INSTALLING
To automate Notes installation and upgrade using a silent install or upgrade deployment, you can use any of the following customization tools separately or in conjunction with one another:
You can customize the Notes standard configuration install kit to add additional third party features and plug-ins, remove certain supplied features (Composite Applications Editor, Feed Reader, IBM® Connections (Activities), embedded IBM Sametime® and Notes OpenSocial). You can also control feature install visibility and default options in the Notes installation panels or silent install prompts.
All features in the install manifest that have their required attribute set to true are installed. However, you can also specify features from the Notes install manifest as command line arguments.
A transform file (.mst) is created by using the supplied IBMNotes.itw and IBM Notes version Social Edition.msi files in conjunction with the InstallShield Tuner for Notes, to configure various aspects of what you want installed and how.
You can use a transform file to control certain settings or install options such as the following.
Note: A transform can be used in conjunction with various silent install command line options and/or a customized Notes install kit.
Notes silent install can be run with or without MSI command line options to allow for further customization.
Related concepts Customizing Notes installation Using Notes Smart Upgrade Using the Smart Upgrade Run-As wizard Considerations when planning a Notes silent install or upgrade Running a Notes silent install or upgrade using optional arguments Using the install manifest "default" setting for silent feature specification Customizing Notes install using the tuner Example: Using setup.exe to call a transform file during Notes silent install
Related tasks Customizing Notes install for features and plug-ins on Windows and Mac Adding and removing components from the Notes install kit using UpdateSiteMgr Performing a Notes silent install or upgrade on Windows Performing a Notes silent install on Mac OS X Obtaining a tuner and creating a transform file to customize Notes installation Example: Using msiexec command line utilities for installing Notes