How to move a Domino server from Windows to i

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How does one migrate a Domino server from windows to i (iseries, AS400, System i)?

I see this reference number 1092419 document on how to move from one i to another:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21092419

Replace steps 2-5 of “Steps to backup the original server & restore on the new system” with

  • Use an ftp client like FileZilla to move the data from Windows to the i.

  • Use this command

CHGOWN OBJ(‘/serverDataDirectory’) NEWOWN(QNOTES) SUBTREE(*ALL)

to change the ownership to QNOTES.

  • Use this command

CHGAUT OBJ(‘/serverDataDirectory’) USER(*PUBLIC) DTAAUT(*EXCLUDE) OBJAUT(*NONE) SUBTREE(*ALL)

to lock out access outside of Domino.

Then I also question notes.ini…

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Subject: use clustering

This is one of the really cool things about Domino: it doesn’t care what OS it runs on. :slight_smile:

Create a new server on the System i and cluster it with the Windows server. This will let you use AdminP to create replicas and you can get everything copied over pretty cleanly. You can then decommission the Windows server and update the notes.ini on the System i to match the other server’s name. Copy over the Windows server’s server.id and you should be pretty much set. Bring it up and delete the cluster. Just be sure to update DNS or change the IP address on the Windows server if you’re copying it to the System i.

That’s the cleanest way I have found to get servers moved to new hardware, regardless of the OS involved.

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Subject: RE: Use Clustering

Wow! I hope this works as easy as it sounds. We may be needing this, soon!Thanks,

john3

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Subject: Re: clustering

It is - I’ve done it a lot. Actually you don’t even need to cluster - you can just replicate with the new server. I’ve then swapped IPs and server.id’s and voila, both servers are up and running.

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Subject: How to move a Domino server from Windows to i Technotes

look in the knowledge base for (move and “new server”)

1092419

1087009

1092419

there is a few technotes related for you,

JYR

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Subject: Not quite it

There are some unique considerations when moving to the i:- Object security. This can be remedied by the appropriate CHGOWN and CHGAUT commands.

  • Objects created, and files updated, by the CFGDOMSVR command.

The former is not discussed in those two technotes you posted. The latter is covered in the one about moving from one i to another.