Wednesday, 23 December 2009 00:00
Would you use a Ubuntu Server OS for your Domino Server? Wouldn´t it be very nice to have Lotus Domino supported on a free Linux platform like Ubuntu, with guaranteed updates, without the hazzle of subscription fees, accounts and so on?
If you say yes, then you are not alone ;-). Over the years I got in contact with many domino administrators who like to use Ubuntu Server as there Domino OS. But because of the reason that it isn´t supported nobody does it in a big range. Many from us know that Domino runs fine on Debian or Ubuntu Server for years. Its only a IBM support issue we are talking here about ;-).
So if you would need it what could be done?
- Create a SPR (Service Problem Request) via the IBM Support Website and ask them to add a "Feature Request" with the following content in it: "Please create a (or raise a existing) SPR for us which includes the following: Support for IBM Lotus Domino on Ubuntu Server"
- Contact your local IBM contact and ask him for Ubuntu server support for Lotus Domino.
- Ask the IBMers at Lotusphere.
- Make sure IBM notice that there are requests for that, and that customers want it.
Other Links:
IdeaJam: Support Lotus Domino on Ubuntu Server
Please note:
We are not talking about the Notes Client which is already supported on Ubuntu, we are talking about the Lotus Domino Server.
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Grab a backup of libstdc++.so.5 before upgrading to Karmic if you do run Domino on Ubuntu server
(oh and on a side note, if you run vmware server 2.0.x you also want to be carefull because the kernel modules don't built on the 2.6.30+ kernel, a patch for vmware-config.pl is available on the vmware forum)
