SNTT - iSeries to RHEL migration - Getting Domino Web Access to work

As I previously posted, moving Domino from one server platform to another is a relatively simple process: just install the same version of Domino then copy the entire Domino data directory from the old server to the new one. When you do this from an iSeries to RHEL you have to take into consideration that linux is case sensitive while the iSeries largely is not.

I ran into this after I moved my mail over and Domino Web Access wasn't working. After extensive troubleshooting I finally posted on Notes.Net and a helpful person there jogged my memory that led me down a path that yielded a resolution. A number of directories on the iSeries are in all upper case, but RHEL expects them to be lower case. Here's how I fixed it:

1. From the Domino console
   tell http quit
   
   
2. From the linux console (I was logged in as root but your notes user should work)
   cp -r /local/mail/domino/JAVA /local/mail/domino/java
   cp -r /local/mail/domino/TEMPLATES /local/mail/domino/templates
   cp -r /local/mail/domino/PLUGINS /local/mail/domino/plugins
   cp -r /local/mail/INOTES /local/mail/iNotes
   
   chown -R notes:notes /local/mail (not needed if you're logged in as notes)
   
   rm -rf /local/mail/domino/JAVA
   rm -rf /local/mail/domino/TEMPLATES
   rm -rf /local/mail/domino/PLUGINS
   rm -rf /local/mail/iNotes
   
   
3. From the Domino console
   load http
   

In step 2 above you could use the mv command instead. I prefer to do it in two steps, copying and testing that it worked, then doing the remove separately.

SNTT