Domino Server Directory Structure for Lotus Notes 5.x and 6.x

When you run the Notes Gateway, it accesses some standard Lotus Notes 5.x or 6.x files. It also creates and updates some files in the Notes system.

Folder icon lotus

Line SpacerLotus Notes root directory

Folder icon domino
Page icon notes.ini file

Line SpacerDirectory for Domino server files
Line SpacerDomino server initialization file

Folder icon data
Page icon names.nsf
Page icon wpnames.nsf
Page icon notesgateway.nsf

Line SpacerData directory for the Domino server
Line SpacerNotes public Address Book
Line SpacerNotes version of the GroupWise® Address Book
Line SpacerNotes mail file (mailbox) for the Notes Gateway foreign domain

If you are using Lotus Notes 4.x, see Notes Server Directory Structure for Lotus Notes 4.x.


lotus directory

The lotus directory on the Domino server is the root directory for a Lotus Notes 5.x or 6.x system.


domino directory

The domino directory contains subdirectories and files pertaining to the Domino server. Lotus Notes 5.x and 6.x include the Domino server. Lotus Notes 4.x does not.


notes.ini file

The notes.ini file is the Domino server initialization file used by Lotus Notes 5.x and 6.x. You must manually update the notes.ini file to add the Notes version of the GroupWise Address Book to the Notes system, as described in Adding the GroupWise Address Book to Notes.


data directory

The data subdirectory contains files used by the Domino server.


names.nsf file

The names.nsf file is the Notes public Address Book.


wpnames.nsf file

The wpnames.nsf file is the Notes version of the GroupWise Address Book that is accessed by Notes users when sending messages to GroupWise users.


notesgateway.nsf file

The notesgateway.nsf mail file is the Notes mailbox that belongs to the Notes Gateway foreign domain. It is used for communication between the Notes system and the GroupWise system. See Defining the GroupWise System As a Notes Foreign Domain.