NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND SMART UPGRADE

Installing Lotus Notes in a multi-user environment
You can install IBM® Lotus® Notes® in a multi-user user environment. This enables multiple users to sequentially log in to the same machine and use the same Lotus Notes install directory with their own Lotus Notes data directory. You must be logged in as an administrative user when you install Lotus Notes multi-user.

Note Multi-user installation is supported for Notes client-only install; it is not supported for installing the IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Administrator or IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Designer clients. The Notes Allclient installation kit is available for Microsoft® Windows® single user installation only.

Use the multi-user installation if your enterprise has multiple users who share a single workstation. Then when users log onto the system, they run the Lotus Notes client setup and their own personal data files, that is, BOOKMARK.NSF, NAMES.NSF, and other files are created.

In a multi-user installation, the installer installs the Notes program files to a central location on the local system. Each user has their own data directory located in the system's application data directory for the current user. Each user's data files are created when that user logs in to the workstation, starts the Lotus Notes client, and completes the client setup.

Note With multi-user installation, the data path is based on the "Documents and Settings" for each user. There is no need to specify the data directory for a multi-user installation because it would not be used by the installer; therefore, you are no longer prompted for that information.

The multi-user installation differs from a shared installation in that program files are located on the local system in a multi-user install, which can be an advantage. This allows for access to the Notes client regardless of which network drives are available. In a shared installation, users are dependent on the availability of shared network drives.

Note Shared network install is not supported in Lotus Notes 8. Shared network install of Lotus Notes 8 basic configuration remains available.

Installing Lotus Notes multi-user on a Windows client

To install IBM® Lotus® Notes® in a multi-user environment on a Windows client, see Considerations before installing Lotus Notes on Windows and Installing and upgrading to Notes on Windows -- multi-user .

For information about Smart Upgrade, see Using IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade.

For information about automated install, see Automating client installation.

Installing Lotus Notes multi-user on a Linux client

To install Lotus Notes in a multi-user environment on a Linux® client, see Considerations before installing Notes on Linux and Installing Notes on Linux.

For Smart Upgrade, see Using IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade.

For automated install, see Automating client installation.

Multi-user install with multiple language Notes clients

You can install multiple copies of the Notes client in multiple languages on one operating system. The language files are installed in each Multi-user install\language directory. For example, in a multi-user installation, if you first install a French Notes client and then install a Japanese Notes client, the user interface (UI) files are installed in individual directories such as these:


The templates and help files are installed in the next directory, as shown
When a user starts the Notes client the first time, the UI and database language are determined by the user's locale setting. If the locale language is not found in the directory \mui, the English user interface is used and English databases are created to set up the Notes client.

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