Domino System Administration (Paperback)

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A good administrator has both tactical (immediate problem-solving) and strategic (planning and architecture) skills that can keep a complex installation going while making systemic improvements wherever possible. In Domino System Administration, an experienced Lotus groupware administrator shares both kinds of knowledge. For this reason, this book is the defining work on administering Lotus Notes and Domino R5 systems. If you run such a system, you'll benefit from this book.

Rob Kirkland goes light on straight documentation of features, which is a reasonable thing to do in a book aimed at people who already know their way around the Notes/Domino environment. Instead, he emphasizes how aspects of the systems (such as SMTP mail routing and the Domino Directory) operate before explaining how the administrator should work with them. This approach manifests itself sometimes in some explicitly stated procedures, but more often in prose and tables that take into account the variations among individual instances of Notes and Domino. He is also careful to highlight differences among versions, and is always quick to point out strategies for minimizing time spent on the repetitive aspects of the administrator's job. Kirkland's practical-minded text, loaded with details, will appeal to administrators as they solve problems on the job and study for Lotus certification. --David Wall

Topics covered: Installation and operation of Lotus Notes and Domino 5 systems. Extensive attention is devoted to setting up initial and subsequent servers, upgrading from Release 4.x, user registration, client setup, mail routing, replication, security, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) services, databases, and Web services.

Product Description

Need a concise, practical explanation about the new features of Domino, and how to make some of the advanced stuff really work? You need answers and solutions from someone who's been in the trenches. You want information from someone like you, who has worked with the product for years, and understands what it is you need to know. Domino System Administration from New Riders is the answer-the first book on Domino that attacks the technology at the professional level, with practical, hands-on assistance to get Domino 5 running in your organization.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 880 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (November 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562059483
• ISBN-13: 978-1562059484
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #799,246 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Rocks!, April 22, 2000

By	"mr_executive" (3rd Rock From The Sun) - See all my reviews

This is a fantastic Domino Admin book. Mine weighs in at 858 pages, but there is no fluff here that you will find in other books. Each chapter gets down to business quickly. He deals with everything you'll have to deal with if you have Domino 5; Replication, Mail Routing, Modem Communications, Agents, Setup Profiles, etc. It's all here. I always suggest to people if they are trying to learn all about a specific topic like Domino they should read at least 2 books to cover all the bases. Look no futher, you've found one of them. I also bought Special Edition Using Lotus Notes and Domino 5 but this book was much better (and much cheaper). If you joined a course to teach you all this you'd pay thousands of dollars. Save your money. Build yourself a second computer with the money you save not taking a course, download the server and clients off Notes.net, load NT or Windows 2000 on it and go through each chapter and play with your test server. You'll learn more than you would in most courses, and you'll have a second computer.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anything I couldn't find in Lotus Yellow Books, I found here, January 26, 2000

By	"gpc66" (Woodstock, GA USA) - See all my reviews

After finding things in this book that I couldn't find in the Lotus yellow books or the IBM red books, this book is the first book I look at when trying to fix a problem with Domino Server or Notes client. Of course this is the ONLY 3rd party book dedicated to R5 System Administration, but it fits well into the position

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this Book!, May 4, 2000

By	Randy Tamura (Playa del Rey, California) - See all my reviews

This book is simply the best book on the market that specializes on Domino Administration for R5. The book is written in a reader-friendly style and covers deeply technical information in an informative, yet approachable style. It gives not only the technical facts, but the pragmatic advice that comes from years of experience.

While the Lotus reference materials may give you choices of A, B, or C, this book recommends a specific choice and gives you the advantages and consequences of your choices. This type of advice is invaluable when it comes to making decisions about how to configure your system.

I've recommended this book to many of my clients and they are all pleased that they invested in it. Get this book.