Re: FP3 or 7.0.1

I have not yet gotten to my 701 server upgrade yet. But I did run into 
some gotchas with the way I upgraded to 7.0. I posted about it back in 
December on my blog (shameless plug...):

http://cwhisonant.blogspot.com/2005/12/how-do-you-do-lotus-upgrades.html

Last week I finished upgrading all of our mail files to the DWA 7.0 
template. On Notes clients that are below the 7.0 version, the Tools > 
Preferences is not available from the mail folders. Lotus Support said 
that you should have the clients upgraded to the latest release before 
migrating the mail files. Of course, this makes sense. However, they did 
make it difficult with 7.0 because the client Smart Upgrade process was 
broken (for multi-user installs...). (That is supposedly corrected in 
7.0.1 as SPR# HXXE68T7Y5).

So, the correct procedure is as follows:

1) Upgrade server to latest release
2) Upgrade clients to match the server release
3) Upgrade mail file templates to match the client release

Chris Whisonant
Comporium
Senior Mid-Range Systems Administrator
IBM eServer Certified Systems Expert - iSeries Technical Solutions V5R2
IBM Certified System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5
IBM Certified Associate Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5
803.326.7270 | 803.326.6142 fax
http://cwhisonant.blogspot.com/

domino400-bounces+chris.whisonant=comporium.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 
03/02/2006 11:34:12 AM:

> Just to confuse and demoralize - what about 6.5.5?
> 
> Granted, we're still at 6.5.4fp1.  Apparently we're running some 
> unsupported configurations.  Disclaimer:  This is not to be taken as a 
> "this may work in your configuration too".  We do have some issues open 
> with Domino that seem to have gone unresolved for months.
> Some people on the list seem to be happy at some version of 7.  Although 

> there seems to be some roadmap to upgrade.  Something about which comes 
> first - name server, clients, etc.  That seems to obfuscate the issue. 
> Then there's ensuring the compatibility between all products.  Most of 
> that is addressed by some web sites.
> 
> Strongly recommend everyone read this.  Especially if they are thinking 
of 
> going to v5r4
> http://www-03.ibm.
> com/servers/eserver/iseries/domino/domino6/pdf/releasesupport.pdf
> 
> The only 6 release supported on 540 is 6.5.5.
> You must be at 7.0.1 or higher, if you aren't running 6.5.5.
> And... oh heck, just read the pdf at the url.
> 
> See also
> http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/notesua.
> nsf/0b345eb9d127270b8525665d006bc355/49daac16fe805e888525706d0046bb1d?
> OpenDocument
> http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/notesua.
> nsf/ddaf2e7f76d2cfbf8525674b00508d2b/de2da7b609c6cb038525703b005e2f59?
> OpenDocument
> 
> Rob Berendt
> -- 
> Group Dekko Services, LLC
> Dept 01.073
> PO Box 2000
> Dock 108
> 6928N 400E
> Kendallville, IN 46755
> http://www.dekko.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Scott Reece <SReece@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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> 03/02/2006 10:45 AM
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> FP3 or 7.0.1
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> 
> All, just wondering if I should upgrade to 6.5.4 FP3 or just go to 
7.0.1.
> What is the consensus with 7.0.1 so far? has anyone upgraded to it yet?
> what are the downfalls (if any) and what are the advantages? Or should I 

> go
> to 6.5.4 FP3 for now and wait for 7.0.2? Any input will be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott Reece
> System Administrator
> City of Bend
> sreece@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Office - 541-388-4426
> 
> 
> "Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to 
> you
> in life. "  --JFK
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