SnTT - Domino Server Naming Conventions06/25/2008 11:38:51 PMLocation : Cleveland, OH
Wow, two SnTT posts in one week!
A question was posed to me concerning the naming of a new, additional Domino server. This particular server would begin its name with a numeric instead of an alpha. All of the servers that I have named, have always began with an alpha; example: Server01/Acme. This server would be named something like 01Server/Acme. Is that naming convention supported by IBM?
Well, through my own search of TechNotes, I found the following guides on naming conventions:
Notes/Domino naming conventions and standards
Recommended naming conventions for server names or domain names
The latter link has this passage (emphasis, mine):
Consider that replication and mail routing tasks are usually performed based on numerical then alphabetical order. For example,when the router faces multiple choices for a routing path, Domino routes mail to the server 01Finance, then the server Accounting, then the server Research.
I would take that as solid confirmation that a numeric is acceptable, even though it is fairly plain after reading both TechNotes. But this also points out something that you may encounter: If there is an issue, Domino will route mail and replicate to the first server in its list of servers, starting with numerics. Further, Jean-Yves noted that the Catalog will also default to the first server in the list, if there is any question. I am sure that there will be other tasks that will use the same sorting.
Finally, Phigment recommended that I confirm that leading numerics would be acceptable to DNS (they are). That was an excellent observation.
Link: Notes/Domino naming conventions and standards
Link: Recommended naming conventions for server names or domain names
Link: developerWorks:Lotus R4/R5 Forum: RE: Doclink issues between R4 and R5
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