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Network Station - Installing Lotus Notes 4.6a on Windows Terminal Server

Applicable to: World-Wide

The procedure presented here for installing Lotus Notes 4.6a workstation does not take into account any other application install methods that may already be in place. For example, Windows Terminal Server comes with some logon scripts that assist in the mapping of user home directories, as well as the install of many applications (Lotus Notes is not one of them). It is possible to integrate this process into these scripts, but has not been done here for simplicity. This procedure is intended to explain the basics of how to install Lotus Notes on Windows Terminal Server, and will most likely have to be adapted according to the specific requirements of a given environment.

Log on as Administrator, and map an h: (or whatever letter you want to use as the home drive for all your users) to the administrator's home directory.

Open a Command Prompt and enter: CHANGE USER /INSTALL

Run the Lotus Notes 4.6 install program.

Check the Install On a File Sever option on the very first window of the Notes Install. You will also be prompted for a Name and Company on this screen.

Make sure the File Server Install is the selected Option on the next Notes Install screen.

The next screen that you will come to that you may want to change the defaults option is the Typical vs. Custom Setup screen. It is recommended that you take the Custom Setup option and then unselect all features that you do not need. One very obvious one is the Notes Modem definitions. The only options left selected was Notes Workstation and Attachment viewer.

Also check to make sure that the destination directory is the server drive c: (or possibly m: if you remapped).

Notes Installation will now copy all the files to your hard drive.

Click on Done when the Successful Installation message appears.

Run the Lotus Notes Node Installer by Start -> Programs -> Lotus Applications -> Node Installer.

Do not put a person's name in the Name field as all users will get this setting. A good idea would be to put the company name in this field.

Specify the H: drive as the Personal Directory. It is recommended to leave the default directory. So you will be installing to h:\notes\data.

The files will be copied to the Administrator's h: drive. Click on Done when Successful installation has completed. Do not launch Notes now.

Open Windows Explorer. Cut and paste c:\wtsrv\notes.ini to h:\notes\data\. This cut and paste is equivalent to moving.

Copy the entire h:\notes directory to c:\users\template. This can be accomplished in Windows Explorer by selecting the h:\notes directory. Right Click on the h:\notes directory. Select Copy. Select the c:\users\template directory. Right Click on the c:\users\template directory, select paste.

Create a text file called nclogin.bat in the c:\wtsrv\system32\repl\import\scripts\ directory that contains the same lines as this sample file lotusnotesinstall.txt . Be sure to replace SERVERNAME with your server's name : REM This section is to determine if the user home directory exists REM and create one if it does not net use x: /d net use x: \\SERVERNAME\users if not exist x:\%username% md x:\%username% net use x: /d REM This first part is for mapping the user home directory to H: subst h: /d subst h: \\SERVERNAME\users\%username% REM This section is for setup of Lotus Notes client if not exist h:\notes md h:\notes if not exist h:\notes\data md h:\notes\data if not exist h:\notes\data\notes.ini copy "c:\users\template\notes\data\*.*" "h:\notes\data"

Assign the login script to all users in User Manager for Domains. Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> User Manager for Domains. While holding down the Ctrl key, click on all the users who will be using Notes. Once all desired users are selected, click on User -> Properties. Select Profile and enter nclogin.bat in the login Script field.

Create a Common icon for all users to run Lotus Notes. Right click on the Start button and select Explore All Users. Under Profiles-> All Users -> Desktop click on File -> New -> Shortcut. Enter c:\notes\notes.exe for the command line and click on next. Enter Lotus Notes for the description and click on Finish.

Still in Windows Explorer, right click on the newly created Lotus Notes Shortcut, select properties. Go to the Shortcut tab. Change the Start In field to be: h:\notes\data.

Go to the command prompt and enter: CHANGE USER /EXECUTE

Now when a user logs on the next time, their user directory will automatically be created, mapped to h:\, and the Lotus Notes WorkStation set up as an application.

The only issue remaining, is how to distribute the Notes ID files and the migration of existing Lotus Notes user's settings. However, this issue is a standard Lotus Notes administration issue, that will be left to the Lotus Notes experts.

	Search Keywords	Lotus Notes 4.6, TSE, Network Station
	Hint Category	Installation Guides, System Administration Tools
	Date Created	10-12-98
	Last Updated	22-03-99
	Revision Date	20-09-99
	Brand	IBM Network Station
	Product Family	NT Server - Network Station
	Machine Type	Various
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