Netscape Calendar Server Administrator's Guide
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Netscape Calendar Server 3.5 Administrator's Guide


This guide explains how to install and configure the Netscape Calendar Server. After configuring your server, use this guide to help maintain your server.
(December 1997)

Contents

Introduction

Conventions used in this book
System Requirements

Deployment and Installation

Deployment
Number of users
Logical divisions of users
Grouping users to create nodes
Product administration
Pre-installation checklist
Configuration of search parameters
Installation

Server Administration

Calendar Server Manager
Starting and stopping Calendar Server
Calendar Server status
Viewing current user activity
Other administrative tasks

Setting Up Nodes

Creating a node
Deleting a node

Managing Users and Groups

Creating Calendar users
Creating Calendar users
Creating Calendar users one by one
Creating several Calendar users
Adding users to a node
Managing Calendar users
Managing user defaults
Parameters for user profile
Assigning administration rights
Managing groups

Managing Resources

Creating Calendar resources
Creating a new resource
Adding resources to a node
Managing Calendar resources
Managing resource defaults
Parameters for resource profile:
Assigning designates

Managing a Node Network

Connecting nodes
Syntax
Connections and Rules
Adding (including) a node to the network
Deleting (excluding) a node from the network
Increasing or decreasing the number of connections between nodes
Moving a node
Migration from a non-LDAP node
Coexistence of LDAP and non-LDAP nodes
Caveat: LDIF differences UNIX and NT

Server Configuration

Calendar daemons / services
Calendar Lock Manager
Calendar Engine
Calendar Synchronous Network Connection
Configuration
Calendar Corporate-Wide Services
Processing
Configuration
Calendar Directory Access Server
Calendar architecture
Server configuration
Configuration parameters
Controlling client behavior
Case sensitivity of passwords
Password aging
Minimum refresh rate for client updates
Minimum length of search string
Maximum size of returned set for a search
Enable or disable mail notification
Limit mail distribution
Recurring meeting maximum repetition rate
Maximum reminder lead time
Enable or disable attachments
Attachment size limit
Open window maximum
Group view maximum
Resource double-booking option
Allow resources in remote node to appear as local
Allow user to define personal time zone
Allow (user) to update personal attributes
Controlling client connections to server
Maximum number of logged-on users
Number of concurrent sessions by a given user
Number of concurrent sessions from a specific client
Retry interval for connections to server
Retry limit for connections to server
Controlling server behavior
Automatic start of CWS
Automatic start of SNC
Automatic start of DAS
Enable daemon synchronization during start/stop
Configuration parameters for UNIX mail
Set directory service
Statistics logging: user connections
Statistics logging: user sessions
Statistics logging: verbose switch
Statistics logging: unidasd
Additional parameters

Node Maintenance

Maintenance procedures
Daily monitoring procedures
Daily maintenance procedures
Monthly maintenance procedures
Other maintenance procedures
Backup procedures
Shutdowns

Monitoring Procedures

Viewing log files
Interpreting log files

Disk Space and Memory

Database disk space requirements
Run-time requirements

Sizing Guidelines

Determine Memory and Disk Requirements

System Specific Parameters

Kernel parameters and the Calendar Server
Adjusting System Parameters
Adjusting the HP-UX Kernel Parameters
Adjusting the SunOS Kernel Parameters
Adjusting the AIX Kernel Parameters
Adjusting the IRIX Kernel Parameters
Additional Reading

Security Considerations

Time Zone Table

Calendar Schema

Attribute definitions
Netscape Calendar schema

Calendar Scripts

CTDB2LDIF (8)
CTXDIRDIFF (8)
CTXDIRSYNCH (8)
SLICE (8)
SNAPSHOT (8)
UNIADMRIGHTS (8)
UNIARCH (8)
UNICHECK (8)
UNICLEAN (8)
UNICLR_IPC (8)
UNICPINR (8)
UNICPINU (8)
UNICPOUTR (8)
UNICPOUTU (8)
UNICPR (4)
UNICPU (4)
UNIDBEDIT (8)
UNIDBFIX (8)
UNIDBMKEYS (8)
UNIDSATTACH (8)
UNIGRPLS (8)
UNILOGONS (8)
UNIMMIMP (8)
UNINODE (8)
UNIPASSWD (8)
UNIREQDUMP (8)
UNIRES (8)
UNIRMOLD (8)
UNISIZEOF (8)
UNISNADD (8)
UNISTART (8)
UNISTAT (8)
UNISTATS (8)
UNISTATUS (8)
UNISTOP (8)
UNITZINFO (8)
UNIUSER (8)
UNIVERSION (8)
UNIWHATOS (8)
UNIWHO (8)

UTF-8

Introduction
Configuration
Character set identification process

Calendar Server Error Codes

Glossary

Index

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