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Installing
Use this documentation to install the HCL Domino® server and subsequently deploy the HCL 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 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.
Customizing Notes® using plugin_customization.ini
You can use the plugin_customization.ini file to control aspects of HCL Notes® installation and usage.

Installing
Use this documentation to install the HCL Domino® server and subsequently deploy the HCL Notes®client.
- Installing and upgrading Domino® servers
  Perform a new or upgrade install of one or many Domino® servers.
- Installing and upgrading Notes® clients
  - Notes® Auto Update
    You don't have to rely on third-party products to automate deployment of new versions and updates of HCL Notes® 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 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.
      - Eclipse files and folders in the Notes® install kit
        You can customize the Notes® install kit relative to supplied Eclipse features.
      - Understanding the Eclipse update site
        An Eclipse update site is a repository for features and plug-ins and it follows a standard format. The Notes® installer uses the update site directory zip file updatesite.zip, which contains a features subdirectory and plugins subdirectory, as well as a site.xml registry. The site.xml registry lists all features that are published from the update site.
      - Customizing the Notes® install manifest for supplied Eclipse features
        You can edit the supplied Notes® install manifest (install.xml) to control which features are available for installation and what the user sees on the feature installation panel.
      - Customizing Notes® using plugin_customization.ini
        You can use the plugin_customization.ini file to control aspects of HCL Notes® installation and usage.
      - Reducing Notes® install kit size
        You can reduce the Notes® install kit size most easily using the UpdateSiteMgr tool on Windows™ or Mac or by creating a customized rpm or deb install kit on Linux™. You can also use this manual method for supported Windows and Mac platforms.
      - Customizing the Notes® install manifest for new or third-party Eclipse features
        If you have created or otherwise obtained a custom or third-party Eclipse feature to add to the Notes® installation, you must create a feature (installfeature) in the Notes install manifest (install.xml) using the same convention as the other features (installfeature) in the manifest.
      - Customizing a Notes® install kit to set certifier and trust defaults
        You can configure the deploy.nsf application to specify administrative trust settings using an Export option in the server's Domino® Directory (names.nsf) to add those settings to the install kit's deploy.nsf application.
      - Adding and removing components from the Notes® install kit using UpdateSiteMgr
        If you are installing Notes® clients on Windows™, the UpdateSiteMgr tool allows you to customize the Notes install kit by listing components available for removal, removing components, and adding components.
      - Validating your customized Notes® install kit
        The customized Notes® install kit validation tool leverages an existing Lotus® Expeditor install kit validation tool to help administrators ensure that any customization they have done to the Notes install kit, for example adding or removing features from the updateSite.zip and its site.xml index, are valid.
    - 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.
  - 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.
- Planning your upgrade to Notes and Domino 12.0.2
  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 HCL Sametime® client.

Customizing Notes® using plugin_customization.ini

You can use the plugin_customization.ini file to control aspects of HCL Notes® installation and usage.

The plugin_customization.ini file is supplied in the Notes® installation kit in the deploy directory using the following format:

Notes_install_dir\framework\rcp\plugin_customization.ini

HCL Domino® administrative policy settings override plugin_customization.ini settings. If the client application uses a managed settings file such a managed-setting.xml, it too overrides plugin_customization.ini file settings.

Variousplugin_customization.ini settings can be used to managed client application preferences. Sample settings include the following.

Feature trust and timestamp settings

These settings allow you to define default trust and timestamp responses for use during feature and plug-in install and update.

com.ibm.rcp.security.update/EXPIRED_SIGNATURE_POLICY=PROMPT

com.ibm.rcp.security.update/UNSIGNED_PLUGIN_POLICY=PROMPT

com.ibm.rcp.security.update/UNTRUSTED_SIGNATURE_POLICY=PROMPT

com.ibm.rcp.security.update/TSAEXPIRED_SIGNATURE_POLICY=ALLOW

Widgets and Live Text feature and catalog access
In a server-managed environment, access to Widgets and Live Text functionality and the widgets catalog is set using a Desktop Policy Settings document. Alternatively you can use equivalent settings in the plugin_customization.ini file to control user access to Widgets and Live Text functionality and to a central widgets catalog.