NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND SMART UPGRADE

Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database
The Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database is a repository for storing Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports that contain detail information about the status of all attempts to run Smart Upgrade on IBM® Lotus® Notes® clients in a domain. Use the Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database to determine whether the Notes clients are upgrading successfully when using Smart Upgrade, or to determine which users are experiencing problems. If there are instances where Smart Upgrade fails, use the information in the report to assist in determining the problem without having to visit the user's desktop. You can also use the reports to determine whether there is a repeating problem on multiple clients which could be related to the configuration of the Smart Upgrade database containing the kit information.

During the server setup of a domain's first server, IBM® Lotus® Domino™ creates a mail-in database named Lotus Notes/Domino Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database (LNDSUTR.NSF) using the database template LNDSUTR.NTF. Domino also creates the corresponding mail-in database document for the Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database. Notes automatically creates Smart Upgrade Tracking reports each time Smart Upgrade runs on a client in your domain. Reports of successful upgrades are sent to the Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database the first time the Notes client is started after the successful upgrade. Reports of unsuccessful upgrades are sent immediately after the upgrade fails or cancels.

If you prefer, you can manually set up the Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database by using LNDSUTR.NTF, and you can then create the corresponding mail-in database document.

Enable Smart Upgrade Tracking on the desktop policy settings document's Smart Upgrade tab. The Notes client then uses the information that you enter there to mail a Smart Upgrade Tracking Report each time Smart Upgrade is run on Notes clients in your domain.

You can view reported information by Status, that is, sorted according to whether the Smart Upgrade succeeded, failed, or was canceled. You can also view reports by date, by Notes/Domino version, by operating system version, or by user.

For information about the desktop policy settings document, see the topic "Creating a desktop policy settings document" in the Domino Administrator documentation.

Using Smart Upgrade Tracking after upgrading to this Domino release

If you upgrade to this Domino release and you have not set up or used Smart Upgrade Tracking in the past, you need to manually create the Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database and the mail-in database document. You then need to modify the desktop policy settings document to enable Smart Upgrade Tracking for the users whose upgrades you want to track.

For information about creating the Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database, see the topic Creating a Smart Upgrade Tracking Reports database.

For instructions about creating the mail-in database document, see the topic "Creating a Mail-In Database document for a new database" in the Domino Administrator documentation.

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