The document outlines best practices for deploying Verse on Premises (VOP), highlighting key strategies such as planning, understanding requirements, and phased rollouts. It details installation steps, integration with other applications like Connections, Docs, Sametime, and Box, along with necessary configurations and testing processes. It also addresses future updates and the gradual phase-out of iNotes in upcoming versions.

1. Best practises for deploying
Verse on Premise (VoP)
• Tim Clark
www.bcchub.com
contact@bcc.biz

2. Who am I?
Tim Clark
• Director Services &
Support
• Domino Admin (ish)
• Project Manager

3. Agenda
• Why deploy VOP?
• Plan / Set a goal
• Know your requirements
• Installing and configuring
• Integrating with Connections,
Docs, Sametime & Box
• Deploy & Test first
• Roll out in phases

4. Why deploy Verse-On-Premises
• Mail only users
• Nicer interface than iNotes
• No Notes client required
– Use ICAA for Applications
• Integration points
– Connections Files & Profiles
– IBM Docs
– IBM Sametime
– Box

5. And now ….

6. Plan / Set a goal
• Set time aside for
downtime on
mail server
– Update to 9.0.1
– Install fixes
– Edit notes.ini
– Restart server
• Ensure back up
of all mail files
• Don’t rush!
#engageug

7. Know your
requirements
• Current version VOP 1.3
• System requirements -
http://bit.ly/vop103sysreq
• Remove older versions before
you install
• Ensure integration pre-reqs
are satisfied (& tested) –
check those system
requirements again!

8. Installing and configuring
• Straight forward
process
– Create CredStore
– Down the server
– Copy the files on
– Edit the notes.ini
– Start the server
• Configuration
– Replace iNotes
redirector
– Mail file template
update
– Compact mail files
– Full text indexes
#engageug

9. Integrating with Connections
Connections
Requirements
• Connections 6 or 5.5 CR2
• Internet mail address must match
the address used in Connections
profiles
• Ensure SSL is configured for
Domino and Connections and SSO
is working
• Configure Connections HTTP server
- http://bit.ly/vop103cnx
• Restart
#engageug

10. Integrating with Docs
Docs
Requirements
• Enable CORS on IBM Docs to allow
cross origin requests –
http://bit.ly/docs_cores
– Add WhiteDomainList field to
• concord-config.json
• viewer-config.json
OR
– Run the domain_list_mgr.py
• Ensure HTTPS is used
#engageug

11. Enhancing with Sametime
Sametime
• Ensure iNotes / ST
integration is
completed
• Make notes.ini changes
on verse server
– VOP_GK_sametime=1
– VOP_GK_sametime_ri
ch_client=1
• Add verse server
trusted ip in community
server config
• Restart the server
#engageug
Thanks to Millan Matejic for the screenshots (blog post here: http://bit.ly/st-vop)

12. Enhancing with Box
Box
• Super simple
• Create a new app
at
developer.box.co
m
• Add the client ID
to the notes.ini
on verse server
VOP_BOX_CLIENT_ID=client_id
• Restart the server
#engageug

13. Deploy and
test first
• Deploy on a test box
• Run up a VM in your
domain
• Test deployment
• SSL must be enabled
• If you must do it on a live
machine create a new mail
file for testing

14. Roll out in phases
• Server first
• Modify mail files
• Template
• Full text index
• Running compact
• Once one mail file is
completed do in
batches
• DONE!!

15. V10 and beyond
• Pre version 10 – Aug
2018
• V10 – Q4 2018
• Continuous delivery
2019
• Long term support no
end date
• iNotes may be
deprecated in V11

16. Questions & Contact
#engageug
Tim
timsterc
@timsterc
www.bcchub.com
contact@bcc.biz