USER AND SERVER CONFIGURATION

Coordinating Notes Direct Dialup connections between servers
To enable two servers to perform scheduled tasks when one or both of them uses a dialup connection to access the network, you can create an AutoDialer connection to automatically coordinate the dialup schedule with the task time. In most cases you use an AutoDialer connection to schedule tasks over Internet dialup connections, but an AutoDialer connection can also enable a remote Domino server to dial directly into another Domino server, or into a passthru server.

The process for creating an AutoDialer connection for use with a Notes Direct Dialup connection is similar to the one used to create an AutoDialer connection for a Network Dialup connection. For replication tasks, set up the more powerful server to be the source server, and the less powerful server, generally the server with the dialup connection, to be the destination server.

If the dialing server connects into a passthru server rather than connecting directly to the replication server, all communications between the dialing server and the replication server occur through the passthru server. The replication server cannot locate the dialing server on the network except with the help of the passthru server and so requires a Passthru connection document to provide this information. In addition, you must also configure the dialing server, as well as the replication server, as passthru destinations.

To set up an AutoDialer connection for use with Notes Direct Dialup connections

1. Create a Notes Direct Dialup connection document that defines how the dialing, or destination, server connects to the Domino server initiating replication (the source server).


2. On the Replication/Routing tab of the Connection document you created in Step 1, complete the following fields in the AutoDialer section:
FieldDescription
AutoDialer TaskSelect Enabled
AutoDialer connection nameSpecifies a name for this AutoDialer connection. Enter any unique name, for example, AutoDialReplication. It's best to use a name that's short and descriptive.

The name you enter in this field must also appear in the AutoDialer connection name field in the Connection document that provides the schedule for this task (see Step 5).

Connect remote server to networkSpecifies how many minutes before a scheduled action that this server will dial up to connect to the Internet. To ensure availability, specify a time value that enables the server to be online several minutes before the start of the scheduled action.
3. Click Save & Close.

4. Create a Passthru connection document describing how the replication server connects to the destination server.

5. Enter the following information in the Passthru connection document you created in Step 4:
TabFieldDescription
Replication/RoutingUse AutoDialer to connect remote server to networkSelect Enabled.
AutoDialer connection nameThe AutoDialer connection name specified in the Notes Direct Dialup Connection document in Step 2, for example, AutoDialReplication.
ScheduleScheduleSelect Enabled
Connect at timesSpecify the time to replicate with or route mail to the answering server. Enter a specific time only, for example, 10:00 AM, not a time range.
Repeat intervalLeave this field blank. Domino does not support repeat intervals for AutoDialer connections.
Days of weekSpecify the days when the calling server attempts to make this connection.
6. Click Save & Close.

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