Learn About IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Managing Servers and Users

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These questions are based on 849: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Managing Servers and Users
A Self Test Software Practice Test

Objective: Install and configure.
Sub-objective: Configure Automatic Diagnostic Collection for clients.

Multiple answer, multiple-choice

Which two statements are true when you configure the Automatic Diagnostic Collection task on Lotus Domino clients? (Each correct answer presents part of the question. Choose two.)

A.    You can enable a user to be prompted to provide comments.
B.    You can enable a user to change the maximum size of diagnostic messages.
C.    You can enable a user to be prompted to send the diagnostic report to the mail-in database.
D.    You can enable a user to change the maximum size of Notes System Diagnostics (NSD) output to attach.
E.    You can enable a user to change the maximum amount of the console output file to attach.

Answer:
A.    You can enable a user to be prompted to provide comments.
C.    You can enable a user to be prompted to send the diagnostic report to the mail-in database.

Tutorial:
You can enable a user to be prompted to provide comments and enable a user to be prompted to send the diagnostic report to the mail-in database. While setting up automatic diagnostic collection on Lotus Domino clients, you can use the Diagnostics tab to set these options:

•    Prompt user to send comments: Select Yes to prompt the user to provide feedback or comments along with diagnostic report. Select No to prevent users from providing feedback.
•    Prompt user to send diagnostic report: To allow users to decide whether they want to send a diagnostic report to the mail-in database or not, you should select Yes. Select No to send the diagnostic report automatically.

You cannot enable a user to change the maximum size of diagnostic messages. You can set up the maximum size of diagnostic messages only when setting up automatic diagnostic collection.

You cannot enable a user to change the maximum size of NSD output to attach. You can change the maximum size of NSD output to attach only when setting up automatic diagnostic collection.

You cannot enable a user to change the maximum amount of console output file. You can change the maximum amount of console output file only when setting up automatic diagnostic collection.

Reference:
IBM.com > Domino 8.0 Administrator Help > Monitoring > Managing servers > Collecting diagnostic information after a server or client crash > Setting up automatic diagnostic data collection on the server

Objective: Mail.
Sub-objective: Configure inbox maintenance.

Multiple answer, multiple-choice

You want to configure inbox maintenance to ensure all mail older than 30 days is automatically deleted from users’ inboxes. Which two actions could you perform to configure the Remove documents older than [X] days from Inbox option? (Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.)

A.    Select the Allow users to change mail file ownership option in the mail policy settings document.
B.    Select the Maintain inboxes for only these selected users on this home server option in the Server document.
C.    Select the Enable mail Inbox maintenance option in the mail policy settings document.
D.    Select the Maintain inboxes based on policies option in the Server document.

Answer:
B.    Select the Maintain inboxes for only these selected users on this home server option in the Server document.
C.    Select the Enable mail Inbox maintenance option in the mail policy settings document.

Tutorial:
You could either select the Maintain inboxes for only these selected users on this home server option in the Server document or select the Enable mail Inbox maintenance option in the mail policy settings document. You can configure inbox maintenance options by using Server documents and mail policy settings documents.

When you select the Enable mail Inbox maintenance option in a mail policy settings document, the following inbox maintenance options become available in the mail policy settings document:

•    Remove documents older than [X] days from Inbox: When you specify a number for this field, messages older than the specified number of days are automatically deleted from users’ inboxes.
•    Maximum number of documents to remove per cleanup: This setting specifies the maximum number of messages that should be removed per cleanup.
•    Do not remove unread documents from Inbox: Enabling this setting ensures unread messages are not deleted from inboxes.

Configuring inbox maintenance options in the Server document allows you to maintain inboxes for selected users on the home server. To do this, you should select the Maintain inboxes for only these selected users on this home server option on the Server Tasks - Administration Process tab in the Server document. When you select the Maintain inboxes for only these selected users on this home server option, the following option becomes available:

•    Selected users: This option allows you to select users for which inbox maintenance will be performed.

You should not select the Maintain inboxes based on policies option in the Server document. Enabling the Maintain inboxes based on policies option allows you to maintain inboxes by using the mail policy settings document. It does not enable the Remove documents older than [X] days from Inbox option.

You should not select the Allow users to change mail file ownership option in the mail policy settings document. Selecting this option enables users to modify the ownership of mail files. It does not enable the Remove documents older than [X] days from Inbox option.

References:
IBM.com > Domino 8.0 Administrator Help > User and Server Configuration > Managing users > Using Inbox maintenance to manage mail file size

IBM.com > Domino 8.0 Administrator Help > User and Server Configuration > Policies > Creating policies > Creating a mail policy settings document

Objective: Manage and maintain.
Sub-objective: Configure policies/desktop locking.

Single answer, multiple-choice

You are configuring the How to Apply this Setting option. If you set it to Don’t set value, what would be the impact?

A.    Both a user and an administrator could change the value, but the user’s value would be saved.
B.    Only a user could change the value in this field; an administrator could not.
C.    Both a user and an administrator could change the value, but the administrator’s value would be saved.
D.    Only an administrator could specify a value in this field; a user could not.

Answer:
B. Only a user could change the value in this field; an administrator could not.

Tutorial:
Only a user could change the value in this field; an administrator could not. When you set the How to Apply this Setting option to Don’t set value, the user will be able to modify the value in the field. The value specified by the user will be saved as the final value.

The option stating that a user and an administrator could change the value, but the user’s value is would be saved is incorrect. This would be true if you set the How to Apply this Setting option to Set initial value. This setting allows an administrator to define a value to the field. If the end user changes the value in the field, the user’s value is saved.