The Sheriff Department I work for has decided to obtain their own Domino server to ease the load off the main ‘dispatch’ Domino server. In an order to save costs we’ve decided to stick with a Linux distribution.
I’m not foreseeing any problems with the installation but I’m not quite sure how to a) initially copy the data and the databases over and b) how to setup replication between both servers so changes from one affect the other and vise versa.
I’d like replication to occur every minute on two of the databases and every 30 on others. Does anyone foresee a problem with replicating every minute?
I could mount the Windows 2000 share a copy of the files but I’m not sure if I would run into issues with that. I would prefer not to shutdown the Windows 2000 domino server to copy the databases if I can avoid it.
Subject: Replicating between Windows 2000 and Linux domino server
I wouldn’t bother with an “initial copy” unless you’re looking at a LARGE (50+GB) amount of data.
Instead, I’d use AdminP to replicate the databases. You can select the databases you want to replicate in the Files tab of the admin client, then click create replica on the right…choose the new server and viola…
As for the 1-minute replication…you’d probably be better off just setting up the servers in a cluster. You’d get near-instant replication of data. If the ~500 user load on the mail server at my office is any indication, it’s really not a lot of extra effort.
Subject: RE: Replicating between Windows 2000 and Linux domino server
Great. I’ll be playing with AdminP.
I don’t know much about cluster setup. Is it just a couple (easy) changes in notes.ini or alot more work? Any sites showing how to setup a cluster with a Windows and Linux server?
Thanks!
Subject: RE: Replicating between Windows 2000 and Linux domino server
After thinking about it more a cluster may not be the best idea. Currently the Windows 2000 server has ~100 people accessing it. For security reasons we would only want ~20 people accessing the linux server. I don’t want the ~100 people overflowing onto the linux server if the windows server craps out.
So…with that in mind AdminP may work be the best option. What would I need to copy from the Windows server to keep the same password for everyone? The notes.ini and the databases or am I missing files?
Subject: RE: Replicating between Windows 2000 and Linux domino server
I would still suggest you to go for Domino Cluster. Replicating every minute may result in replication loop. Cluster ensures the right updates among the databases.
After configuring the cluster. You can delete the databases which you dont want to keep on Linux server from Admin client. The cluster replicator only replicates the databases mentioned in the CLDBDIR.NSF. Once you delete databases from Admin Client. The database will also be removed from CLDBDIR.NSF.
Subject: RE: Replicating between Windows 2000 and Linux domino server
It’s basically a point&click operation in the Administrator client. A quick read-through of the “Clusters” section of Domino Administrator Help will give you all you need to know – and it really is that easy; they’re not just trying to give you a false sense of security.