Please help me I’m stuck in server migration.
I have to migrate Domino server from SERVER “A” to SERVER “B”.
SERVER “A”
Machine Name : “A”
Domino Name : “A/org”
OS : “Win-NT”
Domino Version : R5.11
SERVER “B”
Machine Name : “B”
Domino Name : “A/org”
OS : Win-2000
Domino Version : R6
I have installed the R6 on server “B” and I shut down the domino server on server “A”. I copied the data directory and “notes.ini” to server “B” and I started up the domino on server “B”. I didn’t get any error messages. It just upgraded the names.nsf and some files.
When I tried to connect from the lotus notes client, I’m getting error message “Server not Responding”. It is still looking at the old server. So I changed the IP address of the server B to server A and new IP address to server A. Then also it is trying to point the old server. What else do I need to change?
Does the machine names for both the servers should be same? I cannot rename the machine names.
One more issue is I can access the server “B” using “b.org.com” which is machine name.
But I want to have as “a.org.com” which is domino name. How can we resolve this one?
Any idea
Thanks in Advance.
Subject: Moving a Domino server to a new host.
Hi Appu,
What you have done is pretty much the correct way to move a Domino server between machines, with one slight modification. Is it really NOT possible to change the machine names?
Best Option: 1
SERVER “A”
Machine Name : “A”
Domino Name : “A/org”
OS : “Win-NT”
Domino Version : R5.11
Rename as “B”
SERVER “B”
Machine Name : “B”
Domino Name : “A/org”
OS : Win-2000
Domino Version : R6 (now ND6)
Rename as “A”
Would give you the fastest result. If this is IMPOSSIBLE, then you could have some issues.
Option 2:
Your Notes clients probably do not have connection documents created to look at a static IP address for your Domino server. I would suggest that they are currently using “Host” names on your network to try and locate your Domino server on it’s old host “Machine Name: A”.
This can be fixed at the client by using “File” → “Database” → “Open” and then typing the IP address of the Domino Servers new Host in the “Server” field. This will connect to the Domino box, and should automatically create a connection record in the Local Address Book for the server. This will obviously be an issue if you have quite a lot of Notes clients to re-direct to the old domino server on it’s new host!
Option 3:
Alternatively (and this will really screw with your network), change the DNS entry for a.org.com to point to the new box “B’s” IP address.
I would only select option 3 as a last resort.
HTH,
Regards,
Mat.
Subject: server upgradation to new machine
Did you also change the IP address on the network adapter of the two machines. I assume both machines have fixed ip addresses assigned. So, you will also give the ip adapter the address, otherwise, all requests are going to the wrong machine.
This is what is coming from the top of my head.
Reagrds,
Subject: RE: server upgradation to new machine
I tried to ping with the machine names. It showed the new changed IP addresses. Thanks.