Front cover -- Special notices -- IBM trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this edition of the Redbook -- The team that wrote the first edition of this redbook -- Special notice -- Comments welcome -- Summary of changes -- Second Edition, April 2002 -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Conclusions and references -- Chapter 2. Overview of Lotus Domino for iSeries -- 2.1 Why use Domino for iSeries -- 2.1.1 Scalability -- 2.1.2 Reliability and availability -- 2.1.3 Integration -- 2.1.4 Proven security -- 2.2 Planning a Domino for iSeries server -- 2.2.1 Developing a Notes naming structure -- 2.2.2 Choosing the right replication topology -- 2.2.3 How security relates -- 2.2.4 What remains -- 2.3 The value of sizing, performance analysis, and tuning -- 2.3.1 Audience -- 2.4 Domino architecture -- 2.4.1 Layer 0: The kernel -- 2.4.2 Layer 1: Kernel extensions -- 2.4.3 Layer 2: System and core applications -- 2.4.4 Layer 3: Layered end-user applications -- 2.5 Tools available -- 2.5.1 Collection Services -- 2.5.2 Performance Management/400 -- 2.5.3 Performance Tools (5722-PT1) -- 2.5.4 iSeries Performance Explorer (PEX) -- 2.5.5 Management Central -- 2.5.6 BEST/1 -- 2.5.7 Server.Load -- 2.5.8 Performance Navigator -- 2.5.9 NotesBench -- 2.5.10 GroupSizr -- 2.5.11 WEBSizr -- 2.5.12 LoadRunner -- 2.5.13 Tivoli Manager for Domino -- 2.5.14 Tivoli Application Response Measurement (ARM) -- 2.6 NSD for OS/400 (Dump utility) -- 2.6.1 Activating the NSD tool -- Chapter 3. Sizing Domino for iSeries using the Workload Estimator -- 3.1 Introduction to Workload Estimator -- 3.2 Benchmarks to determine the load of specific workloads -- 3.3 Workload Estimator terms -- 3.3.1 Workload -- 3.3.2 Instance -- 3.4 Domino sizing concepts in the Workload Estimator -- 3.4.1 Concurrent users -- 3.4.2 Number of partitions -- 3.4.3 Clustering -- 3.5 Domino mail concepts.

3.5.1 Mail access types -- 3.6 Domino application concepts in Workload Estimator -- 3.6.1 Example application comparisons -- 3.6.2 Database capacity -- 3.7 Characterizing existing applications -- 3.8 Additional options for more accurate estimation -- 3.9 Using IBM Workload Estimator for iSeries results -- 3.10 Additional tips and insights -- 3.11 Consolidating Domino servers from other platforms -- 3.11.1 Capabilities of various iSeries and AS/400 models -- 3.12 Additional resources -- Chapter 4. Basic concepts of performance analysis -- 4.1 Defining a Domino for iSeries performance methodology -- 4.1.1 Relationship between Domino and the iSeries server -- 4.2 Understanding Domino on the iSeries server -- 4.2.1 Transactions in Domino -- 4.2.2 Domino base functions -- 4.2.3 Domino advanced functions -- 4.3 Domino tasks on the iSeries server -- 4.4 Application development performance -- 4.5 Lotus Domino overall performance on the iSeries server -- 4.6 The Queuing Multiplier (QM) curve -- 4.7 Dividing the CPU utilization -- 4.8 A brief discussion of threads -- 4.8.1 Threads on the iSeries server -- 4.8.2 Other Domino task that use threads -- 4.9 A brief discussion on run attributes -- 4.9.1 Run priority -- 4.9.2 How a change in run priority affects a job -- 4.9.3 Job priority considerations -- 4.9.4 Time slice parameter and tuning -- 4.9.5 How the system manages job and run priorities -- 4.10 Reviewing iSeries performance using CL commands -- 4.10.1 Work with System Status (WRKSYSSTS) command -- 4.10.2 Information about thread state transitions -- 4.10.3 Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) command -- 4.10.4 Work with System Activity (WRKSYSACT) command -- 4.10.5 Work with Disk Status (WRKDSKSTS) command -- 4.10.6 Observing network performance -- 4.10.7 Work with System Values (WRKSYSVAL) command -- 4.10.8 Display System Log (DSPLOG) command.

4.10.9 Start System Service Tools (STRSST) command -- 4.11 Collecting performance data -- 4.11.1 Starting Collection Services -- 4.11.2 Using Work with System Activity (WRKSYSACT) with an output file -- 4.12 Management Central performance monitor -- 4.12.1 Monitoring real-time system performance -- 4.12.2 Viewing graph history of monitor data -- 4.12.3 Exporting Graph History to PC files for analysis and printing -- 4.12.4 Combining Management Central's CPU Utilization metrics -- 4.12.5 Job monitoring -- 4.13 Reviewing data using Performance Tools/400 -- 4.13.1 Print System Report (PRTSYSRPT) command -- 4.13.2 Print Component Report (PRTCPTRPT) command -- 4.13.3 Print Transaction Report (PRTTNSRPT) command -- 4.13.4 Print Activity Report (PRTACTRPT) command -- 4.13.5 Convert Performance Thread Data (CVTPFRTHD) command -- 4.14 Performance Explorer (PEX) -- 4.14.1 Add PEX Definition (ADDPEXDFN) command -- 4.14.2 Start PEX Session (STRPEX) command -- 4.14.3 End PEX Session (ENDPEX) command -- 4.14.4 Print PEX Report (PRTPEXRPT) command -- 4.14.5 Performance Explorer trace points for Domino -- 4.14.6 TPROF PEX trace -- Chapter 5. Domino logs and statistics -- 5.1 The commands -- 5.1.1 The show tasks command -- 5.1.2 Understanding the Domino statistics -- 5.1.3 Show Domino open database statistics (sh DBS) -- 5.1.4 Platform-dependent statistics -- 5.1.5 Show Domino Transactions -- 5.2 The reports -- 5.2.1 The Log database (log.nsf) -- 5.2.2 The Statistics and Reporting database (statrep.nsf) -- 5.3 Combining performance data from Domino and iSeries -- 5.4 Monitoring the Notes Remote Procedure Calls (NRPC) -- 5.4.1 Using a network sniffer -- 5.4.2 Lotus Client NRPC Monitoring Tool Client_Clock -- Chapter 6. Tuning the iSeries server for Lotus Domino -- 6.1 Tuning the iSeries server -- 6.2 Automatic performance adjustment (QPFRADJ).

