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- The Network Administrator's Guide
- --------------------------------------------------------
-
- This file contains information for network administrators who
- are installing Lotus products on a network server.
-
- Contents of this file:
- Supported Networks
- Why Use a Lotus Application on a Network?
- Steps to Complete Network Installation
- Designing a Directory Structure for Lotus Applications
- How to Install on a Network Server
- How to Install on a Network Node
- The Lotus Licenser Utility
- Notes about Using the Licenser Utility
- Creating Personal Directories
- Creating Shared Data Directories
- Information to Give Users
- If You Have a Problem
-
- Supported Networks
- ------------------
- Lotus supports the following networks.
-
- Artisoft LANtastic version 4.1
- Banyan VINES version 5.5
- DEC PATHWORKS version 4.1
- IBM LAN Server version 3.0
- Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.1a or 2.2
- NCR StarGroup 3.5 version 2.1A
- Novell NetWare 386 version 3.11
- Novell SFT NetWare 286 version 2.15c
- Novell Advanced NetWare 286 version 2.15c
- Novell NetWare 286 version 2.2
-
- Why Use a Lotus Application on a Network?
- ----------------------------------------
- The benefits of using Lotus applications on a network
- include the following:
-
- * Conserve hard disk space by having only one copy
- of a Lotus application on the server instead of
- a copy on each personal computer.
-
- * Allow users to share files, computer equipment,
- printers, plotters, and backup devices.
-
- * Quickly distribute files, templates, and applications
- while users access files immediately.
-
- * Back up files centrally.
-
- * Save time when upgrading to a new release of a Lotus
- application because you upgrade the software on the
- server instead of on individual computers.
-
- * Allow use of diskless workstations.
-
- Steps to Complete Network Installation
- --------------------------------------
- You must complete the following steps to install a Lotus application
- on the server.
-
- * When upgrading from a previous release of a Lotus application,
- copy files that you want to save to another directory before
- erasing the application files from your server.
-
- * Determine the location and names of the server directories.
-
- * Use the Lotus Install program to install the Lotus
- application on the server.
-
- * Determine and set the number of network licenses for each
- Lotus application.
-
- The Licenser utility allows you to set the number of licenses
- and monitor use to ensure that you have purchased an adequate
- number of licenses. See "The Licenser Utility" below.
-
- * Create any personal or shared data directories on the server.
-
- * Make printers and network directories available to users.
-
- * Give users the information listed below in "Information to Give
- Users."
-
- Designing a Directory Structure for Lotus Applications
- ------------------------------------------------------
- There are several required and optional directories that you and Lotus
- Install create. Before you install Lotus products, you should
- decide where you want to put the directories.
-
- Program directory (\APPROACH)
- Lotus Common directory (\LOTUSAPP)
- Licenser Utility Directory (\License)
- LOTSHARE (\LOTSHARE)
- License directory for Approach (\LOTSHARE\APR.V30)
-
- How to Install on a Network Server
- ----------------------------------
- To run Install:
-
- 1. Insert Disk 1 in drive.
- 2. From the Program Manager, choose File Run.
- 3. Enter X:\INSTALL in the Command line text box, where X: is
- your drive with Disk 1.
-
- Install consists of a series of dialog boxes that are
- generally self-explanatory. If you need more information when using
- a dialog box, choose Help by clicking the Help button or pressing
- ALT+H.
-
- When running Install:
-
- * When you specify a location for the Licenser utility,
- choose a location to which users do not have access, such
- as your local hard disk or a secure network directory.
- If the directory you specify does not exist, Install creates
- it for you.
-
- * After you install a Lotus application on the network server,
- you must run Node Install before you can run the application.
-
- How to Install on a Network Node
- --------------------------------
- Once you have installed a Lotus application on a network server,
- Lotus Install resides on that server. To install the application
- on a node, you must run Node Install.
-
- NOTE: If you want to run a Lotus application from the server rather than
- from a node, you must complete Node Install at the server.
-
- To run Node Install:
-
- 1. Open the Windows Program Manager.
- 2. Choose File Run.
- 3. Enter X:\PATH\INSTALL in the Command Line text box, where
- X:\PATH is the drive letter and path for the Lotus application
- program directory on your server.
-
- The Lotus Licenser Utility
- --------------------------
- Before network users can start a Lotus application, you must set the
- license count to the number of licenses your organization has
- purchased. The license count determines the number of users
- (from 1 to 1000) who can run the Lotus application at the same time.
-
- To set the license count:
- 1. If you are working at a node, connect to the server where the
- license directory resides. If you are working at the server, go
- to step 2.
- 2. Make sure that the license directory appears at either the
- current directory or the root directory of any drive. For
- example, connect or map directly to the license directory and
- call it drive H so that the license directory looks like the
- root directory of drive H.
- 3. Open the Windows Program Manager.
- 4. Make the window that contains the Licenser application icon
- the active window.
- 5. Choose the application icon for Licenser.
-
- Notes About Using the Licenser Utility
- --------------------------------------
- * Although the license count limits how man users can use
- a Lotus application simultaneously, it does not limit the number
- of nodes you can set up to use the application.
- * When the number of users exceeds the license count, the
- Licenser utility creates a log file to track them. Check the
- log file to ensure that users are not denied access to the
- network. If users are denied access often, you may need to
- purchase additional licenses. You can only increase the license
- count when your organization purchases additional licenses.
- * You can create a custom help message to give users additional
- assistance after a Lotus application displays a message
- indicating that no licenses are available. This message appears
- after the application's message and should include helpful
- information such as instructions for connecting to another server
- or for contacting the network administrator. To create a custom
- help message, type up to 400 characters in a text editor and save
- it with the file name LOTUS.LOM in the Lotus application
- program directory.
- * You can split the total number of purchased licenses between
- two or more directories or servers (license pools). For example,
- if you purchased 23 licenses, you can create a license directory
- on one server and install 15 licenses in that license directory.
- You can create another license directory on another server and
- install the remaining 8 licenses in that directory. When a user
- starts a Lotus application, that application searches all visible
- license pools on accessible remote drives for an available
- license.
- * If you need more information when using Licenser, use Help.
-
-