The new Domino Directory template works with the Domino 6 Administrator client to streamline directory and server administration. The Domino Directory is backward-compatible and can be used in mixed-release environments. After you upgrade the Domino Administration server, which is the first server you should upgrade, and the design of your address book to the Domino 6 Directory template, you can replicate the directory to other servers in the domain. Make sure to upgrade your administrator client to Domino 6. With the Domino 6 Administrator client, upgrade the database format of the Domino Directory by compacting the database, then rebuild the views.

Note Be aware that upgrading the Domino Directory design replaces the template design. The Domino 6 design overwrites any customizations made to the Public Address Book or Domino Directory. Before you upgrade to the Domino 6 design, you may want to create a backup of the Public Address Book or Domino Directory to preserve your custom changes. After you upgrade, test the Domino Directory to see if your custom changes are still necessary. If so, you can modify the Domino 6 directory template.

For more information about upgrading customized directories or address books, see the topic Customized Address Books or Directories.

To upgrade to the Domino Directory template

1. After you complete the upgrade, start the Domino server.

2. From the Domino server console, when Domino asks if you want to upgrade the Domino Directory design to the Domino 6 template, enter

Y

This replaces the Domino 4.6 Public Address Book or Domino 5 Domino Directory template with the Domino 6 Directory template.

quit

and press ENTER.

Compacting the Domino Directory upgrades the database format to the Domino 6 format. Each of the following commands uses the file name NAMES.NSF. If your Domino Directory has a file name other than NAMES.NSF, substitute the correct file name.

From the Domino server console, compact the Domino Directory to the new database format.

• On Microsoft Windows NT (Intel platforms), enter the following command:

  load compact names.nsf

  and press ENTER.

  You can also compact the Domino Directory from the operating system command line. Change to the Domino program directory, then enter the following command:

  ncompact names.nsf

  and press ENTER.

• On UNIX platforms, enter the following command:

  compact names.nsf

  and press ENTER.

Rebuild the ($ServerAccess) and ($Users) views in the Domino Directory to give clients access to the server.

Note In the Domino 6 Directory, the ($ServerAccess) and ($Users) views are designated for transaction logging. If you enable transaction logging for the Domino Directory, future restarts after a server failure will be faster.

1. From the command line of your operating system, enter the following commands based on your operating system.

• On Microsoft Windows NT (Intel platforms), enter the following command:

  nupdall names.nsf -t "($ServerAccess)" -r

  and press ENTER. Then enter:

  nupdall names.nsf -t "($Users)" -r

  and press ENTER.

• On UNIX platforms, enter the following command:

  updall names.nsf -t /($ServerAccess) -r

  and press ENTER. Then enter:

  updall names.nsf -t /($Users) -r

  and press ENTER.

Updating views in databases on the upgraded Domino server

Updating database views gives users access faster to the Domino Directory and other databases on the server. The amount of time Updall takes to run depends on the number of databases on the server, the size of the databases, and the complexity of the views in those databases.

At the Domino server console, enter the following command:

load updall

and press ENTER.

After you upgrade a server to Lotus Domino 6, you can replicate the Domino Directory design to your organization's other servers, including Domino 5 and Domino 4.6 servers. Domino 4.6 servers must run Domino 4.6.7a to support the Domino 6 Directory.

If you disabled replication for the Domino Directory, remember to enable it again.

Note After replicating the new template to other servers, you must rebuild the views in the Domino Directories or Public Address Books on those servers. The view rebuild for the Domino 6 template on a Domino 4.6 or Domino 5 server is time-consuming. Replicate the template and rebuild the views for pre-Domino 6 servers on a weekend or during other times when server load is low.

See Also

Directory Services