I am setting up a Lotus Domino 8.5 server (32 bit) on a new MS Windows 2008 server (64 bit).The Domino server is an upgrade from 7.0.3.
I followed suggestions on the Redbook and threads on this forum for pre- en post installations steps. During install no errors.
Domino console is starting as it should be.
Domino server does not start. When starting the service I get an error that the service could not be started. In the Domino console I don’t see the Domino server. I also can not connect to the Domino server from the Domino console.
When starting the Domino server by the icon on the desktop, same problem, also when started by “Run As Administrator”.
When I set the shortcut property Compability on Windows 2003(32 bit) then every is running fine.
(I am not able to run Domino 8.5 64 bit because we are using McAfee GroupShield 7.0, which still as no support for the combination Domino 64 bit on Windows 2008 64 bit.)
If you are migrating from DOmino 7 Domino is waiting for you to type Y for names conversion. So modify your service to manual, then click on the Domino server Icon, just launch DOmino as a regular application (you can also launch nserver), reply Y and that’s it (restart Windows
Of course I tried this, because this is the procedure. I also know that on Windows 2008 no Domino console is visable anymore on the server’s desktop; therefore I need the Domino Console. So I also launched Domino Console. The Domino Console says that no server is running. When I look in the services, Domino server says Starting . . . and after a while it is stopped.
By the way: as told in my question: When starting in Windows 2003 server compatinility, it is running fine.
I always run a service as manual when installing or upgrading a Domino server. When it is running fine, I switch to automatic.
“When I set the shortcut property Compability on Windows 2003(32 bit) then every is running fine.”
also when you say it’s an upgrade from 7.0.3 on a new Windows 2008 Server (64BIT) what steps did you perform in moving you data from the old machine to the new machine… What were the old program and data directory paths… What are the new ones on the WIndows 2008 Server (64BIT)
I would have upgraded the old 7.0.3 Server in place to Domino 8.5 and let it run for a while… I then would of moved the data to Windows 2008 Server (64BIT) and installed Domino 8.5 to exact same drives and directories as previous machine or I would have made all the appropriate edits to the notes.in to reflect any drive letter differences…
Can you post a screen shot of what your Domino Services on the Windows 2008 Server looks like?
For upgrading I used a IBM Redbook: IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Deployment Guide. I also found a Technote (# 1303385): Steps for upgrading to Notes/Domino 8 from version 6.5 and 7.
What Did I do: I shutted down the 7.0.3. server, running on the old hardware, I copied tyo the new hardware, from the Domnino program directory only notes.ini and I copied the complete datadirectory. The locations are the same as on the old server. (They are c:\Notes and d:\Notes\data).
Then I runned setup.exe on the new machine and modified the installation paths in the setup program to the locations on the new machine.
Your suggestion of upgrading 7.0.3. in place was not possible because Domino 8.x needs MS server 2003 and higher. Our old server was 2000 server.
I could have moved the 7.0.3. server to Windows 2008 server, that install 7.0.3. and later upgrade to 8.5. But now I am dealing with this issues, I think I would have the same problem. I am happy that I did this as I described because the old server is still running and the new server will be online when my problem is solved (I know that I then have to synchronise the data-directory again).
What about the shortcut properties: After running setup.exe there are two icons on the desktop: the Domino Console and the Domino Server. When I rightclick the Domino server Icon, (or every other shortcut), choose Properties, I see a tab “Compatibility”. There you can choose to let the appliction run in compatibility mode for an other OS. (“Run this program in compatibility mode for:”). There I choose Windows server 2003.Then Domino is launching (visable in the Domino Console).