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Christoph Adler - Senior Consultant at panagenda
19+ years of Lotus / IBM / HCL Digital Solutions experience
Focused on
• Notes Client Management (incl. HCL Nomad)
• Analysis and Optimization of Notes/Domino infrastructures
• Application Modernization
• Cloud Migrations
Good to know
• Obviously German (accent)
• Bass player & geek
• Likes music, football (soccer) and beer

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https://www.slideshare.net/christophadler50

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1. HCL Notes
2. Upgrade(s) to 11.0.1 FP2
3. Q & A
Agenda

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Make Your Data Work For You
HCL Notes

5.
HCL Notes
• HCL Notes 11.0.1 FP2
• Standard, Basic, Admin- & Domino Designer-client
• HCL Client Application Access 3.0.3 (HCAA)
• Single & Multi-User

6.
HCL Notes – Directories
• Program directory
C:Program Files(x86)HCLNotes → Windows 64Bit
C:Program FilesHCLNotes → Windows 32Bit
• Shared data directory
C:ProgramDataHCLNotesDatashared
• Data directory
C:Users%USERNAME%AppDataLocalHCLNotesData

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Make Your Data Work For You
Upgrade(s) to 11.0.1 FP2

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What we see out there in Notes deployments
• Lack of visibility and control
• Many different versions and many different installation types
• Uncontrolled configurations (Data Dirs, Locations, Connections, Settings, Eclipse
preferences, …)
• Not secure (JVM vulnerabilities, Code Signers, Non-existing ECL Management)
• Mixed functionality – things don’t work!
• The same end-user problems occur again and again (and again)

9.
What we see out there in Notes deployments (2)
• Reluctance to upgrade
• Software deployment teams have little/no knowledge or “care factor” about
Notes
• Administrators lack time and skill to utilize all available tools to effectively
manage the Notes client
• Perception → it's too difficult and/or expensive / too risky for the business
due to disruptions

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Know your current environment
• It’s fundamentally important that you know the details about your current
Notes Client Infrastructure to be able to make smart decisions for future
deployments
– Which exact versions are deployed?
– Which Installation types and modes are used?
– Locations of Program-, Data- and SharedData-Dir?
– Usage of Laptops, Desktops, Citrix and VDI in numbers/percentage?
– Which OS incl. version is used?
– Usage of Notes addons → Connections plugins, CTI, … ?
• If you can’t answer the questions above 100% correctly, the following four
slides will help you a lot!

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MarvelClient Essentials – included in HCL Notes/Domino
• Makes it easier, faster and cheaper to upgrade to HCL Notes 11.0.1
• Provides valuable insights into Notes client landscapes for Notes 8.5/9.x and
beyond
• Helps reduce helpdesk tickets, support, client maintenance and upgrade efforts
• Runs on all Notes client platforms supported by HCL (Intel Mac 64 bit, Windows,
Citrix and VDI)
• Runs on all Domino platforms supported by HCL
• Best of all: it’s FREE and included in Notes and Domino 10.0.1 and higher
• If you are not on Notes and/or Domino 10.0.1 (or higher) now, you can get
MarvelClient Essentials here:
https://www.panagenda.com/essentials/

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MarvelClient Essentials – included in HCL Notes/Domino
• Getting Started with MarvelClient Essentials
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0076827

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MarvelClient Essentials – included in HCL Notes/Domino

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MarvelClient Essentials – AnalyzeDB examples

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MarvelClient Essentials – AnalyzeDB examples (cont.)

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MarvelClient Essentials – AnalyzeDB examples (cont.)

