Deploy Notes 8.5.1 Fix Pack 1 FP1 via Group Policy?

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I see that in the new fix pack 1 when extracted there is a fix.msi. I assumed that this was there so that we could use group policy to deploy the fix pack. However I am unable to deploy it using it. The workstation application event log indicates a fatal error during install and will not install.

What, if any, is the proper procedure to use the fix.msi to deploy the fix pack? Smart Upgrade is too much of a hassle to set up in the first place, and also because our environment is locked down and I do not wish to use the USRUNAS utility.

Any Ideas?

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Subject: FP1

HI, I am looking to deploy this via SCCM. If you run the exe and set it to unpack to a folder, then run sysinternals Process Explorer you will see the full command line it’s using…something likeMSIEXEC /i /l* SETUPEXEDIR=“C:\blahblahblah”

now it’s that folder SETUPEXEDIR that is important…

I haven’t figured a way of say setting it to be the default dir that the msi is in yet…

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Subject: FP5

Hi

Did you find out how to set it to be the default dir that the msi is in?

I have the same issue.

Thanks

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Subject: smartupgrade docs

I don’t know how to do it via group policy, but you might find this helpful:

http://www.thenewdominoadmin.com/blog/?p=713&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNewDominoAdmin+(The+New+Domino+Admin)

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Subject: Excellent, thanks!

Thank you so much for that most excellent link. That has been by far the most educating information about Smart Upgrade I have run across relating to the actual processes involved in setting the entire thing up. (and I have read the redpaper “Understanding Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade” as well as several support documents relating to the SU and SURunAs situations.) Using the guides from that link I have successfully setup SmartUpgrade and deployed FP1 via smart upgrade.

Thanks Again!