Dear all,
I am going to setup three (3) Lotus Domino Servers on Debian running on virtual machines (VMWare). Each server will have around 3-5 clients.
Can anyone define the suggested Debian version and Lotus Domino version?
I truly believe that Debian should be included in the list of supported linux systems for Domino servers (this addresses the IBM Linux development team).
Thanks to all,
Panayiotis Fafakos.
Subject: You will need Debian Lenny
Lenny is not officially stable yet (Domino needs some updated libraries that are not available in Etch). I am running 8.5 on 2 test servers, no OS related problems so far.Debian is not supported but I have been using it for a few years now. Works quite well for me.
It is not easy for a proprietary vendor to support Debian as many Debian people do not care much about requirements of closed source software.
Subject: Can I use version 8 with Lenny?
I have already tried with Debian Etch but I cannot get through setup of Lotus 8.0.1 (C18XSEN).
I issue the command
java -jar setup.jar -console
inside the /domino/linux/tools folder
and although I have setup
update-alternatives
with IBMJava2-142 JRE & SDK
exported JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java
which is a link to /etc/alternatives/JAVA_HOME
which points to /opt/IBMJava2-142
could not get past the installation bar more
than 5% (two bars that is).
The error message I get is “JVM not found” !!!
I really do not know how this can be.
I can switch to lenny, but could I have Lotus 8.0.1 or should I try 8.5 which is still in beta?
Thank you for your response,
Panos.
Subject: RE: Can I use version 8 with Lenny?
I would definitely recommend 8.5 Beta2. It seems to be more stable than 8.01 and much faster, too. No experience with Lenny, though. I have installed it on Ubuntu Hardy and Mint without any serious problems.