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Installing
Use this documentation to install the HCL Domino® server and subsequently deploy the HCL Notes®client.
Downloading, distributing, and installing software using AutoUpdate
AutoUpdate notifies you of the latest HCL Domino and Domino product family available on the Domino server, and allows you to download the software. You can also use it to distribute, and optionally, install, software to groups or selected Domino servers.
Using the software catalog
The software catalog displays a list of available software for viewing, download, and management.
Viewing software and server documents on autoupdate.nsf
This topic discusses the different software and server deployment views on autoupdate.nsf.

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.
- Downloading, distributing, and installing software using AutoUpdate
  AutoUpdate notifies you of the latest HCL Domino and Domino product family available on the Domino server, and allows you to download the software. You can also use it to distribute, and optionally, install, software to groups or selected Domino servers.
  - Enabling AutoUpdate
    This feature makes administrators aware of the latest version of Domino and Domino product family available on the My HCLSoftware Portal and allows you to download and distribute the software. Starting with Domino 14.5, it also allows you to schedule automatic updates of Domino on one or more servers in the Domain.
  - Configuring the Global Configuration Document
    Steps for configuring the Global Configuration document to define the AutoUpdate settings.
  - Changing the download server
    Use these steps to change the download server which connects to the My HCLSoftware Portal.
  - Using the software catalog
    The software catalog displays a list of available software for viewing, download, and management.
    - Viewing software and server documents on autoupdate.nsf
      This topic discusses the different software and server deployment views on autoupdate.nsf.
    - Manually downloading software from the catalog
      When new updates are available on the software catalog, you can download them manually.
    - Deleting downloads from the software catalog
      If you have previously downloaded a software and it is no longer available on the My HCLSoftware portal, you can delete it from your catalog so it no longer displays.
    - Overriding default download settings
      Configure how often AutoUpdate checks for new downloads, server document updates, and software download and distribution work.
  - Creating deployment groups for software distributions or updates
    Deployment groups are a group of Domino servers that will receive the same software distributions and optionally, updates to that software. It is recommended to create deployment groups for Domino clusters or related sets of servers that will be updated in close succession.
  - Distributing software to target Domino servers or deployment groups
    Submit a request for AutoUpdate to distribute software downloads directly to a Target Domino server or deployment group.
  - Updating software on target Domino servers or deployment groups
    Submit a request for AutoUpdate to automatically update Domino on one or more Target Domino servers or a deployment group.
  - AutoInstall self updates
    AutoInstall is the component that works in conjunction with the Domino autoupdate task to coordinate and manage Domino updates. AutoInstall is a standalone, non-Domino application that processes requests made by autoupdate. It validates the request and the software, stops Domino, invokes the actual Domino installer, and restarts Domino. On Windows, the AutoInstall executable is named autoinstall.exe, and on Linux it is autoinstall.
  - AutoUpdate process tell commands
    You can use tell commands with AutoUpdate.
  - Enabling verbose logging for AutoUpdate
    You can enable verbose logging for AutoUpdate.
  - Notes.ini configuration options for AutoUpdate
    AutoUpdate has several notes.ini parameters that can be configured to override the default behavior.
- Installing and upgrading Notes® clients
- 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 HCL Sametime® client.

Viewing software and server documents on autoupdate.nsf

This topic discusses the different software and server deployment views on autoupdate.nsf.

Viewing available software

The autoupdate.nsf is created on the download server only. The Notify and Download or Notify and Download and Update feature must be enabled in the Directory Profile document for this feature to function. For more information, see Enabling AutoUpdate.

You can access the different views for available software in the navigation pane of the autoupdate.nsf, which you can open on the download server using your HCL Administrator client or Notes client.

Latest Software displays only the latest versions.
Software Catalog displays all available software, regardless of entitlement.
Note: By default, the software catalog will retrieve updates periodically. To force the software catalog to update immediately, issue the Domino console command from the download server: tell autoupdate update software
Downloads displays the documents that have downloads attached.
Notes AUT Catalog displays the Notes software documents whose webkits have been pushed to autcat.nsf by AutoUpdate. From any open document in this view, you can open the autcat.nsf application by clicking the "Open AUT Catalog" button.

Viewing server documents

Note: Server documents are created automatically when each Target Domino server loads the autoupdate task after AutoUpdate has been enabled in the Domino domain. If any server information has changed, these documents are updated periodically.

In the navigation pane of the autoupdate.nsf, the Server Deployments views display information about the Target servers:

Servers shows a list of all servers running AutoUpdate.
Deployment Groups displays the deployment groups that have been configured.
Active Deployments displays the results of distributing software to Target servers and any updates that are in progress but not yet completed.

Each server document can be viewed, displaying information about the Domino server version that is installed, the server operating system, program path, and data path.