How to install R6 on Citrix Metaframe instructions

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These are the instructions for installing Lotus Notes R6 on Citrix Metaframe

  1. Login in to the Citrix server with administrative privileges.

  2. Create a folder on the C: drive called R6ClntTmpl. (This folder will be used as your client template for any new R6 users and will need to be copied to each users Home folder. The process of upgrading an existing R5 user to R6 is different)

  3. Click on Start

  4. Click on Settings

  5. Click on Control Panel

  6. Double Click on Add and Remove Programs

  7. Click on Add New Programs

  8. Browse to the R6 install file

  9. Begin the install

  10. Click Next to continue on the first Notes install screen.

  11. Click Next to continue

  12. Select “I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next

  13. Enter the Company name in the User name and Organization fields. Do not enter a user’s name in either field, as all users will see this information.

  14. Select install this application “Only for me (Single User Install)” and click Next.

  15. Change the install Data files to C:\ R6ClntTmpl\Lotus\Notes\Data

  16. On the Feature Install window deselect Modem Files, Client Single Logon Feature, and Domino Enterprise Connection Services. Click Next.

  17. Click Install.

  18. Click Finish.

  19. Copy the C:%systemroot%\notes.ini file to the C:\ R6ClntTmpl\Lotus\Notes\Data directory

  20. Edit the notes.ini file. The entries your ini file may vary. The important one to modify is the Directory entry. These are the exact entries in my notes.ini file:

[Notes]

KitType=

InstallType=

FaultRecovery_Build=Build V60_09252002

DSTLAW=4,1,1,10,-1,1

Directory=H:\lotus\notes\data

UPDATE_TIMER=02/13/2003 02:13:19 PM

SUDIALOG_ON=0

  1. I noticed the Lotus Notes desktop shortcut which was created during the R6 install is faulty. The target field is grayed out.

  2. Create a new shortcut by browsing to the C:\Program Files\lotus\notes directory. Create a shortcut to the notes.exe

  3. Paste the shortcut in the All Users desktop directory.

  4. Modify the Shortcut properties. You will need to map a network drive called H:\

  5. The Target field should read as follows: “C:\Program Files\Lotus\Notes\notes.exe” =H:\Lotus\Notes\Data\notes.ini

  6. The Start in field should read as follows H:\Lotus\Notes\Data.

I haven’t done too much testing but it seems to be working. Seems a bit slow in performance but that could be the Citrix box we have it running on.

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Subject: How to install R6 on Citrix Metaframe instructions

This looks like the ‘old’ Citrix R5 instructions (before the ‘Shared Install’ checkbox appeared). Does anyone have a hard date when MD6 will ‘catch up’ to 5.0.x in Citrix support?

Some posts way back suggest ‘never’, some suggest 2004. Either one of these will stop us dead from quickly moving to Citrix, as we only run supported software on our Citrix servers (too many problems with ones that aren’t…).

Thanks for any more recent info you can provide!

Lee Sweet

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Subject: Sharing your Notes client installation

Yes, this is the obvious way to install a Notes client on a thin client terminal server solution, but Lotus Support clearly aren’t enthusiastic about this approach. See this technote (Title “Is Running Client Notes.ini and/or Notes Data Directory on a File Server a Supported Configuration?”:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21086958

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Subject: But where is your H drive with the Notes data?

This is the obvious way to install a Notes client on a thin client terminal server solution, but Lotus Support clearly aren’t enthusiastic about this approach. See this technote (Title “Is Running Client Notes.ini and/or Notes Data Directory on a File Server a Supported Configuration?”:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21086958

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Subject: How to install R6 on Citrix Metaframe instructions

Hi,

With this method, you have to run a desktop then click on the shortcut on desktop.

In our dept we only publish apps on Citrix so we have to do these extra steps

. create a file notes.cmd in “C:\Program Files\Lotus\Notes”

. this contains the following lines

echo off

echo Please wait while we are setting up Notes environment

use H:\ …

“C:\Program Files\Lotus\Notes.exe” =h:\lotus\notes\data\notes.ini

. then publish this notes.cmd with working directory is in c:\temp

And it works fine for us.

Notes. If you run both Notes 5 and Notes 6 in your environment then you have to separate the data directories