Question : Lotus Domino 8.5 Installation

Hi,

I have got a Lotus Domino server (release 8.0.2) on windows server 2003 enterprise. Our company just acquired lotus domino 8.5 and we have got both 32bit & 64 bit versions. I wish to move to the 64 bit version of lotus domino as windows server 2003 x64 can support larger than 4GB of RAM. I wish to install Lotus domino 8.5 on a brand new machine, create a new organizational unit, a new hub etc etc etc, but domain name we use to exchange emails will remain the same. I would like to know if i create a new OU, can i use the mail files (nsf) found on the domino 8.02 server of my existing users on the new server? WiIl i have to re-certify them? And what about the user ids? i know that server certifier will change, but what about the user ids that already exists?

Answer : Lotus Domino 8.5 Installation

First of all, I regret to tell you that continuing the discussion outside this forum is violating the EE-rules as mentioned

Second of all, as you mentioned >>>i t means that if i install the 8.5 with ip address 192.168.0.200 and later on change the windows server ip to 192.168.0.100 after putting the 8.2 down, it wont cause any problem? <<< there is no problem .or you have another option is to upgrade the 8.0.2 server to 8.5 first then move it to a new machine,,,
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21358469
Moreover, regarding >>SCM<< if it is configured to relay emails to 192.168.0.100 it will relay each and every email to it no matter what the machine holding this IP address is .

Finally, although I have provided you with the first proceedure of how to create a new OU and what to change but  I also recommend you not to do it because you have to apply all the 12 steps on each user document which will be a real though job.