MAIL AND DIRECTORY MIGRATION

Setting registration defaults
When registering migrating users, you must specify several registration settings. Although some of these settings, such as mail file name or Internet address, are specific to an individual user, there are also a number of public settings, such as mail server or password quality scale, that can be applied to multiple users.

Rather than having to specify the same registration information for each new user, you can specify default settings for public registration information. After you set registration defaults, Domino Upgrade Services automatically apply these defaults to each user they add to the registration queue.

Pay particular attention to the default settings for registration server and mail server. If the computer on which you are running the Domino Administrator is not the Domino server, you must change the default setting of Local for these servers. Depending on your security needs, you may also want to apply a new default setting for the password quality scale required for the users you migrate.

You can create default registration settings using either of the following methods:


Setting Administrative preferences

Registration settings that you define through the administrative preferences are used as the defaults at the start of each registration session. You can override them by setting new defaults for a session, but they go into effect again the next time you start a new session.

For additional information about setting default registration preferences, see the topic Using default user settings when registering users.

Defining default settings through user registration

If you have already registered users, the public settings used in registering the last user become the defaults for the next user. You can also set registration defaults before you register any users from within the Register Person dialog box, using the following procedure:

1. From the Domino Administrator, click People -- Register, and enter the password for the certifier ID to open the Register Person dialog box.


2. Click the Advanced check box at the top of the dialog box to display all of the available selection panes.

3. Select each pane in turn, changing the registration settings on each pane to the desired default values. Leave the name information (First name, Middle name, and Last name fields) on the Basics pane blank.

4. Click "Migrate people" to open the "People and Groups Migration" dialog box and begin migrating users.