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.
  - 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 and upgrading Notes® on Windows™ for multi-user
      Notes® installation on Microsoft™ Windows™ supports single user install and multi-user install. Multi-user install does not support install or upgrade of the Domino® Designer of Domino Administrator client.
    - Installing and upgrading Notes® on Mac OS X
      Notes® installation on Apple Mac OS X supports multi-user install.
    - Installing and upgrading Notes® on Citrix for multi-user
      Notes® installation on Citrix XenApp (formerly Citrix Presentation Server) supports single user install and multi-user install. These instructions are for Notes multi-user install.
  - 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.

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.

Notes® installation on the supported Mac OS platforms is only available as a multi-user install. Notes® installation on the supported Windows™ and Citrix platforms is available for single user or multi-user install.

Notes® installation on the supported Windows™ and Citrix platforms supports customization of the Notes® data directory.

Note: Multi-user install is supported for Notes® client-only install; it is not available for the Domino® Administrator or Domino® Designer clients. The Notes® Allclient kit is available for single user installation only. The Allclient kit allows for Notes®, Domino® Designer, and Domino® Administrator install.

Perform a multi-user install if your organization has multiple users who share a single workstation. When users first log in, they access the Notes® client setup and their personal data files, such as bookmark.nsf, names.nsf, and other files, are created. The installer installs the Notes® program files to a central location on the local system. Each user has their own data directory. Each user's data files are created and subsequently accessed when they log in and start Notes®.

Note: Notes® multi-user install differs from a Notes® shared install in that program files are located on the local system in a multi-user install. This allows users to access Notes® regardless of which network drives are available. In a shared install, users are dependent on the availability of shared network drives.