UPGRADING TO LOTUS NOTES 6 AND LOTUS DOMINO 6

Post-upgrade tasks for Domino 5 mail servers
After you upgrade a Domino 5 mail server, do the following:

1. If you have not done so already, upgrade to the Domino 6 Administrator.

2. If you have not done so already, shut down the server, then do the following:


For more information about compacting the directory, rebuilding views, and upgrading directory services, see the topic Upgrading the Domino Directory.

3. Update the NOTES.INI file. Remove or comment out any obsolete NOTES.INI settings and variables from the file.

For a table of obsolete NOTES.INI settings, see the topic Obsolete NOTES.INI settings.

4. If you have a shared mail database, verify that the database was upgraded properly. When you upgrade a Domino mail server, the upgrade process automatically upgrades the shared mail database. However, if the database was not upgraded properly, you must manually upgrade the database.

For more information about shared mail upgrades, see the topic Upgrading shared mail databases.

5. (Optional) The Lotus Domino 6 SMTP Inbound relay controls resolve conflicts differently than the Lotus Domino 5 inbound relay controls. If you do not want to use the Domino 6 inbound relay controls, you can set the SMTPRelayAllowHostsandDomains NOTES.INI setting to preserve the Domino 5 inbound relay controls on your upgrade SMTP servers.

For more information about this change and how to preserve the Domino 5 inbound relay controls, see the topic Configuring Domino 5 SMTP inbound relay controls.

6. If the server you upgraded was NNTP-enabled, remove the NNTP documents from the Domino Directory.

7. If you removed the server from a cluster, add the server back to the cluster.

8. Upgrade your remaining Domino servers.

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