /opt/lotus location if you chose an installation location other than /opt/lotus
Install Service Provider - you can setup a service provider server after installation of a Domino Enterprise server
Add data directories only - you can add data directories to an existing Domino installation
See the topic Installing Domino on UNIX systems in the book Installing Domino Servers or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Domino Java(TM) setup Provides uniform functionality and appearance for server configuration across all Domino platforms. See the topic The Domino Server Setup program in the book Installing Domino Servers or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Remote Domino setup Enables you to perform a remote server setup without using HTTP. See the topic Using the Domino Server Setup program remotely in the book Installing Domino Servers or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Domino server setup profiles Allows you to record and playback Domino Server Setup program settings so that you can quickly configure either locally or remotely standard types of servers, such as mail servers. See the topics Creating a server setup profile and Using a server setup profile in the book Installing Domino Servers or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Internet Site documents Contain configuration settings for the Internet protocol that you specify for the protocol server. These documents include:

Web Site document for the HTTP protocol
IMAP Site document
POP3 Site document
SMTP Inbound Site document
Directory Site document for LDAPservers
IIOP Site document
Global Web Settings document defines the same Web rules as the Web site document for all Web sites in the Server\Internet Sites view
See the topic Internet Site documents in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Internet site view in the Domino Directory Provides a single view for the configuration information for all Internet protocol server tasks. This view replaces the Domino 5 Web Configurations view. See the topic Converting from Web Server Configurations to Internet Sites view in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Messaging

New feature Description For more information

iNotes Web Access (TM) Provides Notes users with browser-based access to Notes mail and to Notes calendar and scheduling features. iNotes Web Access users can send and receive mail, view their calendars, invite people to meetings, create To Do lists, keep a notebook, and work off-line. However, users cannot access Notes databases other than their mail file. See the topic iNotes Web Access in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Server mail rules Filter messages based on specified criteria and perform defined actions on those messages. See the topic Setting server mail rules in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Anti-relay restrictions Restrict internal hosts from relaying and specify relay access for authenticated external hosts (for example, POP3 clients connecting through an external ISP). See the topic Preventing unauthorized SMTP hosts from using Domino as a relay in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

DNS Blacklist filters Checks whether or not an SMTP connection originated from hosts listed on DNS Blacklist sites. See the topic Enabling DNS blacklist filters for SMTP connections in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Mail file quota management Allows you to set quota controls for the mail router and to enable automatic notification to users who exceed the warning threshold or quota limit imposed on their mail files. It can also withhold mail from users who exceed their quota limit. See the topic Using quotas to manage the size of user mail files in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Mail message journaling Works with server mail rules to examine messages and to save copies of messages to a Notes journal database for later retrieval. See the topic Mail journaling in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Networking

New feature Description For more information

Native network compression Speeds up data transmission either between a Lotus Notes client and a Lotus Domino server or between two Lotus Domino servers. See the topic Compressing network data on a server port in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

AutoDialer for coordinating dialup ISP connections between servers Lets you link two Connection documents to enable a server with a dialup Internet connection to connect automatically in anticipation of a scheduled replication or mail transfer initiated by another server. See the topic Creating a Network Dialup connection in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Security

New feature Description For more information

Certificate Revocation List (CRL) for the Internet CA Allows the revocation status of a certificate to be verified before trusting it. See the topic Domino server-based certification authority in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Synchronize Internet passwords with Notes ID passwords Uses a security settings document to synchronize Internet and Notes ID passwords. See the topic Managing Internet passwords in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

SSL session resumption Allows for the cryptographic work of authenticating over SSL to occur only on the first connection, with all subsequent connections reusing the existing keying information. See the topic SSL session resumption in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Server administration delegation Grants different administration rights to different administrators of the same server. See the topic Restricting administrator access in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Service provider (xSP)

New feature Description For more information

Server Activity Logging for xSPs Enables xSPs to programmatically access LOG.NSF. See the topic Using activity logging for billing at hosted organizations in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

System monitoring and maintenance

New feature Description For more information

Automatic fault recovery Shuts down and restarts a server automatically without administrator intervention. Available for Windows NT and UNIX platforms. See the topic Fault recovery in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

IBM Tivoli(R) Analyzer for Lotus Domino Includes Server Health Monitoring, which offers real-time assessment and recommendations for server performance, and Activity Trends, which provides data collection, data exploration, and resource balancing. This tool requires a separate license to use. See the topic IBM Tivoli Analyzer for Lotus Domino tool in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

Web server

New feature Description For more information

New HTTP protocol security options These include:

Maximum URL length
Maximum number of URL path segments
Maximum number of request headers
Maximum size of request headers
Maximum size of request content
See the topic Setting up protocol security for the Web server in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) support A set of extensions to HTTP 1.1 that allows you to collaboratively edit and manage files stored as design elements in Domino databases on remote Web servers using WebDAV-enabled clients. See the topic Setting up WebDAV in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

New Web users preferences These include:

Time zone
Date/time format
Number format
These settings are stored in cookies, so that users can maintain these preferences throughout their sessions. See the topic Storing Web user preferences in cookies in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.

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New feature	Description	For more information
Server Controller and Domino Console	The Server Controller runs on a Domino server machine and controls the server. The Domino Console is a new console you can use to communicate with a Server Controller. The Domino Console can run on any client or server platform except Macintosh.	See the topic The Server Controller and the Domino Console in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.
Roaming user	Stores user information on mail servers or on designated roaming servers. By storing user information on a server, users can access their files from almost any Notes client.	See the topic Roaming users in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.
IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade	Upgrades and deploys Lotus Notes 6 clients with incremental installers downloaded from www.lotus.com/ldd/smartupgrade.	See the topic Using IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade in the chapter "Upgrading Lotus Notes Clients" or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.
Policies	Establish and maintain standard settings and configurations. Policies can also automate redundant administrative tasks. Policy documents include: Archive settings document to create and to modify a set of rules that define how documents are selected and archived Desktop settings document to dynamically update desktop settings and configurations for users, including custom Welcome pages Registration settings document to register users with the same settings Setup settings document to define first-time user setup configurations Security settings document to manage passwords and administer Execution Control Lists (ECLs)	See the following topics: Policies Creating an archive policy settings document Creating a desktop policy settings document Creating a registration policy settings document Creating a security policy settings document Creating a setup policy settings document in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.
Domino Active Directory synchronization (ADSync)	Synchronizes Person and Group documents in the Domino Directory with user and group accounts in the Microsoft Active(R) Directory.	See the topic Setting up Domino Active Directory synchronization in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.
License tracking	Monitors the number of Lotus Notes users in a domain to determine how many client licenses you have.	See the topic License Tracking in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.
Command line help	Provides help for most server tasks when you add "/?" or "-?" to a LOAD or TELL command.	See the topic Domino server commands in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.
Server Activity Logging	Captures detailed information about Notes sessions, databases, and passthru activity, as well as mail, replication, agent, POP3, SMTP, HTTP, IMAP, and LDAP activity. Activity logging collects more data and gives you more control over data collection than the Domino billing functionality.	See the topic Activity logging in the book Administering the Domino System or in the Domino Administrator 6 Help.