User`s guide
IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, Domino Designer 8 Release Notes
About this release................................................................................................. 1
Welcome to IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, and Domino Designer ................................................. 1
Lotus Notes 8 Beta: Client overview .......................................................................................... 1
Help - usage and availability ...................................................................................................... 4
Release notes - updated information available on-line .............................................................. 5
Reporting Notes 8 Beta issues and problems............................................................................ 6
New in this release..................................................................................................................... 8
New features in IBM Lotus Notes 8 Beta............................................................................. 8
New features in IBM Lotus Domino 8 Beta.......................................................................... 13
Activities preview................................................................................................................. 16
Notes.ini documentation on Lotus developerWorks ............................................................ 16
Backward compatibility .............................................................................................................. 17
Domino 8 Billing feature ...................................................................................................... 17
Using a subform multiple times on the same form on the web............................................ 17
Product compatibility .................................................................................................................. 17
Domino 8 defaults to ODS 43.............................................................................................. 17
Forward Event to Tivoli Enterprise Console ........................................................................ 18
Using Notes/Domino 8 with BlackBerry servers .................................................................. 18
Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information ..................... 19
Hardware requirements ............................................................................................................. 19
Notes 8 and Domino 8 Beta hardware requirements .......................................................... 19
System i: Server hardware requirements ............................................................................ 19
Tested Smartcard Packages ............................................................................................... 20
Software requirements ............................................................................................................... 23
Notes 8 and Domino 8 platforms and system requirements................................................ 23
Domino and DB2: Platforms and required hardware and software ..................................... 29
Notes features that require a Domino 8 server.................................................................... 31
Lotus Sametime servers and available features.................................................................. 32
System i: Software requirements......................................................................................... 32
System i: IBM HTTP Server plug-in for Domino .................................................................. 34
System i and IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager 2.2 ................................................ 35
Linux for System z: 64-bit DB2 requirements ...................................................................... 35
Linux for System z: GNU debugger needed........................................................................ 35
Domino Web Access system requirements ......................................................................... 36
Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook requirements ........................................................... 37
DECS - supported data drivers list ...................................................................................... 37
AIX system requirements .................................................................................................... 38
Linux system requirements.................................................................................................. 39
Solaris system requirements ............................................................................................... 39
Windows system requirements............................................................................................ 39
Web browsers supported..................................................................................................... 40
Autonomy KeyView filter formats supported........................................................................ 40
Installation notes ........................................................................................................................ 44
READ ME FIRST -- Products to install and order of installation.......................................... 44
Notes 8 Beta pre-installation checklist................................................................................. 45
Notes 8 Beta installation documentation roadmap .............................................................. 46
Installing Lotus Notes 8 Beta on Windows - single user...................................................... 48
Installing Lotus Notes 8 Beta on Windows - multi-user ....................................................... 51
Installing Lotus Notes 8 Beta on Linux ................................................................................ 55