Home
IBM® Domino 10.0.1 Documentation
Welcome to the IBM® Domino 10.0.1 Administrator Help.
Installing
Use this documentation to install the IBM® Domino® server and subsequently deploy the IBM Notes® client.
Installing and upgrading Notes® clients
Customizing Notes® installation
As an administrator, you can customize the Notes® 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.
Customizing Notes® install using the tuner
Some aspects of Notes® installation can be customized to allow you to control the options that are installed and/or available to users. You can use the InstallShield tuner for Notes to customize many aspects of Notes installation on a Microsoft™ Windows™ client, using the .msi and .itw files supplied in the Notes install kit to create a unique transform (.mst) file.

IBM® Domino 10.0.1 Documentation
Welcome to the IBM® Domino 10.0.1 Administrator Help.
- What's new in IBM® Domino® 10?
  Learn about all of the new features for administrators in IBM® Domino® 10.
- Overview
  Welcome to IBM® Domino® Administrator Help.
- Installing
  Use this documentation to install the IBM® Domino® server and subsequently deploy the IBM Notes® client.
  - Installing and upgrading Domino® servers
    Perform a new or upgrade install of one or many Domino® servers.
  - Installing and upgrading Notes® clients
    - Using Notes® Auto Update
      You don't have to rely on third-party products to automate deployment of new versions and updates of IBM® Notes®. Instead, you can enable Auto Update (AUT) servers to deploy Notes updates automatically.
    - Customizing Notes® installation
      As an administrator, you can customize the Notes® 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.
      - Customizing Notes® install for features and plug-ins on Windows™ and Mac
        You can customize the Notes® install kit to add new or third-party features at install or upgrade or to remove certain supplied features from the kit prior to install or upgrade using the procedure outlined here.
      - Installing and subscribing to preset feeds
        The deploy\extras folder in the Notes® install kit contains a PRESETFEEDS.OPML XML file in which preset feed subscriptions are supplied. You can edit this file to contain the default feeds you want. Check the Notes install kit's PRESETFEEDS.OPML file for the latest default preset feed subscriptions.
      - Customizing Notes® install using the tuner
        Some aspects of Notes® installation can be customized to allow you to control the options that are installed and/or available to users. You can use the InstallShield tuner for Notes to customize many aspects of Notes installation on a Microsoft™ Windows™ client, using the .msi and .itw files supplied in the Notes install kit to create a unique transform (.mst) file.
        Obtaining a tuner and creating a transform file to customize Notes® installation
        You can use an MSI tuner to create a transform file or new setup installation executable for customizing some aspects of Notes® install or upgrade. You can then specify that the Notes installer uses the values in the transform files instead of default values.
        Example: Using msiexec command line utilities for installing Notes®
        You can use the msiexec command line statement to install Notes® by specifying the .msi file, and optionally the .mst file, to use during installation.
        Example: Applying scriptable setup using a transform during Notes® install
        You can apply NOTES.INI settings during Notes® install using a transform file. This example uses the CONFIGFILE= setting to point to a setup text file that contains the parameters for the post-installation phase of Notes client setup.
    - Specifying custom data directories for multi-user install or upgrade
      You can configure Notes® custom data directories during Notes multi-user install or upgrade on Windows™ or Citrix XenApp.
    - Understanding the Notes® single user to multi-user migration assistant tool
      The single-user to multi-user migration tool converts a Notes® single-user installation to a multi-user installation.
    - Using the Notes® Install Cleanup Utility (NICE) tool
      You can use the supplied Notes® 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 of Notes, and clean up extraneous files, before performing an upgrade installation. The tool is available for Notes on supported Windows™ 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 customized Notes® release to users without user intervention. This enables centralized Notes install or upgrade deployment to many users without requiring user intervention.
    - Installing and upgrading Notes® in a single user environment
      You can install Notes® on Microsoft™ Windows™ or Citrix platforms in a single user environment using either the Notes-only or the Notes Allclient installer.
    - Installing and upgrading Notes® multi-user
      Installing Notes® in a multi-user user environment enables multiple users to sequentially log in to the same machine and use the same Notes install directory with their own Notes 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 the Notes® 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 existing Notes® or Lotus® Expeditor run-time using a combination of Domino® policy or Eclipse preferences, a widget resident in a widgets catalog on an HTTP or Domino 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 uninstall Notes® to upgrade to a new release, you should uninstall a Beta release before upgrading.
  - Upgrading
    Use this documentation to upgrade the existing Domino® server and subsequently upgrade the Notes® client to a new release. You can also upgrade additional clients such as Domino Administrator and Domino Designer clients and additional features and plug-ins such as the embedded IBM® Sametime® client.
- Planning
  Use this topic as an overview of planning task.
- Configuring
  Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
- Securing
  This section describes IBM® Domino® security features, including execution control lists, IDs, and SSL.
- Administering
  This documentation provides information about the administration tools for managing and monitoring IBM Domino® servers and databases.
- Tuning
  Use this information to improve IBM® Domino® server, Domino Web server, and messaging performance through the use of resource balancing and activity trends, Server.Load commands, advanced database properties, cluster statistics, and the Server Health Monitor.
- Troubleshooting
  This section describes how to find and solve problems with IBM® Domino® server and Administrator client.
- Glossary

Customizing Notes® install using the tuner

Some aspects of Notes® installation can be customized to allow you to control the options that are installed and/or available to users. You can use the InstallShield tuner for Notes® to customize many aspects of Notes® installation on a Microsoft™ Windows™ client, using the .msi and .itw files supplied in the Notes® install kit to create a unique transform (.mst) file.

The InstallShield tuner for Notes® allows you to customize an .msi kit using transforms to override supplied defaults for various Notes® resources, registry settings, directories, installation options and features to install, and more.

When the transform file is present in the Notes® install kit, it is used during Notes® installation. A tuned install kit can be distributed using standard kit distribution methods.

Note: To control installation of the features listed in the Notes® install kit's install manifest (install.xml), you can customize the supplied install manifest (install.xml) and update site directory (updateSite.zip) in which the feature and plug-in .jar files and site.xml file reside, using the supplied UpdateSiteMgr tool. See the related topics for details on the tool.

You can use transform files to deselect options that you do not want to install by default. You also use transform files to hide the options that you do not want users to change, regardless of whether you choose to install a particular option. For example, you can modify the Visible and Initial State settings for each installation option that you want to designate as hidden or not hidden.

Note: During a silent install you can call the transform using command line arguments.

The InstallShield tuner for Notes® is not supplied with Notes®. You can obtain it from IBM® Passport Advantage®. See the related topics.