Specifications

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Notes Client Deployment
Lotus Notes 8.5 provides the following choices for deploying the client:
• Manual installation: This is usually done from the CD or from files placed in the network.
• Smart Upgrade: This is a feature that uses policy and settings documents to help push out upgrade
to users who would then get a notification to upgrade their Lotus Notes client.
• Upgrade by mail: This is a feature that sends an e-mail notification to specified users to upgrade
their Notes clients and, optionally, their mail file templates.
• Administrative installation: This is a feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer that copies the
installation kit to a file server that users access through a network connection. Users launch the
installation program from the file server to install Lotus Notes client locally on their client machines.
Note: You can use administrative installation to copy the installation files to a network file server, and then
use upgrade-by-mail or Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade to notify users.
The table below compares the different deployment options.
Deployment Options Advantages Disadvantages
Manual Installation / Upgrade -Easily back up files before
upgrading
-Time consuming
-Administrator might have to
visit each workstation
Smart upgrade -Can establish a deadline in
which users must upgrade their
Notes client
-Can be customized with
transforms to create a silent,
automated installation, a
shared installation, and so on
-Not capable of upgrading pre-
Release 6 clients
Upgrade by Mail -Capable of upgrading pre-
Release 6 clients.
-Can be customized with
transforms to create a silent,
automated installation, a
shared installation, and so on
Mail template can also be
upgraded at the time of
client upgrade
-Administrator cannot
determine when upgrade
occurs
Administrative Installation /
Upgrade
-Uses the command line option
/A to create an administrative
image of the Lotus Notes 8
installation on a network file
server
-Can be customized with
-Requires the Windows Installer
service, which is part of the
Windows XP and Vista