UPGRADING TO LOTUS NOTES 6 AND LOTUS DOMINO 6

Preparing to upgrade a Domino Administration server
Upgrade your administration server and Domino Directory before upgrading other servers in your domain. To upgrade a Domino Administration server, purge the Administration Requests database of all pending requests, then shut down the Domino Administration Process.

Note You do not need to process all the requests in the Administration Requests database to upgrade the database, but process as many as possible for a faster upgrade.

To clear the Administration Requests database

1. Open the Domino server console.

2. Enter:


3. After the Administration Process finishes processing requests, replicate the Administration Requests database to other administration servers in your domain.

4. After replicating the database, repeat Step 2 to completely purge the database of pending requests received from other servers.

5. After you purge the Administration Requests database, you can shut down the Domino Administration Process.

To shut down the Domino Administration Process

Shut down the Administration Process to prevent requests from being processed by the server.

1. At the Domino server console, enter:


2. After you shut down the Domino Administration Process, you can shut down the Domino server.

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