Before you install Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus Domino Mail Server (TDP for Domino) in a Windows

environment, make sure your system meets the minimum hardware, software and operating system
requirements. You need to install compatible TSM Backup Archive Client and API software before
installing TDP Domino Software. Data Protection for Domino must be installed from an account that is a
member of the local Administrators group for the machine on which the Domino server is running.

Installing Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus Domino
1) First, Log on as an administrator. Go to the path where the TDP Domino executable file is located
and double click the .exe setup files.

2) Select the language in which to perform the installation as shown below.



Click OK to start the installation program.

3) Read the License Agreement. You must accept the License Agreement in order for Data Protection
for Domino to install successfully.

4) After accepting the License Agreement, click Next and choose the folder where you would like to
install Data Protection for Domino. It is recommended to choose the default path only unless you
have different configuration requirements.



The default installation directory is C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\Domino\

5) New, select the setup type, default is TYPICAL. If you want to install only selected products choose
CUSTOM option and then click NEXT.




6) On the next screen click INSTALL to start the installation process.



Then click Finish to complete installation.

7) You can also upgrade from a previous version of the software by using the same procedure. After
installing or upgrading the IBM Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus Domino, the next step is to configure the
TDP Domino to run a manual or scheduled Domino Mail server backups.
Configuring IBM Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus
Domino
1) Data Protection for Domino communicates with several product APIs in order to complete various
functions. The Tivoli Storage Manager API is accessed in order for Data Protection for Domino to
communicate with the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The Domino API is accessed in order to
communicate with the Domino server during database operations, and DB2 enabled Notes data is
accessed by communicating with the DB2 Recovery API. The communication protocols and option
parameters are specified in the dsm.opt options file.

2) Change to the C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\domino directory. Rename the dsm.smp file to
dsm.opt. Edit the dsm.opt file to include these options



3) Register the TDP node to the Tivoli Storage Manager server with the following command

REG NODE <tdpdomnode> password

4) To register the licenses during configuration, copy the license file (domclient.lic) to the default
installation location.



5) If a password file for the Domino user ID does not exist then you need to store the TDP node
password. The easy way to store the PASSWORD locally is through GUI, open TDP DOMINO GUI or by
using command domdsm from default installation path as shown below.



or through GUI



6) Verify that you can communicate with the Domino Server by running the domdsmc query domino
command.

7) Verify that you can communicate with the Tivoli Storage Manager server by running the domdsmc
query adsmserver command as shown below.



8) Data Protection for Domino is now ready for backup and restore processing. You can use either GUI
or command line to take backup or restore.

9) The important configuration files for TDP Domino are shown below. These are located in the default
installation directory.