6.2.1 The interactive iSeries tuning chart -- 6.2.2 Summary -- 6.3 Determining Domino workload -- 6.4 Choosing which memory pool to use -- 6.4.1 Using expert cache -- 6.4.2 Activity levels of memory pools -- 6.4.3 Faulting rates -- 6.5 Choosing which processor priority to use -- 6.5.1 Changing the run priority of Domino tasks -- 6.6 DASD: System ASP, user ASPs, and independent ASPs -- 6.7 Unleashing iSeries work management on Domino servers -- 6.7.1 Configuring a Domino server -- 6.7.2 Starting a Domino server -- 6.7.3 Working with Domino jobs -- 6.8 Online backup with BRMS -- 6.9 Network tuning -- 6.9.1 Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size -- 6.9.2 TCP/IP buffer size -- 6.9.3 Port filtering -- 6.9.4 Duplex -- 6.9.5 TCPONLY for Ethernet -- Chapter 7. Tuning Lotus Domino for better performance on iSeries -- 7.1 Basics of Domino tuning -- 7.2 Relating Domino tasks to iSeries jobs -- 7.3 Domino parameters that affect performance -- 7.4 Domino Database indexing: Controlling the UPDATE task -- 7.4.1 Components of the Domino database indexer -- 7.4.2 UPDATE task CPU utilization in a normal environment -- 7.4.3 The UPDATE task and CPU utilization in a problem environment -- 7.4.4 Affecting the UPDATE task behavior through the view properties -- 7.4.5 Detecting UPDATE task problems -- 7.4.6 Making the changes -- 7.4.7 Conclusions -- 7.5 TCP/IP between Domino servers on the same iSeries -- 7.6 GTR search engine version 3.4 -- 7.7 Using the Extended Directory Catalog -- 7.7.1 Comparing EDC to a standard directory catalog (DirCat) -- 7.7.2 Using Extended Directory Catalog to improve performance -- 7.8 Investigating mail backlogs and performance issues -- 7.9 Domino console logging -- 7.10 Number of users per Domino server -- 7.11 Using a separate partition for the R5 SMTP MTA server -- 7.12 Excessive translations on iSeries and zSeries.

7.12.1 Opening up any suspect job using the new Domino panel group -- 7.13 Optimizing mail: White space, compact, and quotas -- 7.13.1 Mail file size -- 7.14 Domino memory management -- 7.14.1 NSF_Buffer_Pool_Size or Nsf_Buffer_Pool_Size_mb -- 7.14.2 How queues relate to the NSF_Buffer_Pool_Size -- 7.15 Controlling the details of Domino logging -- 7.16 iSeries environment variable settings -- 7.17 Domino for iSeries specific notes.ini parameters -- 7.18 CORBA and Java servlets -- Chapter 8. Understanding the Domino server jobs -- 8.1 Domino server jobs -- 8.2 Domino server jobs (always necessary) -- 8.2.1 ADMINP: Administration process -- 8.2.2 AMGR: Agent manager -- 8.2.3 QNNINSTS: The 'Watchdog' -- 8.2.4 ROUTER: The mail router -- 8.2.5 SERVER: The main server -- 8.2.6 STATLOG: Database activity logger -- 8.2.7 UPDATE: The Indexer task -- 8.3 Domino server jobs (often used) -- 8.3.1 CLADMIN: Cluster administration process -- 8.3.2 CLDBDIR: Cluster Database Directory Manager -- 8.3.3 CLREPL: Cluster Replicator -- 8.3.4 COLLECT: Statistics collector -- 8.3.5 EVENT -- 8.3.6 HTTP: The Web server -- 8.3.7 LOGASIO: Log asynchronous I/O process -- 8.3.8 REPLICA: The replication task -- 8.3.9 SCHED: Schedule Manager -- 8.3.10 SMTP: Internet Mail Router -- 8.4 Domino server jobs (very likely not used) -- 8.4.1 BILLING -- 8.4.2 CALCONN: Calendar connector -- 8.4.3 QNNINADD: Directory synchronization add-in task -- 8.4.4 REPORT: Statistic reporter -- 8.4.5 STATS: Statistics on demand via e-mail -- 8.5 Domino server database housekeeping jobs -- 8.5.1 COMPACT -- 8.5.2 UPDALL -- 8.5.3 Fixup -- 8.6 Series SMTP: AnyMail/400 Mail Server Framework (MSF) -- 8.7 Domino server QNNxxxx programs and QSYSWRK -- Chapter 9. Integration with DB2 performance tips and techniques -- 9.1 Choosing a storage container -- 9.1.1 Domino as a storage container.

9.1.2 DB2 UDB as a data storage container.