Steps for In-place Upgrade
of HCL Domino 12.0 to Domino 12.0.1 and Domino 12.0.1 FP2
Notes:
- Linux server OS is CentOS 7.9, existing HCL Domino is 64-bit, or course.
- The existing start-up script is the Nashed one. It's a few years old, but still worked, so we didn't replace it with the newest one.
- A full step-by-step from a new CentOS 8.2x is also available in this support app titled: CentOS 8.2.2004 and HCL Domino 12.0 and Sametime 11.6 Community Server Installation. Just leave out the Sametime sections of the instructions.
In-Place Domino Upgrade to HCL Domino 12.0.1:
1. Using Filezilla, copy the install file to the server in the server's downloads folder.
- The Domino 12.0.1 installation tar to a dom1201 folder in the server's admin user's Downloads folder
- The Domino 12.0.1 FP2 installation tar to a dom1201fp2 folder.
2. Start SSH Terminal to server. View and extract files.
$ ssh myadmin@mydomserver.mindwatering.com
<enter password>
$ cd /home/myadmin/Downloads/dom1201/
$ pwd
/home/myadmin/Downloads/dom1201
$ ls
Domino_12.0.1_Linux_English.tar
# sudo su -
<password>
# tar -xvf Domino_12.0.1_Linux_English.tar
<watched files extracted>
# cd ../dom1201fp2/
# pwd
/home/myadmin/Downloads/dom1201fp2
# tar -xvf 1201HF50-linux64.tar
3. Perform both of the installations.
# systemctl stop domino.service
<waited>
# systemctl status domino.service
... Domino for xLinux (notes) shutdown completed
<ctl + c>
3a. Upgrade Domino to Domino 12.0.1:
# cd /home/myadmin/Downloads/dom1201/linux64/
# ./install
<go through the prompts>
Note:
- The steps/questions are the same. Click <enter> to accept a setting, and you have to use "0" to get to the end of the license fine print page.
- Since my server has been upgraded over the years, the executable path still shows an IBM based one. So at Program Files Directory Name, we changed /opt/hcl/domino to /opt/ibm/domino if needed. Update if yours if different.
- For Data Files Directory Name, we use /local/notesdata for our data path.
- For User Name, and Group Name, our Domino server user id is notes.
- Major releases always have a directory upgrade, the server "hangs" waiting on the answer.
Start the Domino server manually, or start with service and watch the local console if a GUI is installed.
To start manually, modify the lines below for your environment; start the server manually to upgrade the directory.
# cd /local/notedata/
# su notes -
$ /opt/ibm/domino/bin/server
<For Directory update, answer Yes, with Y>
Y
After letting it run for 5 mins or so, to confirm all is working, shutdown the Domino service.
> q
$ exit
3b. Install HCL Domino 12.0.1 FP2:
# cd /home/myadmin/Downloads/dom1201fp2/linux64/
# pwd
/home/myadmin/Downloads/dom1201fp2/linux64
# NUI_NOTESDIR=/opt/ibm/domino
# export NUI_NOTESDIR
# ./install
<go through the prompts. Use Tab to accept screens for a FixPack.>
Start the Domino server manually, or start with service and watch the local console if a GUI is installed.
To start manually, modify the lines below for your environment; start the server manually to upgrade the directory.
# cd /local/notedata/
# su notes -
$ /opt/ibm/domino/bin/server
<No directory update unless, answered N before. If applicable, answer Yes, with Y>
Y
After letting it run for 5 mins or so, to confirm all is working, shutdown the Domino service.
> q
$ exit
4. Restart the Domino service as normal:
# systemctl start domino.service
<waited>
# systemctl status domino.service
previous page
|