HCL Notes® Smart Upgrade is a administrative tool for pushing Notes client upgrades to users. Smart Upgrade notifies users to upgrade their Notes clients by a stated date and simplifies the upgrade process by essentially performing the upgrade the task with little or no user intervention.

Smart Upgrade requires that the client being upgraded meet the following prerequisites:

• Notes client is installed
• Connectivity to a Domino® server
• Smart Upgrade application created, configured, enabled, and accessible
• User's Location documents specify the correct home server (Servers tab on location document)

The overall process is as follows:

1. Create a Smart Upgrade application using a Smart Upgrade kit to host the Notes client upgrade kit.

2. Update the Configuration Settings document in the server's Domino Directory (names.nsf) with a link to the Smart Upgrade application and specify the maximum number of concurrent downloads.

3. Ensure that the user's Location document specifies the correct home server.

4. Create an upgrade kit document in the Smart Upgrade application and attach the desired Notes install kit to the document, or designate a shared network drive in the document from which to obtain the Notes install kit.

Note: You can use the supplied Notes install kit or a properly customized Notes install kit.

a. Notes version to deploy

b. Date on which the grace period for client upgrade ends

c. User or group assignments in the desktop policy settings document

Related tasks
Creating a Smart Upgrade application
Adding upgrade kits to the Smart Upgrade application
Backing up and restoring Notes client files

Related information
Chaining Notes Smart Upgrade Kits