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Define target (version and more …)
• Version → 11.0.1 FP2
• Which Client Package?
– Standard, Basic and/or HCL CAA (HCL Client Application Access)
• Which Installation type?
– Single or MultiUser

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Define target (version and more …) (cont.)
• Adding languages using MUI-Pack installation(s)
– Multilingual User Interface Pack
– Group 1
• Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish,
Traditional Chinese
– Group 2
• Arabic, Czech, Russian, Polish, Swedish, Dutch

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Define target (version and more …) (cont.)
• Where to deploy?
– Laptops, Desktops, Citrix and/or VDI
– Windows10 (which build), macOS 10.13 – 11.0
• See HCL Notes system requirements
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0073795

20.
Define target (version and more …) (cont.)
• Adding other functions/packages?
– Sametime embedded → not needed anymore with 11.0.1
– JVMPatch → updates will be shipped with the Notes- and Fix Pack-Installer
– SwiftFile → is included in the Notes-Installer
− HCL Connections Plugins for HCL Notes → get this on HCL FlexNet
− Programs/Applications who interacts/communicates with HCL Notes
CTI, Instant Messengers, …

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Define target (version and more …) (cont.)
• Let’s assume (for this session) you want to Upgrade from Notes 9.0.1 FPx IFx to
the following components:
– HCL Notes 11.0.1 Standard → MultiUser Installation on Windows10 64Bit (version 2004)
– Add Russian language
– Fix Pack 2
– Use of default paths for
Program directory
C:Program Files(x86)HCLNotes
Shared data directory
C:ProgramDataHCLNotesDatashared
Data directory
C:Users%USERNAME%AppDataLocalHCLNotesData

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Choose Upgrade/Deployment Tool – Third-Party-Solutions
• (HCL) Notes Auto Update
• Third-Party-Solution for Notes → e. g. Marvel Client Upgrade
• Third-Party-Solutions for Windows, like
– SCCM
– Empirum
– LanDesk
– DSM
– others

23.
Create Upgrade Package
• No need to make changes to MSI package(s)
– Scripts can help here
– Differentiation between package and configuration (notes.ini, ConfigFile, etc.)
– That will help you a lot when it comes to package changes, new versions and testing
• Always include an Uninstall part in your package
– In-place upgrades are not recommended!
– You can use the package also in cases of a new or re-install

24.
Create Upgrade Package (cont.)
Installation order
a) Uninstall current version
• Using NICE (Notes Install Cleanup Executable)
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0040768
b) Run local cleanup
• Remove old Program- and SharedData-Dir
c) Install HCL Notes 11.0.1
d) Install Russian language
e) Install Fix Pack 2
f) Copy customized files like stub notes.ini, ConfigFile, etc.

25.
Create Upgrade Package (cont.)
• Command lines for silent Uninstall and Cleanup
• Command lines for silent Install/Upgrade
• Command lines to copy customized stub notes.ini & ConfigFile

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Create Upgrade Package (cont.)
• Check the log files (created during installation) for errors for all installed
components
– Successful
– Not successful (with errors) – new installation needed after Windows restart
(complete package)

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Create Upgrade Package (cont.)
• Additional Information
– For an installation on Citrix, please check out this slideshare:
https://wwww.slideshare.net/christophadler50/rnug-virtual-faster-better-how-to-deploy-hcl-notes-1101-fp2-for-citrixvdi
– If you need/want to switch from Single to MultiUser
• Check out MarvelClient Upgrade

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Create Upgrade Package (cont.)
• Additional Information
– Customized stub notes.ini (example)
– config.txt (example)

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Define post Upgrade actions
• notes.ini changes for existing configurations
(via MarvelClient Essentials or Domino Policy)
– Remove CREATE_R85_DATABASES=1
– Remove CREATE_R9_DATABASES=1
– Add CREATE_R10_DATABASES=1
– Add NSF_UpdateODS=1

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Test, pilot, production
• Test
– Try to use virtual machines with snapshots
– Use images, which is very close to your production configuration
▪ Desktops vs. Laptops vs. VDI
▪ ActiveDirectoy → GPOs (Group Policy Objects)
▪ No local admin user rights
▪ Enabled UAC (User Account Control)
▪ Installed AV (Anti-Virus) Software

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Test, pilot, production (cont.)
• Pilot
– Choose the members of the pilot group wisely and let them know
– 20 – 50 users from different departments and with different requirements on HCL Notes
• Production Deployment
– Inform your ServiceDesk and your users before you push the button
– Balance your deployment by upgrading e. g. 100-500 users at the same time – no more