- Notes Auto Update
You don't have to rely on third-party products to automate deployment of new versions and updates ofHCLNotes® or HCL Client Application Access (HCAA). Instead, you can enable Auto Update (AUT) servers to deploy updates automatically.
- Customizing Notes installation
As an administrator, you can customize theNotes® install and upgrade process for your users to install just the features that they need. For example, you can customize the install kit using MSI tuner capabilities and you can also customize the install kit to add or remove Eclipse-based features.
- Specifying custom data directories for multi-user install or upgrade
You can configureNotes® custom data directories duringNotes® multi-user install or upgrade onWindows™ orCitrix XenApp.
- Understanding the Notes single user to multi-user migration assistant tool
The single-user to multi-user migration tool converts aNotes® single-user installation to a multi-user installation.
- Using the Notes Install Cleanup Utility (NICE) tool
You can use the suppliedNotes® Install Cleanup Executable (NICE) tool to clean up a failed install, failed uninstall, or failed upgrade. You can also use the tool to uninstall an existing version ofNotes®, and clean up extraneous files, before performing an upgrade installation. The tool is available forNotes® on supportedWindows™ platforms only, and must be run by an administrator.
- Automating a customized or default Notes deployment using silent install
You can use a silent install to deploy a default or customizedNotes® release to users without user intervention. This enables centralizedNotes® install or upgrade deployment to many users without requiring user intervention.
- Installing and upgrading Notes in a single user environment
You can installNotes® onMicrosoft™Windows™ or Citrix platforms in a single user environment using either the Notes-only or theNotes® Allclient installer.
- Installing and upgrading Notes multi-user
InstallingNotes® in a multi-user user environment enables multiple users to sequentially log in to the same machine and use the sameNotes® install directory with their ownNotes® data directory.
- Installing a non-English version of Notes
Notes® is available for install and upgrade in multiple languages.
- Adding or removing installed Notes features within a release
Optionally add new features, or remove installed features, by rerunning theNotes® installation executable within the same release.
- Managing client plug-in deployment
While you can customize your client installer to add new or remove supplied features and plug-ins when you install or upgrade your clients, you can also provision (install and automatically update) stand-alone or third party features and plug-ins to your existingNotes® orLotus® Expeditor run-time using a combination ofDomino® policy or Eclipse preferences, a widget resident in a widgets catalog on an HTTP orDomino® server, and a Eclipse update site (with signed features and plugin.jar files) optionally resident in a centrally managed NSF-based update site.
- Uninstalling Notes
While it is not necessary to uninstallNotes® to upgrade to a new release, you should uninstall a Beta release before upgrading.