Smart Upgrade - SURunas.exe - Error 1327. Invalid Drive

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I am attempting to upgrade from Lotus Notes 6.5.4 to 8.5.1 via the smart upgrade wizard.

Unfortunately, the current notes client is not set up like a typical client. The data directory resides in a network directory labeled, X:\Lotus\Notes\Data. Every employee has their own X: drive. It is not an option to change the data directory to the local C: drive.

The smart upgrade kit that I made works perfect for users that have administrative access to their local machines. Below is a screenshot of the kit that I made. I added some custom templates to the installation, so that is why you see the transform file.

To account for the users that do not have administrative access, I made a SURunas.exe file. Below are the settings that I chose.

Screen 1 - The credentials below are correct. This administrator account has access to all network shares including the users’ X: drives.

Screen 2

Screen 3 - I verified the UNC path to ensure that it is correct.

Screen 4 - I experimented with a number of different command line options. Below is just a shot of my current settings.

Screen 5

Here is the smart upgrade doc that accompanies this setup.

Here is the error that appears during the smart upgrade.

It appears to me that SURunas.exe is not allowing the administrator account specified to access the user’s X: drive. I tried using a number of different admin accounts with the same results. Again, installing to the X: drive works fine when I don’t have to use SURunas.exe.

Does anyone have any experience with this type of setup or any ideas on how I can resolve this issue?

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Subject: Smart Upgrade - SURunas.exe - Error 1327. Invalid Drive

When you run the SURUNAS.exe, your script has no idea where your user’s X drive is.

I ran into this same problem when I upgraded from 6.5 to 7.02.

I had to incorporate a script that would remap the network drive X to the correct location before running the install.

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Subject: That’s Right!

If I’m using SURunas.exe, then the file is launching as the administrator and not as the user. So I would need to use a NET USE command to map the X: drive prior to installation.

How to go about launching that in a script prior to installation. That’s the question now I guess.

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Subject: You can package anything into SURunAS…

so you could write a batch file or Windows Script Host file and package that into the SURunAs package. The script/batch file would mount a drive where the Notes install kit is on the network and then mount your x: drive to the correct location. FInally it would then start the Notes install from the 1st network drive using the 2nd network drive for the data directory.

Or you could put the batch file/scrip into the directory with your Notes install kit and instead of specifying to run setup.exe in the SURunAsWizard you would specifiy the script. And the script wouldnt need to mount the first drive because the install kit would be in the same extracted directory as the script.