To automate Notes installation and upgrade using a silent install or upgrade deployment, you can use any of the following customization tools separately or in conjunction with one another:

• Customized Notes install kit – customized Notes install manifest (install.xml file in Notes install kit) and updateSite folder contents

  You can customize the Notes standard configuration install kit to add additional third party features and plug-ins, remove certain supplied features (Composite Applications Editor, Lotus Symphony, Feed Reader, IBM Connections (Activities), embedded IBM® Sametime®), and/or to control feature install visibility and default options in the Notes installation panels or silent install prompts.

  All features in the install manifest that have their "required" attribute set to "true" are installed. However, you can also specify features from the Notes install manifest as command line arguments.

• MSI transform file (a .mst file based on the Lotus Notes version.msi fil supplied in the Notes install kit)

  A transform file (.mst) is created by using the supplied LotusNotes.itw and Lotus Notes version.msi files in conjunction with the InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes, to configure various aspects of what you want installed and how.

  You can use a transform file to control certain settings or install options uch as the following.

  Note: A transform can be used in conjunction with various silent install command line options and/or a customized Notes install kit.

  • option to install with the Notes preloader enabled
  • certain Domino policy or NOTES.INI file settings
  • single or multi-user install type
• For details on creating a transform file, see "Obtaining a tuner and creating a transform file to customize Notes installation."
• Silent install command line options

  Notes silent install can be run with or without MSI command line options to allow for further customization.

Related concepts
Customizing Lotus Notes installation
Considerations when planning a Lotus Notes silent install or upgrade
Running a Lotus Notes silent install or upgrade using optional arguments
Using the install manifest "default" setting for silent feature specification
Customizing Lotus Notes install using the tuner
Example: Using setup.exe to call a transform file during Lotus Notes silent install

Related tasks
Customizing Lotus Notes install for features and plug-ins on Windows and Mac
Adding and removing components from the Notes install kit using UpdateSiteMgr
Performing a Lotus Notes silent install or upgrade on Windows
Performing a Lotus Notes silent install on Mac OS X
Obtaining a tuner and creating a transform file to customize Lotus Notes installation
Example: Using msiexec command line utilities for installing Lotus Notes

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