User`s guide

IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, Domino Designer 8 Release Notes

Installation notes

Lotus Notes, Domino Designer, Domino Server

READ ME FIRST -- Products to install and order of installation

Before you begin installing this Beta release, you should read and comply with all Lotus Notes 8 Beta

requirements listed in these release notes. The following information lists the servers and products you

need to install to use IBM(R) Lotus(R) Notes(R).

Note: For related Lotus Notes 8 setup information see the"Notes 8 Beta pre-installation checklist" and "

Notes 8 Beta installation documentation roadmap" and the Lotus Notes client installation release notes.

Servers to install

1. IBM Lotus Domino server.

2. (Optional) IBM DB2 running with a Domino 8 server. Required if you want to create and use DB2

enabled Lotus Notes databases.

3. (Optional) IBM Lotus Sametime server. Required if you want awareness and chat in the Lotus Notes

client.

4. (Optional) Activities server. Required if you want to use Activities from within the Lotus Notes client.

For information, see the Lotus Connections documentation.

5. (Optional) IBM WebSphere Portal server. Required if you want to use composite applications that

contain portlets.

(Optional configuration) To use the Portal administrative user interface on the Portal server to

administer both Domino and WebSphere Portal, configure Domino and Portal server federated

administration. For information, see the topics "Running the Domino-Portal integration wizard" and

"Configuring Domino and Portal Server federated administration".

6. (Optional) WebSphere Portal composite application support for Lotus Notes (install on the WebSphere

Portal server). Required if you want to work with composite applications that contain portlets or edit

portlets using the Composite Application Editor.

Clients to install

1. Lotus Notes 8. This provides Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and options including IBM Lotus Productivity

Tools, Composite Application Editor, and Activities.

Note: For Windows users, if Lotus Notes version 6.5.x or 7.x is detected on the client, the installation

program will upgrade it to Lotus Notes 8 Beta.

Note: For Linux users, upgrade from Lotus Notes version 7.x is not supported. Linux users should

uninstall their existing Lotus Notes version and then install Lotus Notes 8 Beta.

For Windows multi-user installation, the Lotus Notes client-only is available in the Notes.msi.w32

installation media kit.

For Windows single user installation, the Lotus Notes, Domino Administrator and Domino Designer

clients are available in the AllClient.msi.w32 installation media kit.

For Linux, the Lotus Notes client-only is available in the Notes.ismp.linux installation media kit.

2. (Optional) Domino Administrator and Domino Designer.

For Windows single user installation, the Domino Administrator client and Domino Designer client are

available, along with the Lotus Notes client, in the AllClient.msi.w32 installation media kit.