After Lotus Foundations Start installation and user account creation, you can use the Domino Web Access for email for all users. You can also install a workstation client program to interact with the Domino mail server.
The IBM Lotus Notes client is the recommended way for making the most efficient use of the Lotus Foundations Start platform. The IBM Lotus Notes client provides mechanisms for email, collaboration, shared calendaring, and access to other Domino applications.
IBM Lotus Foundations Start Lotus Notes addon
The Lotus Notes Addon enables you to easily deploy the Lotus Notes workstation clients to your end users. This is a two part process.
1. Install the Lotus Foundations Start Lotus Notes addon feature to the server.
2. Install the Lotus Notes clients to the workstations.
Part 1: Installing the IBM Lotus Foundations Start Lotus Notes addon feature to the server
Lotus Notes is a client that accesses mail from the server, Lotus Domino. The first part of this installation is installing the server addon package on the Lotus Foundations Server. To install the server addon package on the Lotus Foundations Server, perform the following steps:
With the Lotus Foundations Server running and configured:
1. If you have a CD, insert the CD labeled Lotus Foundations Start Disk 3 into the server.
2. If you downloaded the software to your workstation, do the following:
- Connect to the autoinstall file share on the Lotus Foundations Server. To do this, click Start > Run, and then enter the server's IP address followed by \autoinstall. For example, \\192.168.0.1\autoinstall.
- Observe the dialog box and enter the administrative account and password.
- Locate the folder where you unzipped the Lotus Foundations Start Notes package. The naming convention is lfstart-notes801-nnnn.pkg. (example: lfstart-notes801-2760.pkg)
- Drag the Lotus Notes file lfstart-notes801-nnnn.pkg into the autoinstall folder. Wait to proceed until all of the files are copied to the server autoinstall directory.
3. Select Software Update from the menu on the left side of the WebConfig screen.
4. A list of installable packages is displayed. If there is no list of available packages, wait several seconds and refresh the screen again. The Lotus Notes addon package should be listed and should be displayed as: Team autoinstall/lfstart-notes801-nnnn.pkg: Notes 8.0.1 for Lotus Foundations Start.
5. Click Install on the Lotus Foundations Start Notes addon, read and accept the license agreements. The installation begins immediately, and might take a few moments.
6. Verify the setup is complete on the main status page in the Addons section.
Part 2: Install the Lotus Notes clients to the workstations
The following instructions explain how to install IBM Lotus Notes onto a workstation. These instructions are for the one-click installation and configuration of Lotus Notes.
To install Lotus Notes on the client workstations, perform the following steps:
1. From the user's workstation, connect to the user's file share on the Lotus Foundations Server. To do this, click Start > Run, and then enter the server's IP address followed by \USERNAME. For example, type \\192.168.0.1\USERNAME where USERNAME corresponds to the user that you want to configure on the Lotus Foundations Server.
2. Navigate to the LotusFoundations folder and double-click the NOTES801_SETUP.BAT file, then select "Run" when prompted.
3. The auto-deployment installation starts. A comment stating that "UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to the Windows folder." is displayed. This comment is expected and can safely be ignored. The installation program continues.
4. Press "enter" to continue when prompted.
5. The installation should take approximately five to ten minutes for a workstation that is on the same local network as the Lotus Foundations Server. When the installation has completed, a message stating that "Notes 8.0.1 auto setup is configured...Press any key to continue...". Press "enter" and the program closes.
Note: If the preferred language of the user is not English and you have installed the corresponding language pack for Notes on the server, the installation of the language pack occurs automatically after the basic Notes installation completes.
6. Open Lotus Notes from either a desktop icon or the Start menu.
7. Enter the Notes password and click
OK.
8. Notes performs an initial setup that can take several minutes. When the initial setup is complete, Lotus Notes opens and the installation is complete.
Installing language packs for Lotus Notes to the client workstation:
The one-click installation process automatically installs the language pack when the user installs Lotus Notes.