NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE
For related upgrade information, see the Lotus Notes Support site, especially Tech Note titles containing the phrase "Upgrade Central: Planning your upgrade to Lotus Notes" and the Lotus Notes and Domino wiki.
See the platform-specific considerations and install topics in this guide for information about running the Notes installer to upgrade your existing Notes client systems to this release. Also see the topics describing how to customize the Notes install kit prior to upgrade.
Upgrade-by-mail is an e-mail notification system that notifies users to upgrade their Notes clients and mail file templates to the Notes and Domino design. Upgrade-by-mail requires that you copy all installation files to a network file server or a shared directory that users can access. In the upgrade notification, you specify the path to SETUP.EXE. The notification message includes buttons that users click to launch the Lotus Notes installation program and to replace the design of their Notes mail file.
For Microsoft® Windows® users, you can also upgrade an Notes 6.5.x and greater installation to the current Notes release using the Notes installer in the Notes install kit. If the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator client and/or IBM® Lotus® Domino® Designer client are resident, they can also be upgraded using the Notes Allclient install kit.
Note Upgrade-by-mail is not available for IBM® Lotus® Domino® Web Access (iNotes Web Access) users. Upgrade-by-mail applies only to Notes client users.
The Smart Upgrade Run-As wizard (SUSETRUNASWIZARD.EXE) creates an executable file (SURUNAS.EXE) that Notes client users can then run to upgrade their Notes clients. Notes client users can use the Smart Upgrade Run-As (SURunas) feature to upgrade to a newer Notes client release. Smart Upgrade Run-As is designed for Notes client users who do not have administrator privileges but who still need to periodically update their Notes client software. Notes client users with administrator privileges on their local computer can still use Smart Upgrade.
Like Upgrade-by-mail, Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade sends a notification to users to upgrade their Notes clients. Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade lets you set a grace period during which users must upgrade their clients.
Administrative installation is a feature of the 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 Notes locally on their client machines. You can use administrative installation to copy the installation files to a network file server, then use Upgrade-by-mail or Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade to notify users.
Note The file NUPGRADE.EXE is used for mail migration, that is, for migrating local Microsoft® Outlook information to Lotus Notes. NUPGRADE.EXE is not used to upgrade the Notes client.
The following table compares the Upgrade-by-mail, Lotus Smart Upgrade Run-As wizard, Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade, and administrative installation.