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Upgrade Central: Planning your upgrade to Lotus SmartSuite 9.8, including 9.8.3 (Fixpack 3.0), Fixpack 3.1 (English version) and 9.8.4

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Abstract
Lotus software announced the availability of IBM Lotus SmartSuite 9.8 in December 2003. Also, Fixpack 3.1 (English version), Fixpack 3.0 (Other languages) for version 9.8 in October 2005, and Fixpack 4 in November 2006. This scheduled maintenance contains defect fixes and is available for purchase through the Passport Advantage program.
 
Content
IBM Lotus SmartSuite 9.8 is now available to address issues with IBM Lotus SmartSuite 9.7. The following document contains important resources to assist you with your upgrade to IBM Lotus SmartSuite 9.8 and Fixpack 3.1 and 3.0 for version 9.8.
To effectively plan your investment in Lotus SmartSuite without any breaks in support, please refer to the IBM Software Support Lifecycle page.

Table of contents

  1. Deciding to upgrade
  2. Obtaining the upgrade
  3. Installing the upgrade
  4. Available fixes and downloads
  5. Post-upgrade

Deciding to upgrade

Visit the product marketing pages for Lotus SmartSuite to review features, benefits and offering information, including:
Review articles and product information:
Review technical material:
Obtaining the upgrade


Passport Advantage subscribers have the following options:


New customers and customers with no maintenance agreement have these choices:
NOTE: Fixpacks for Lotus SmartSuite 9.8 are not available for purchase and are only available to maintenance subscribers. For more information, please visit the Passport Advantage Web site.

Installing the upgrade


The following information is available to assist with your installation:


Available fixes and downloads


The following fixes are available for customers using Lotus SmartSuite 9.8:

  • Fixpack 4 - Fix List (NOTE: Lotus SmartSuite 9.8 Fixpack4 is cumulative and includes all previous fixes. Fixpack 4 is only available for download for existing maintenance subscribers from the Passport Advantage Web site.)
  • Fixpack 3.1 and 3.0 - Fix List (NOTE: Lotus SmartSuite 9.8 Fixpack 3.1 and 3.0 is cumulative and includes all previous fixes. Fixpack 3.1 and 3.0 are now available for download for maintenance subscribers from the Passport Advantage Web site.)

    NOTE: Fixpack 3.1 and 3.0 contain the same fixes; however, Fixpack 3.1 contains the English only version of the fixes while Fixpack 3.0 contains the fixes for the other languages.
  • Available downloads - Free downloads are available for the SmartSuite product family including downloadable documentation (PDF files), Add-ons, development tools, utilities, downloadable trials and screencams all by individual product. (NOTE: This does not include fixpacks.)

Post-upgrade


The following resources are available for your assistance:

 
Related information
Fix list for SmartSuite for Windows 9.8 and fix packs
 
 
Product Alias/Synonym
Lotus SmartSuite
 
 
 

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Document information
 Product categories:
 Software
 Applications - Desktop & Enterprise
 Productivity & Office Suites
 Lotus SmartSuite
 Lotus SmartSuite for Windows
 Operating system(s):
  Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows XP
 Software version:
  9.8, 9.8.1, 9.8.2, 9.8.3, 9.8.4
 Reference #:
  1201973
 IBM Group:
 Software Group
 Modified date:
 2009-01-23

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