NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE


How Smart Upgrade performs an upgrade
If the Smart Upgrade Timer on the IBM® Lotus® Notes® client expires, the next time that users log in to their IBM® Lotus® Domino® home server or its cluster mate, Smart Upgrade does the following:

1. Compares the release number of the user's Notes client to the release number specified in the Source version field of the kit document in the Smart Upgrade application. The Notes client sends a match pattern to the server including the Notes client's current version, the platform and the localization. The Install type is also sent. The server then looks for a matching kit.

2. If the server finds a match, it sends a flag back to the Notes client indicating an upgrade kit may exist.

3. The Notes client searches the Smart Upgrade application for a match for its current Notes client version, platform and localization. The Notes client also checks the install type.


4. If the user's Deploy version field on the desktop policy settings document is populated with a version number, Notes compares that version number to the version number specified in the Destination version field of the kit document.
5. If a match is found, and users are specified or are members of a specified group, Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade displays a Smart Upgrade dialog box that prompts the users to upgrade their Notes client.

6. Users can update their clients when prompted or delay the upgrade for a specified period of time. If the user has a policy that specifies an Upgrade deadline and that date has expired, the Smart Upgrade dialog box displays an "Update Now" button that forces users to update their Notes client with no options for further delay. If the setting "Remind me every hour after upgrade deadline has passed" is set in the policy settings document, users can delay the Smart Upgrade in one hour increments before being prompted again.

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