A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)

If you are a Domino Administrator in any size company you already have a range of skills that make you an expert administrator across many platforms and technologies.
In this session Gab explains how to apply those skills and that knowledge to take your career wherever you want to go.

1. GABRIELLA DAVIS - ENGAGE UG
AD05. Where Do You Go From Here ?
A DOMINO ADMIN’S ADVENTURES

2. LET’S GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY

3. BEING A DOMINO ADMIN I WORK WITH A LOT OF TECHNOLOGIES
SO DO YOU

4. DOMINO CAREERS
The skills you have that many admins don’t
How to move your career forwards using what you already know
Choosing where to focus
Think about the skills you use every day and how they can be utilised
OR HOW TO EARN MORE BY BARELY TRYING

5. HORIZONTAL
EXPAND YOUR CAREER TO ENCOMPASS NEW TECHNOLOGIES

6. TECHNOLOGY SKILLS - ANY MAIL SYSTEM

7. -passing mail between servers
-MX routing
-DNS importance and behaviour
-cluster and failover routing
-the relationship between threads, resources and network performance
-the difference between delivery and transfer threads
-how threads handle load and take resources
-TLS / SMTP routing inbound and outbound
-securing ports
-working with certificates
-firewall rules
MAIL ROUTING

8. -Proprietary mail formats
-MIME behaviour and how it can be controlled by server settings
MAIL FORMATS

9. -Inbox sizes, mailbox sizes, archiving, multiple folders
-Searching
-Online vs offline this morning f
MAILBOX BEHAVIOUR

10. -Understanding how directories are used by servers
-lookup vs trusted
-LDAP configuration, behaviour and searches
-User identities and security
-Multiple directories consolidated together
DIRECTORIES

11. TECHNOLOGY SKILLS - ENTERPRISE DATABASES

12. -Domino gives you an understanding of both no SQL and SQL structure
-Traveler uses SQL structure as does Connections
-no SQL (Domino, MongoDB etc) documents, views, unstructured and flexible
-SQL records, structured, defining records and tables
-data storage of different data types and management of rich text
DATABASE STRUCTURE

13. -database sizing and impact on performance
-database maintenance and defragmentation
-search indexes and SQL queries
-table rebuilds
-backups
DATABASE MAINTENANCE

14. -Database synchronisation
-which sync options are available for the technology
-what needs to be synced
-scheduling for synchronisation
-impact of user activity on sychronisation
REPLICATION

15. -Servers instances
-Server versions and upgrades
-Admin roles and access
-Location or isolation of servers
-Network topology
DESIGN & DEPLOYMENT

16. -What monitoring is available
-Daily, Weekly , Monthly maintenance tasks
-QoS metrics
-Monitoring plan and review
MONITORING

17. TECHNOLOGY SKILLS - SECURITY

18. -Database security levels, what is needed
-The impact of multiple security assignments
-Priority of different identities (group vs user)
GRANULAR SECURITY FOR DATABASES

19. -Document level security
-Field level security
-Field visibility based on document status (hide / when)
-Encryption - the use of secret keys
USER AND DOCUMENT SECURITY

20. -Understanding the concept of encryption and how keys work
-database encryption and secret keys
-How encrypting data impacts user access as well as server activity
-DAOS NLOs
-Server to server replication
-Creating and managing encryption keys
-generating key requests, applying keys
-Encrypting entire databases vs documents vs fields
-Encryption and backups
-backing up and restoring encrypted data
-virus scanning of encrypted data
DATA ENCRYPTION

21. -Access Levels and what they can do
-Administration vs Edit vs Author vs Depositor
-Designing user access by understanding what is needed and what is available
-Access through different clients
-Identifying who is accessing a database or trying to access
-Locking out accounts
USER ACCESS

22. TECHNOLOGY SKILLS - MOBILE DEVICES

23. -Phone and Tablet app deployment
-Mobile security settings
-managed via Traveler device settings
-Mobile Device Management tools
-understanding how to push applications
-Risks and limitations of deploying applications to personal devices
DEPLOYING MOBILE APPLICATIONS

24. -Device settings and options
-Understanding iOS and iPadOS native mail and calendar applications
-Configuring VPN connections
-Operating system updates
USER SUPPORT ON MOBILE DEVICES

25. -What are available
-Deciding what features are needed
-Choosing an MDM solution
-Installing, configuring , managing, supporting an MDM
MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT TOOLS

26. -Scaling resources
-understanding server requirements
-what services will the server need
-what else runs on that server
-how is disk attached and monitored
-setting performance alerts at an OS level
OS RESOURCES

27. -How to do a database search
-using operators, constructing queries
-How to search the operating system for files
-searching by modified date and by size
-Finding large temporary files on the file system via the OS
FINDING FILES / MANAGING DISK SPACE

28. -Evaluating the impact of an OS patch
-Preparing for a patch
-having a plan and a rollback
-Will an operation system upgrade be supported by all applications on the server?
-will there be any other dependencies that will be needed or lost
UPGRADING AND PATCHING OS

29. -Working with and understanding containers
-Working with container management
-Working with container orchestration
CONTAINER DEPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT

30. VERTICAL
MOVING UP INTO LEADERSHIP OR MANAGEMENT ROLES

31. MANAGEMENT SKILLS

32. -Reviewing upgrades
-The impact of backup and virus scanning software
-Being aware of upcoming technology, how it might benefit
-Beta testing
PLANNING

33. -Working with larger operational teams
-Training helpdesk
-Reporting to departments and management
-Prioritising needs and issues
-Communicating to users
TEAM LEAD

34. -When should a deployment happen
-Planning for minimal user and system impact
-Deployment plans with rollback criteria
-Presenting plans to non tech teams
-Planned staged rollouts
-Minimising downtime and loss of service
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

35. CHECKLIST APPENDICES

41. QUESTIONS?
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