Domino server 8.5 (32 bit) will not start as a service on Windows 2008 32 bit. Service loads and then stops when done executed either manually or by server reboot.
Subject: Reinstall
o Backup the Domino and Domino\data folderso Disable the Domino service
o Reboot the server
o Change the Domino service back to Automatic startup (but don’t actually try to start it)
o Re-run the Domino install routine
This happened to me following an upgrade to 8.5.1, and the above cured it.
Subject: Did you “upgrade” the server?
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We had this problem when someone “upgraded” the server from windoze '03 to '08 without telling us. 2008 has a “feature” that prevents services from interacting with the UI in any manner, called “IDS” if I recall. If you have not “upgraded” the server the rest of this post is not likely to apply.
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If you did “upgrade” the server you have three options:
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Enable IDS. This will constantly pop a dialog that a background task has updated its console, and you will constantly have to click “Ok” to dismiss it. I do mean constantly. Fortunately it’s not system-modal, so Domino does continue to function while the dialogs pile up.
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Disable IDS. You can run Domino and access the console via the Admin client. It will be impossible to do it any other way. We did this because IDS, while touted as a “security measure”, actually functions like a root kit, facilitating admin-level system compromise, or so our web research indicated.
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Install Domino 8.5.1. That has a “Java Console” that allows access to the Domino console when run as a service.
- Sadly I do not recall the hoops we had to jump through for Options 1 & 2, though we discovered the issue and its resolution by searching the web. We finally did Option 3 and all has been well ever since.
Hope this helps…
Subject: Where…?
If I understand you correctly, you’re saying that disabling IDS will allow the Domino server console to reappear in the desktop (something I’ve missed since upgrading to 2008 Server)?
If so, where do I find this setting? I’ve had a poke around the control panels and did a bit of Googling, but without much joy…
Subject: Unfortunately, no…
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Disabling IDS simply prevents the innane nag dialog from constantly appearing. It does not change the fact that Domino can never have a console window like it used to. No service is allowed a console window in '08. Period.
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The only two ways I know of to gain access to the Domino console on '08 “server” are:
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Use the Domino Administrator live console.
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Install R8.5.1 and use the Java console.
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In either case I’d turn off IDS to keep the innane dialog from popping all the time. The whole IDS concept is implemented about as poorly as anything I’ve seen from any company anywhere. That it introduces security holes in the name of security is just par for the course. Lotus constantly crushes MS on security.
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Both workarounds above are, to the best of my knowledge, doing the same thing; using Domino’s “remote console” functionality to show you the console. The Java Console simply does it with a (server) local Java app that appears all the time, similar to what we’re used to seeing with the normal console window.
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We didn’t try R8.5 or /FP1 so I can’t say how well the Java Console works with them.
Hope this helps…
Subject: Does the Domino sever start or give any type of error if it does start?