Installing and upgrading Notes® multi-user

Installing Notes® in a multi-user user environment enables multiple users to sequentially log in to the same machine and use the same Notes® install directory with their own Notes® data directory.

Notes® installation on the supported Linux™ or Mac OS X platforms is only available as a multi-user install. Notes® installation on the supported Windows™ and Citrix platforms is available for single user or multi-user install.

Notes® installation on the supported Windows™ and Citrix platforms supports customization of the Notes® data directory.

Note: Multi-user install is supported for Notes® client-only install; it is not available for the Domino® Administrator or Domino® Designer clients. The Notes® Allclient kit is available for single user installation only. The Allclient kit allows for Notes®, Domino® Designer, and Domino® Administrator install.

Perform a multi-user install if your organization has multiple users who share a single workstation. When users first log in, they access the Notes® client setup and their personal data files, such as bookmark.nsf, names.nsf, and other files, are created. The installer installs the Notes® program files to a central location on the local system. Each user has their own data directory. Each user's data files are created and subsequently accessed when they log in and start Notes®.

Note: Notes® multi-user install differs from a Notes® shared install in that program files are located on the local system in a multi-user install. This allows users to access Notes® regardless of which network drives are available. In a shared install, users are dependent on the availability of shared network drives.