After downloading a Notes® install
kit, make the kit available to users by creating a kit document in
the Smart Upgrade application and then either attaching the kit to
the kit document or storing the kit in a directory on a shared network
drive that users can access.
About this task
Specify the location of the Notes install kit in the Smart Upgrade kit
document when setting up Smart Upgrade for users.
Obtain upgrade
kits from IBM® developerWorks® downloads. See the
link in the related information.
Procedure
- In the Domino® Administrator
client, open the Smart Upgrade application.
- Click New Kit to create a kit document.
- On the Basics tab, complete the
following fields:
Table 1. New Smart Upgrade kit
fields and actions Field
|
Action
|
Kit description
|
Enter a brief description of the kit. After
completing this document, this kit description is used to identify
the Smart Upgrade kit document.
|
Enable this kit for use
|
Select the Enabled check
box to make the kit available to authorized users.
|
Configuration
|
- Notes Standard
- Notes Basic
|
Source versions
|
Enter the current installed Notes release.
Note: To find the release
number, click in the Notes client.
|
Operating system
|
Enter or select the operating system for which
the kit is intended.
|
Localization
|
Enter or select the language of the Notes client.
|
Install Type
|
- Notes-only -- Smart Upgrade will install the Notes-only client
kit. The Notes-only kit is for a multi-user install.
- All client (Notes client, Domino Administrator client, Domino Designer client) -- Smart
Upgrade will install the All Client kit. This is not available for Linux or Mac OS platforms. The Notes All client kit is for a
single user install.
|
Destination version
|
Enter the release number of the upgrade kit.
If
you are using policies, the value of this field must match the value
in the Deploy Versions field of the desktop policy settings document.
|
Restart Notes after
update
|
Click the Restart check box to restart the
user's Notes client when the
upgrade is complete.
|
Location
|
Specify the location of the upgrade kit:
- Attached to this note -- Choose this option and then, in the Attach
upgrade kit here field, attach the upgrade kit or full
installation kit.
- On a shared network drive -- Choose this option and then, in the Full
path to upgrade kit field, enter the file path to the
file SETUP.EXE. When you use the shared network
drive option, decompress the file, then copy all files in the installation
kit to the directory specified. Follow this convention: \\networkfileservername\shareddirectoryname\setup.exe
- Shared network drive and attached kit with failover -- Choose
this option and then select the file to attach that contains the Smart
Upgrade kit and enter the full file path name to the file, SETUP.EXE.
The Shared network drive and attached kit with failover option
provides both fields of information to users. The Smart Upgrade process
checks whether a Full Path Kit is available.
If the Full Path Kit is available, it is used; if it is not available,
the attachment kit is used.
|
Attach Upgrade kits here
|
Attach the upgrade kit. Attach the .EXE file
that you downloaded to the document without decompressing the file.
|
Optional arguments for shared network drive
kit
|
Enter optional arguments if you are specifying
a shared network kit.
|
Message text
|
Enter the message that will appear when the NotesSmart Upgrade prompts users
to upgrade their Notes clients.
|
Optional arguments for attached kit
|
Enter optional arguments if you are using an
attached kit.
|
- Complete the following fields on the Administration tab.
Table 2. Administration tab Field
|
Action
|
Allowed Users & Servers
|
Enter or select the users or servers allowed
to upgrade their Notes clients.
To include all users in your organization, enter a value using the
following format:
*/OrgUnit/Organization/CountryCode
Note: When
you enter a value in this field, also add LocalDomainServers to this
field because this is a Readers field. If LocalDomainServers
is not included in the entries in this field, the kit will not replicate
to other Domino servers in
the domain.
Note: If you leave this field blank, the Smart Upgrade
kit will be applied to all Notes users
in the Domino domain.
|
Owners
|
Enter or select the persons who own the document.
|
Administrators
|
Enter or select the persons who administer
the document.
|
Comments
|
Enter any helpful comments such as the document
history.
|
- Click Save and Close.
- You can use a Domino desktop
policy to deploy the upgrade to targeted Notes users.