Moving Domino server from Windows to AIX Platform

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Hi, I want to move my existing Domino Utility 7.0.1 server from Windows to AIX 5.3.

What is the correct Method ?

  1. Install secondary server on AIX, Replicate all the database on to the new server, decommission the old server.

  2. Install Domino server on aix using the existing server id file, Copy entire data folder into notesdata folder, modify the old notes.ini from widows server to change ‘C:\lotus\Domino\Data’ string with '\opt\ibm\lotus\notesdata' and start the server.

Can anybody guide me on this…?

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Subject: Moving Domino server from Windows to AIX Platform

Option 2 is the best option if you don’t want to reconfigure your notes clients.

Install domino, copy all your databases by ftp to your AIX server, copy the notes.ini and server.id.

You will need to change the lines:

Directory (your notes data directory)

NotesProgram (your notes program directory).

Depending on your server you may need to change the file .profile in the /home/notes directory.

Hope that helps.

Ben

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Subject: RE: Moving Domino server from Windows to AIX Platform

On the AIX side, once all files are copied/replicated over, run Fixup, Compact and updall on all the databases and templates. Due to OS file system differences, Notes DB’s can be corrupted when doing file copy’s to different OS’s/file sytems.

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Subject: RE: Moving Domino server from Windows to AIX Platform

Thanks Tony…

In Aix, should we run these fixup, Compact , and updall before starting the server after copying the files or …its ok to start the domino server and then run these tools…

Are the steps given below good enough…

  1. Shutdown the Domino server running on windows

  2. Install Domino Server on Aix using the server ID and cert id file from windows server.

  3. Copy all the files in ‘C:\lotus\notes\data’ to ‘/opt/ibm/notesdata’ folder on AIX

  4. Modify the notes.ini file to change the path of programs and data folders ie: ‘c:\lotus\notes\data’ to ‘/opt/ibm/notesdata’

5)Start the Domino server on aix…

  1. Run Fixup, Compact and updall on all databases.

Have i left anything…

What about the ownership rights on files copied to aix’s notesdata folder…Do i have to assign ownership rights to user ‘notes’ ?

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Subject: RE: Moving Domino server from Windows to AIX Platform

Thanks ben…

I will try this…out