Specifications

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Steps to create and attach an update kit to the Smart Upgrade database
1. Create a Smart Upgrade database.
2. Create a Smart Upgrade kit (tar file).
3. Open the Smart Upgrade database, click New Kit, complete the form fields, and attach the update
kit to the kit document, or designate a shared network drive in the kit document.
4. Click Save & Close.
The update kit is a tar file that contains several RPM and DEB packages and a shell script
(smartupgrade.sh). During the upgrade process, Notes downloads and decompress the tar package, and
then finds and executes the script . The script must include which RPM or DEB packages are to be
upgraded.
No other file named setup.sh or smartupgrade.sh must be present in the kit folder or sub-folders.
You can create a new folder and put the tar file into it.
Create a new folder, for example notes85standard_linux, and then copy these RPM packages to that folder.
1.
ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm
2. ibm_lotus_sametime-8.5.i586.rpm
3. ibm_lotus_activities-8.5.i586.rpm
4. ibm_lotus_cae-8.5.i586.rpm
5. ibm_lotus_symphony-8.5.i586.rpm
Create a script named smartupgrade.sh in this folder.
SUSE / RedHat: In your smartupgrade.sh file, make sure that all the RPM packages to upgrade are listed in
a single line (no line break) in order to avoid dependency issues.
Ubuntu: In your setup.sh file, list each DEB package to upgrade in its own line (not a single line) and list
ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.deb first.
Package the folder, for example notes85standard_linux, as a tar file.
Limitations
The following limitations apply:
• Smart Upgrade can not be used to deploy Cumulative Client Hotfixes (CCH) . Attempting to install
a CCH will cause the Lotus Notes client to no longer start as expected. Once you launch the client,
and enter your password, the following error occurs:
“File does not exist: Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\notes.exe”
• Smart Upgrade from a shared network drive is not supported for a non-admin Notes account on
Windows Vista if UAC is enabled. For details please refer to IBM Technote 1403215
• On MacOS, Smart Upgrade can not be used to upgrade from Release 7.0.x or 8.5 Standard Client
to 8.5 / 8.5.1. For details please refer to IBM Technote 1327065
More Information
More information is provided in the following resources
• The Lotus Education On Demand: the Lotus Domino/Notes 6 Smart Upgrade Tutorial
• The IBM Redpaper “Understanding the Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade, REDP-4180“