Lotus Domino Administrator 7 Help - Setting up client installation for users

USER AND SERVER CONFIGURATION

Setting up client installation for users
Depending on the size of your enterprise, you may need to provide an installation method for only a few users or for thousands of users. In addition, you may need to customize the installation process so that users install only the features they need. After you register users, decide how to deploy client installations for users. Users can install all three clients -- the Notes client, Domino Administrator client, and Domino Designer® -- or they may install only one or two clients.

As an administrator, you can customize the installation process for your users so that they install the features that they need. The installation information in this section ranges from installing the Domino clients using the installation CD to creating transform files to customize the installation process.

Before you install Lotus Notes clients

Before you begin installing Lotus Notes clients, make sure that you or your users do the following:

If the computer on which you are upgrading runs anti-virus software, close the application.
If you are upgrading Lotus Notes on an Apple computer running OS X, turn off all options in the Application Sharing tab of the Shared System Preferences panel to avoid any errors.
To successfully install, upgrade, and use Lotus Notes 7, users must be allowed both Write and Modify permissions to the Program directory, Data directory, and all associated subdirectories.
If you are upgrading Lotus Notes on a Windows 2000 or XP computer, you must have administrator rights to the system.
Windows 2000 and XP users should log onto their computers with administrative rights to install Lotus Notes 7. For cases in which administrative rights are not available, enable the setting "Always install with elevated privileges." The setting "Always install with elevated privileges" is a Windows setting that is part of Window's User Policies. Refer to your Microsoft Windows documentation for details. Refer to the Release Notes for the most current information on permissions required when installing as a non-administrator.
Options for installing the Lotus Notes client on Restricted or Standard/Power User computers are described in the Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Installer documentation.
Review options for customizing the Notes client installing and set up.

Installation methods

Domino offers several methods or types of installation that you can make available to the Domino Notes users in your enterprise.

Single-user client installation -- This installation is usually done from the CD or from files placed on the network.
Multi-user installation -- This option is available only for Notes client installation. Multi-user installation is not available for installing the Domino Administrator client or Domino Designer.
Shared installation -- This option installs all program files to a file server while the users' data files reside on their local workstations.
Automated client installations (silent installation) -- This option can be used with or without a transform file depending on whether you want to customize the silent installation.
Customized installations -- This option uses the transform file to customize the installation process.
Batch file installation -- This option enables users to install the clients by running a batch file that you create for them.
Installation with command line utilities -- This option allows users to install the clients using a command line utility that you provide for them.
Scriptable setup -- This option uses a setting in the NOTES.INI file to provide information to the client setup wizard.

For information on multi-user installations, see Sharing a Computer with other users if you have installed Lotus Notes 7 Help. Or, go to http://www.lotus.com/LDD/doc to download or view Lotus Notes 7 Help.

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