Hi guys, there is someone who knows how to set up the “profile file setup” (. pds) of Domino ? http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=73034&type=member&item=229674538
I need to create a generic profile file and be able to modify it from time to time, without using the GUI standard, maybe editing it
Subject: You can check here
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.help.domino.admin85.doc%2FH_SETTING_UP_A_NEW_DOMINO_SERVER_OVER.html http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.help.domino.admin85.doc%2FH_SETTING_UP_A_NEW_DOMINO_SERVER_OVER.html
You will have to record your pds one time and then you will be able to use it and pass some parameters to it - details in the link above.
Thanks,
Irina Khasin.
Subject: This is for installing a server
Not for performing an unattended setup. What we need is a way ( assuming is possible ) to perform a setup without GUI or manual intervention.
I have already studied the infocenter, and what I see is that you can record a server setup [nserver -record] and this will create a setup file; then the instructions for a silent setup says to run [nserver -silent c:\myprofile.pds].
The problem is that the pds file is not editable, so I can’t change any value in there. So, if I got it right, this is a way to record the setup on a machine and then use the file to perform the setup on another machine, but keeping the values I inputed.
What we would like to do is edit the file and change the values, this way I can record once, then setup different servers just changing the values.
RoB
Subject: The link that I sent has this "inside link’
If you scroll down that page in the link that I sent you will see
Using a server setup profile http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/topic/com.ibm.help.domino.admin85.doc/H_USING_A_SERVER_SETUP_PROFILE_STEPS.html internal link.
Here is an external link to the same place approximately.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.help.domino.admin85.doc/H_DOING_A_SILENT_SERVER_SETUP_STEPS.html http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.help.domino.admin85.doc/H_DOING_A_SILENT_SERVER_SETUP_STEPS.html
It describes how to record and use setup .pds file on different platforms. It also includes instructions for a remote silent setup (not install).
You can edit some parameters, e.g.
/opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/java -cp /opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/cfgdomserver.jar lotus.domino.setup.DominoServerProfileEdit -OtherDirectoryServerName
/opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/java -cp /opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/cfgdomserver.jar lotus.domino.setup.DominoServerProfileEdit -OtherDirectoryServerAddress
/opt/ibmdomino/notes/latest//linux/java -cp /opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/cfgdomserver.jar lotus.domino.setup.DominoServerProfileEdit -HostName
/opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/java -cp /opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest/linux/cfgdomserver.jar lotus.domino.setup.DominoServerProfileEdit -dump
Last line will print names of all parameters you are able to change.
You can also specify several parameters in one command line:
-AdminPassword -OrganizationPassword -ServerPassword -HostName hostname -OrganizationName -ServerName
This is about as much editing as you can have.
Thanks,
Irina Khasin.
Subject: Thanks, and…
Thanks a lot for your answer Irina. I had already looked at that page in the Infocenter, but I could not find any information about editing.
The options you have listed:
/opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/java -cp /opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/cfgdomserver.jar lotus.domino.setup.DominoServerProfileEdit -OtherDirectoryServerName
/opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/java -cp /opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/cfgdomserver.jar lotus.domino.setup.DominoServerProfileEdit -OtherDirectoryServerAddress
/opt/ibmdomino/notes/latest//linux/java -cp /opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/cfgdomserver.jar lotus.domino.setup.DominoServerProfileEdit -HostName
/opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest//linux/java -cp /opt/ibm/domino/notes/latest/linux/cfgdomserver.jar lotus.domino.setup.DominoServerProfileEdit -dump
are not there. Or am I not looking in the right place ?
Thanks again
RoB
Subject: That’s a shortcut, you probably should use UI to modify profile
I don’t see “silent modification” described online actually, maybe it’s not officially supported
You can do serversetup -playback or remoteserversetup -playback using GUI and modify your profile prior to using it.
More information about those are in help9_admin.nsf, - but in short - you use setup GUI to modify your existing setup profile (.pds).
I think, however, the original question had something to do with modifying setup on the fly.
Irina.
Subject: Meaning of the original question
Hi Irina
We would like to automate the Domino installation and setup. Our goal ( assuming is possible ) is to run the install and setup from a script, either giving the needed settings as parameters or using a property file. So we would need a way to change the pds file without having to use a GUI. For example you can do this for WebSphere App Server or DB2, there’s no need for a GUI to install and configure them.
Thanks
RoB
Subject: You can change “dumped” variables (see my earlier link)
or you can also use passwords file as described in documentation.
That’s about all options I can think of right now.
Irina.