Data Needed during Installation

During the installation of an Advanced Server/9000, you will be prompted to enter specific data items. You should consider the entries you will make in response to these prompts before you begin installing or upgrading. This section describes the information that you should know before you install the Advanced Server/9000 or upgrade from LAN Manager.

Server Name

The server name can be up to 15 characters long and can contain any combination of the following characters:

a - z; A - Z; 0 - 9; ~ ! # $ % ^ & _ ( ) . -




	NOTE: The server name cannot be the same as another Advanced Server/9000, LAN Manager, or Windows NT Server.

During the installation procedure, you can name the Advanced Server/9000 by using any of the following three methods.

You can use the default name provided by the server (servername). The default name is the uname of the HP-UX system name-for example, abc.
You can enter a unique name with or without an appended extension.
You can enter the uname of the server, where uname is the HP-UX system name for the computer. If you are using DNS to resolve names on your network, this method is recommended. No listenname entry will be placed in the lanman.ini file.

If you use either of methods 1 or 2 (above), the server will place an entry in the lanman.ini file as follows:

[server]
listenname=servername

By setting a listenname parameter, the Advanced Server/9000 uses its own listener capability.




	NOTE: After you have named the server, do not edit the `listenname` parameter in the lanman.ini file to change the server name. Use the joindomain command to change the server name. For information about the joindomain command, see the Advanced Server/9000 Administrator's Guide.

Server Role

Every server that you install must be given one of the following two roles in the domain:

Primary domain controller—Distributes user account information to backup domain controllers and validates network logon requests. There can be only one primary domain controller per domain.
Backup domain controller—Receives user account information from the primary domain controller and validates network logon requests. Can be promoted to primary if the primary domain controller is not accessible.

Domain Name

The domain name can be up to 15 characters long and can contain any combination of the following characters:

a - z; A - Z; 0 - 9; ~ ! # $ % ^ & _ ( ) . -

During installation, the system gives the administrator a default name for the domain, which is the HP-UX system name appended with the _dom extension--for example, abc_dom. The administrator can accept the default domain name or enter another unique name for the domain.

Administrative Account Password

During installation, the system creates an administrative account called Administrator to which you should assign a password. Though this is not required, it is strongly recommended. It can be up to 14 characters long. The default password is password.

After the server installation is complete, it is recommended that the administrator create another administrative account and password to use for normal administrative tasks on primary and backup domain controllers.

Data Needed during Installation

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Server Name

Server Role

Domain Name

Administrative Account Password