Exchange Migration and iNotes Implementation on the IBM eServer iSeries Server

Exchange Migration and iNotes Implementation on the IBM eServer iSeries Server

by Deb Landon, Jim Ahrens, Sunil Golani, Emilio J. Penedo, Francine Wiener
Released September 2001
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738422381

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Book description

Make migration simple for your end users with Lotus iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook. You can maintain your Microsoft Outlook end-user experience while replacing the Microsoft Exchange server with Lotus Domino. Each user, with a Microsoft Outlook client, benefits from iNotes' simple plug-in technology that maps server requests to a Lotus Domino format. Simply stated, Microsoft Outlook assumes it is communicating to a Microsoft Exchange server. The iNotes plug-in intercepts the conversation between the client and server and translates to and from the Lotus Domino format.

This IBM Redbooks publication walks you through the migration of Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Domino for iSeries. It explains how your end users can continue using their Microsoft Outlook clients via the Lotus iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook support. This book also shows you how to configure a coexistence environment between Microsoft Exchange and Domino for iSeries for use during the migration process.

The chapters in this book begin with an overview of the products and explain the details of the process requirements. Then they guide you through the migration and show you how to install Lotus iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook. Finally, they show you how to coexist between the Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino for iSeries environments. The appendices provide additional migration information, as well as details on national language support and the Common Migration Tool from BinaryTree.com. With all of this information, you never knew it could be this easy.

Table of contents

  1. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this redbook
    2. Special notice
    3. IBM Trademarks
    4. Comments welcome
  2. Chapter 1: Overview
    1. Why migrate to Domino
      1. Introduction
      2. Why move to Domino for iSeries
      3. iSeries as a server for Microsoft Outlook clients
    2. Domino on iSeries
      1. Overview of Lotus Domino
      2. Advantages of running Domino on the iSeries server
      3. Domino server options
      4. Domino client options
    3. Microsoft Exchange
      1. Microsoft Exchange Directory
      2. Microsoft Exchange Information Store
      3. Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent
      4. Microsoft Exchange System Attendant
      5. Network design aspects of Microsoft Exchange
      6. Microsoft Exchange security
      7. Microsoft Exchange topology options
      8. Mail routing in Microsoft Exchange
    4. Microsoft Outlook
    5. Lotus iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook
    6. Comparing Domino and Exchange components
  3. Chapter 2: Requirements and environment setup
    1. Workstation requirements
      1. Hardware requirements
      2. Software requirements
    2. Microsoft Exchange 5.5 requirements
    3. iSeries requirements
      1. iSeries sizing and capacity planning considerations
    4. Domino for iSeries configuration
      1. Enabling Domino Off-Line Services
      2. Domain names
    5. Our test environment
  4. Chapter 3: Migrating from Microsoft Exchange
    1. Overview of the migration process
      1. Single step process
      2. Coexistence and migration process
    2. Migration tools
      1. Domino Upgrade Services
      2. Common Migration Tool from BinaryTree.com
    3. Preparing to migrate Microsoft Exchange users
      1. Installing Domino Upgrade Services
      2. Installing Microsoft Outlook client
      3. Specifying an Exchange Administrator mail profile
      4. Setting up the Microsoft Outlook client
    4. The migration process (1/3)
    5. The migration process (2/3)
    6. The migration process (3/3)
    7. Verifying migrated data
    8. Migrating other server data
  5. Chapter 4: iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook setup
    1. iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook concept
    2. Setting up iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook
    3. Creating the Domino Off-Line Services security policy
    4. Providing install information to Microsoft Outlook users
    5. Installing iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook
      1. Downloading and installing the iNotes code
      2. Configuring the address book
      3. Migrating personal contacts
      4. Troubleshooting
    6. Domino Off-Line Services
      1. Versions
      2. Lotus iNotes Sync Manager
  6. Chapter 5: Working with Lotus iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook
    1. Synchronization
      1. Lotus iNotes Sync Manager
      2. Initial synchronization
      3. Scheduled synchronization settings
      4. Manually starting synchronization
      5. Getting help
    2. Passwords
      1. Changing a password
      2. Lotus iNotes Sync Manager master password
      3. Encryption and security
    3. Making Microsoft Outlook contacts available
    4. Address book alternatives
      1. Accessing additional Domino server address books
      2. Accessing additional local personal address books
    5. Mail and calendar delegation
      1. Delegating a mail file
      2. Accessing a delegated mail file
    6. Proxy settings
      1. Firewalls
    7. Full text indexing and search
  7. Chapter 6: Lotus Domino coexistence with Microsoft Exchange
    1. Overview of coexistence
      1. Microsoft Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes
    2. Preparing Domino for coexistence
      1. Creating a user ID for Microsoft Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes
      2. Creating a secondary Domino directory
      3. Assigning ACLs
    3. Preparing Microsoft Exchange for coexistence
      1. Installing Domino Administrator client on Microsoft Exchange server
      2. Clearing the password for Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes user ID
      3. Installing the Microsoft Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes
    4. Configuring the Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes
      1. Switching to the Domino Administrator user ID
      2. Verifying access rights
      3. Running the Notes Configuration Utility
      4. Creating a foreign domain
    5. Customizing the Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes
      1. Defining import and export containers
      2. Starting the Connector service and enabling automatic startup
    6. Directory synchronization
      1. Synchronizing the directories for the first time
      2. Scheduling directory synchronization
      3. Site addressing
    7. Importing Exchange custom recipients to Domino
      1. Customizing the Microsoft Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes tables (1/2)
      2. Customizing the Microsoft Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes tables (2/2)
      3. Verifying custom recipients imported into Domino
      4. LotusScript agent for e-mail address
    8. Working with SMTP mail
      1. Setting up the Exchange SMTP relay host for Domino users
      2. Modifying exchconn.ini for SMTP messaging
  8. Appendix A: Lotus iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook versus Microsoft Outlook
    1. iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook compared to Outlook
      1. Setup
      2. Outlook options unavailable with iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook
      3. Mail addressing
      4. Searching
      5. Views, folders, and message counts
      6. Mail rules
      7. Using the Outlook Today page
      8. Miscellaneous
    2. Lotus Notes features unavailable with iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook
  9. Appendix B: iSeries sizing and capacity planning considerations
    1. Capacity planning considerations
    2. Sizing considerations
      1. Using the IBM Workload Estimator for iSeries
  10. Appendix C: National language support (NLS) considerations
    1. Language considerations and restrictions
      1. Windows regional settings
      2. Available languages
    2. Encoding
    3. Dutch and Japanese versions
  11. Appendix D: Common Migration Tool
    1. Overview
    2. Advantages of using the Common Migration Tool
    3. Data fidelity
    4. Administration
    5. Licensing
  12. Special notices
  13. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Referenced Web sites
    3. How to get IBM Redbooks
      1. IBM Redbooks collections
  14. Index (1/2)
  15. Index (2/2)
  16. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: Exchange Migration and iNotes Implementation on the IBM eServer iSeries Server
  • Author(s): Deb Landon, Jim Ahrens, Sunil Golani, Emilio J. Penedo, Francine Wiener
  • Release date: September 2001
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738422381