Lotus Notes 5.0 to Lotus Notes 7.0 on OS/400 V5R2

I am installing updates for Lotus Notes.


I want to be on the lastest version. Can I upgrade from Lotus Notes 5.0 to Lotus Notes 7.0 on OS/400 V5R2.


I see where Lotus Notes 7.0 is not supported on OS/400 V5R2. Does that mean that I cannot upgrade from Lotus Notes 5.0 to Lotus Notes 7.0 on an 820 iseries OS/400 V5R2?

A few days after we install the updates to lotus notes we are going from V5R2 to V5R3. A few days after that we are going from a 820 Iseries to a 520 I5.

Just to clarify.

I want to go from Lotus Notes 5.0 to Lotus Notes 7.0 on a 820 Iseries with OS/400 V5R2.

Next I am going to go from OS/400 V5R2 to OS/400 V5R3 on a 820 iseries

Then I want to go from the 820 Iseries to the 520 I5.

I do not want to have to go from Lotus Notes 5.0 to Lotus Notes 6.5 on the 820 Iseries. I want to have the latest version of Lotus Notes installed.

IBM upgrade path is not easy to understand.

Subject: Lotus Notes 5.0 to Lotus Notes 7.0 on OS/400 V5R2

The information you are looking for is available in the Release Notes that you can access from the Web:http://www-12.lotus.com/ldd/doc/domino_notes/7.0/readme.nsf

Upgrading from Domino R5

If you are planning to upgrade from Domino Release 5 to Domino Release 7, you must first upgrade your system from OS/400 V5R2 to i5/OS V5R3, and then install Domino 7. Domino R5 is not supported to run on i5/OS V5R3, but for the purpose of upgrading from Domino R5 to Domino 7, Domino R5 can reside on V5R3 after an OS upgrade and prior to the Domino 7 install. Once you install Domino 7, any existing Domino R5 servers will be automatically upgraded. Only upgrades from Domino 5.0.13 are supported.

Subject: Lotus Notes 5.0 to Lotus Notes 7.0 on OS/400 V5R2

This might be stating the bleeding obvious but can’t you just go straight to R7 on the i5?

Alternatively you have a few problems as you shouldn’t use Domino V7 on V5R2 - it requires V5R3. Unless I’m misreading your post you should wait until you’re running V5R3 before upgrading to Domino V7. Things will be a lot more straighforward if you do it that way. Once that’s out the way then you’ve only got to move to the i5 but that should be the easy bit.