Lotus Domino Administrator 6.5 Help - Adding update kits to the Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade database

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Adding update kits to the Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade database
You can download update kits as they become available from the Lotus Developer Domain http://www.lotus.com/ldd/smartupgrade. After you download a kit, follow these steps to create a Kit document in the Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade database. You can attach the kit to the Kit document or store the kit in a directory on a shared network drive that users can access.

1. In the Domino Administrator client, open the Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade database that you created.

2. Click New Kit to create a Kit document.

3. On the Basics tab, complete the following fields:

In this field Do this

Source version Enter your current Notes client release.
See the topic Expression rules for use with the Smart Upgrade Kit for information on acceptable formats for entering the source version.
Note To find the current Notes client release number, check the About Notes document. To open the document, choose Help - About Notes.

Operating system Enter or select the operating system for which the kit is intended.

Localization Enter or select the language of the Notes Client.

Destination version Enter the release number of the update kit.
The value of this field must match the value in the Deploy Versions field of the desktop policy settings document.

4. Select the Enabled check box to make the kit available to authorized users.

5. Click the Data tab, then choose the option for the location of the update kit.

6. Depending on the option that you choose, do one of the following:

If you choose "Attached to this note," click the Attachment icon, then attach the update kit or full installation kit.

Note Attach the EXE file that you downloaded to the document without decompressing the file.

If you choose "On a shared network drive," enter the file path to the SETUP.EXE. Follow this convention:

\\networkfileservername\shareddirectoryname\setup.exe

When you use the shared network drive option, make sure to decompress the file, then copy all files in the installation kit to the directory specified.

To enable the display of a progress bar during the silent install, in the Optional Arguments field enter these arguments:

/s /v"qb"

The use of these optional arguments to display a progress bar applies to Install Kits and Upgrade Kits. It does not apply to Web Kits.

7. Click the Admin Notes tab, then enter the message that will appear when Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade prompts users to upgrade their Notes clients.

8. Click the Administration tab, then complete the following fields:

In this field Do this

Allowed Users Enter or select the users or groups allowed to upgrade their Notes clients. To include all users in your organization, enter a value using the following format:
*/OrgUnit/Organization/CountryCode

Owners Enter or select the persons who own this document.

Administrators Enter or select the persons who administer the document.

9. Click Save and Close.

10. Create a desktop policy to deploy the update kit.

Expression rules for use with the Smart Upgrade Kit document

Domino 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 Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade database. You can use any of the expression rules shown in the table below, when entering the release number in the Source Version field of the Kit document.

Character Description

Any character, for example, C Matches any single non-special character. In this example, it matches C

\C Matches the single character even if it is a special character. In this example, it matches C

? Matches any single character

{ABN} Matches any character in the set (A,B,N)

{!ABN} Matches any character not in the set (A,B,N)

{A-FH-K} Matches any character in the set (A...F,H...K)

+C Matches any number of occurrences of the pattern C

* Matches any string (shorthand for ?)

! Complements logical meaning of this template

| Performs logical "or" of two templates

& Performs logical "and" of two templates

Examples

Each matching pattern in the following string matches the source version string:

"Build V604_10072003NP"

Pattern Explanation of match

Build V604_10072003NP “Build V604_10072003NP”

* wild card match

Build V604_1+072+03NP “+0” matches “00”

??????V604??????????? ? matches any character

+? V604_10072003NP “+?” matches “Build “

Build V604_+{0-9N}NP “+{0-9N}” matches tail “10072003P”

*V604_+{0-7}NP “_+{0-7}” matches string “10072003”

*V604_10072003+{N-P} “{N-P}” matches “NP”

+{A-Za-z} V604_+{0-7}NP “+{A-Za-z}” matches “Build”

Build V604_+{0-7}NP “0-7” matches “10072003”

Build V604_10072003+{!0-9 } “+{!0-9 }” matches any string not containing a digit

Build V604_+{!A-Z}NP “_+{!A-Z}” matches any string that does not contain any letters A through Z, inclusive.

See also

Upgrading Notes clients

Before you upgrade the Notes client

Using IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade

Glossary

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In this field	Do this
Source version	Enter your current Notes client release. See the topic Expression rules for use with the Smart Upgrade Kit for information on acceptable formats for entering the source version. Note To find the current Notes client release number, check the About Notes document. To open the document, choose Help - About Notes.
Operating system	Enter or select the operating system for which the kit is intended.
Localization	Enter or select the language of the Notes Client.
Destination version	Enter the release number of the update kit. The value of this field must match the value in the Deploy Versions field of the desktop policy settings document.

In this field	Do this
Allowed Users	Enter or select the users or groups allowed to upgrade their Notes clients. To include all users in your organization, enter a value using the following format: */OrgUnit/Organization/CountryCode
Owners	Enter or select the persons who own this document.
Administrators	Enter or select the persons who administer the document.

Character	Description
Any character, for example, C	Matches any single non-special character. In this example, it matches C
\C	Matches the single character even if it is a special character. In this example, it matches C
?	Matches any single character
{ABN}	Matches any character in the set (A,B,N)
{!ABN}	Matches any character not in the set (A,B,N)
{A-FH-K}	Matches any character in the set (A...F,H...K)
+C	Matches any number of occurrences of the pattern C
*	Matches any string (shorthand for ?)
!	Complements logical meaning of this template
\|	Performs logical "or" of two templates
&	Performs logical "and" of two templates

Pattern	Explanation of match
Build V604_10072003NP	“Build V604_10072003NP”
*	wild card match
Build V604_1+072+03NP	“+0” matches “00”
??????V604???????????	? matches any character
+? V604_10072003NP	“+?” matches “Build “
Build V604_+{0-9N}NP	“+{0-9N}” matches tail “10072003P”
*V604_+{0-7}NP	“_+{0-7}” matches string “10072003”
*V604_10072003+{N-P}	“{N-P}” matches “NP”
+{A-Za-z} V604_+{0-7}NP	“+{A-Za-z}” matches “Build”
Build V604_+{0-7}NP	“0-7” matches “10072003”
Build V604_10072003+{!0-9 }	“+{!0-9 }” matches any string not containing a digit
Build V604_+{!A-Z}NP	“_+{!A-Z}” matches any string that does not contain any letters A through Z, inclusive.