Administration Manual

Editing server configuration
The following settings improve server performance. Add these settings to the notes.ini settings.
1. In the Administrator Client, click the Configuration tab.
2. Click the Server expansion arrow.
3. Click Config
urations.
4. Double-cl
ick the existing server configuration document.
5. Click the NOTES.INI Set ting s tab.
6. Click Edit Server Con figuration, click Set Modify Parameters, and add the following settings one at a
time by selecting the drop-down box from Item.
NOTE:
Some items are not initially provided in the list.
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log_mailrouting=0
Ensures router mail delivery and transfer messages are not logged on the server console.
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RouterAllowConcurrentXferToAll=1
Allows multiple transfer threads between two servers in the same Notes Named Network
(NNN), servers in different NNN, and two servers in different domains.
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MaxMailMessageQueue=20000
Limits the number of m essages the router queues for transferring, to prevent bu ffer overflows
and out-of-memory errors.
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MailLogToEventsOnly=1
Logs m ail routing events in the log.nsf file, based on the logging level set in the server
configuration document.
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log_sessions=0
Ensures individual sessions are not logged on the server console.
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no_force_activity_logging=1
Prevents automatic activity logging on all databases. Improves the performance of
databases, but must be weighed against the need for database activity logging in a
production envi ronment.
Monitoring the gateway
The HP gateway server plays a critical role in transferring messages to the IAP archive. Under normal
circumstances, transfers occur without incident, but in a ny complex n etwork there is always the possibility
that unanticipated problems can occur.
If undetected, a backup of m essages on the gateway server can cause a ba ckup of messages on the
production mail servers. Therefore, it is important that you monitor the gateway server for problems.
Domino provides a variety of built-in monitoring tools that work on their own or in combination with
network m anagement products like HP O penView. Domino’s internal statistic monitors for Disk.C.Free,
Mail.Dead, Mail.Hold. Mail.TotalFailures, and Mail.TotalPending are par ticularly useful indicators of the
state of the gateway server.
Refer to IBM Lotus Soft ware’s Domino Administrator help topics “Monitoring the Domino system,”
“Cre ating a statistic event generator,” and “Platform statistics.” Also refer to equivalent documentation for
any management pro ducts that are used in the network.
In addition, HP supplies the Get H eld Messages application, which is useful for monitoring. For more
information, see “Collecting held messages for HP technical support” on page 127.
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