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~August Opjumisonynds
Jun 17, 2013, 7:02 PM
60 Posts

Answers from Domino install team with the help of Travelers install team

  • Category: Install
  • Platform: Windows
  • Release: 9.0
  • Role: Administrator
  • Tags: domino,traveler,upgrade,64 bit,32 bit,updall
  • Replies: 8
1. General considerations:
     
       - There does exist 64 bit Traveler. It is in one package with  32 bit, and it will install Traveler that is compatible with your version of Domino on 64 bit Windows OS.

      - You cannot use 32 bit Traveler with 64 bit Domino, it is not supported and will most likely result in run-time error.        (Luckily , Traveler Installer will prevent you from doing this.)

      -  Domino 64 bit installer will uninstall Domino 32 bit installer (two Domino installers are not supported in general under WIndows). It will preserve your data directory information and notes.ini settings.
        It will make an effort to preserve your paths (unless your 32 bit Domino uses a default path %ProgramFiles%\IBM  for w32 applications  - with "(x86)" .
        In this case it will be replaced with %ProgramFiles%\IBM for 64 bit applications - i.e. c:\Program Files\IBM\Domino.

Note:
        You mention ~6000 apps to update. Those are Java apps? Not specifically 32 bit apps that are loading notes dlls?  In any case -  please, make sure none is running (and using Domino jvm.)
        We had some occurrences when Domino was shut down, but some applications were using Domino's jvm, which interfered with install. Domino re-install fixed the problem, but better do it right the first time.
        (If you are not sure  you had shut everything down please, perform sanity  check that after upgrade to 90 your jvm\bin directory still contains binary files).


I  would recommend
 - shutting down Domino (making sure Traveler and all processes,  as described above,  are shut down)
 - Upgrading both applications to their 64 bit versions
-  restarting Domino & Traveler.
[If  you have a test server you could try it out on test server first, but this is a supported way].


Please, post here if you have any problem along the way outlined above.
Thank you,
Irina Khasin
~James Revelulyader
Jun 17, 2013, 11:47 PM
145 Posts
Additional Comments
Install Domino 8.5.3 64 Bit Domino and then install Domino 8.5.4FP4 64 Bit Domino and then install Traveler all with the Domino Server down....

Since all existing Database Views and Full Text Indexes will rebuild on first access after changing from 32 Bit Domino to 64 Bit Domino... Suggest

Before starting Domino run the Updall Process (nupdall.exe) against all databases..... You can load multiple updall processes if you want this operation to go more quickly by either specifying directories or using indirect (.ind) files...

Once these all run to completion then start Domino and Traveler.....

Let me know if you have any questions....

Some good information Domino Upgrades can be found here...

FYI - The majority of Domino upgrade procedures are the same for Domino 8.5.x as they are for Domino 9.0

I do think it's good you just move from 8.5.x to 8.5.x first when doing a 32 Bit to 64 Bit Domino conversion.
Upgrade Cookbook: Upgrading to Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.x



http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/UC1_TableofContents.htm


There is a reference to 32 Bit to 64 Bit Domino upgrade in this section of the Cookbook....

Phase 1: Planning the deployment


It references this this tech note

Steps to upgrade a 32-bit Domino server to 64-bit server on Windows platform

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21506430


Feel free to post any follow up questions to the forum and send me an e-mail at the same time in case I miss the post...

jpaganet@us.ibm.com


~Vera Xanlu
Jun 18, 2013, 1:54 PM
16 Posts
Thanks. Just one question...

Thanks very much for the info. I'll convert to 64 bit within the 8.5.x stream first. I'm just wondering about the updall task. Is updall -V enough to invoke the rebuild to 64 bit or do I need to use updall -R.

Thank you

~James Revelulyader
Jun 18, 2013, 2:15 PM
145 Posts
Answer
No command lines arguments needed for updall after changing over from 32Bit to 64 Bit Domino (and for that matter if you went from 64 Bit to 32 Bit Domino)... Any first access of a view or update to an FT index will cause a full rebuild just the first time...    Once it runs to completion the first time then all command line operations will be back in effect......

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