Using IBM System Storage N series SnapDrive for Lotus Domino for Windows

Because SnapDrive integrates with Microsoft Windows and IBM System Storage N series, it makes storage management easier and offers the high data availability that is required for IBM Lotus Domino environments. The combination of an IBM N series storage system and SnapDrive offers an enterprise-class solution for Lotus Domino. This paper describes how to integrate an IBM N series storage system with a Lotus Domino server for Windows 2003 using SnapDrive with an iSCSI connection to the storage.

The main topics covered in this document are:
- Preparing the IBM N series storage system for Lotus Domino
- Configuring the Windows server and installing Lotus Domino software
- Migrating Lotus Domino server from a local disk to an IBM N series storage system

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Publish Date
24 July 2007

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Author(s)

Alex Osuna is a project leader at the ITSO in San Jose. He writes extensively and teaches IBM classes worldwide on all areas of storage. Before joining the ITSO, Alex worked as a principal systems engineer in Tivoli storage. He has 27 years of experience in the IT industry and holds certifications from IBM, Red Hat, and Microsoft.

• Alex Osuna

Jawahar Lal is an alliance engineer for IBM DB2 at Network Appliance, Inc. in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. He has a master of science degree in computer science from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India and is working on an MBA degree from the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been involved in the storage and IT industry for more than 11 years, in areas of database programming, modeling, designing, administration, performance tuning, and storage integration. He writes extensively about storage and database integration. He is an IBM DB2 UDB Certified DBA and holds 4 other certifications from IBM and Oracle.

• Jawahar Lal

Robert Campbell is a lab manager in RTP. He has 15 years of experience in IT, eight years of which were in large-scale Lotus Domino administration. He has worked at Network Appliance for three years, in support and reproductions, and he has recently taught Domino integration. His areas of expertise include technology integration and scaling, project management, and digital video post production.

• Robert Campbell

IBM Form Number
REDP-4287-00

Number of pages

30