Ronan,

Thanks for your feedback, really appreciate. I'm still a bit confused about logging in normally. The issue could be that the standard client's different (I'm using all clients). Is the user able to type his/her name in the user field of the login dialog? In my client, the list is fixed and and a choice must be made. I located an example (thanks to Mat Newman - see link below) that shows a partial notes.ini (pre-setup) and the configuration file (setup.txt). I'm assuming that the user would click the Notes icon and the notes.ini would initialize then setup/configuration would complete based on the setup.txt file. In short, the user would not see the setup screens and only the password prompt. Interestingly, the Username=%USERNAME% parameter/value seems to use the Windows login ID. If the Windows ID (e.g. shortname) matches a value in the person document (Domino directory), would it pull the ID from vault and prompt user for password? Would be nice...

http://www.matnewman.com/webs/personal/matblog.nsf/dx/easiest-notes-upgrade-ever

[Notes] 
KitType=1 
ConfigFile=S:\Tools\Install\notessetup.txt 
SharedDataDirectory=C:\ProgramData\IBM\Notes\Data\Shared 
InstallType=6 
InstallMode=1 
NotesProgram=c:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes\ 
 

The Configuration File

Username=%USERNAME% 
Domino.Name=theconfigserver/thecompany 
Domino.Address=theconfigserver.thecompany.local 
Domino.Port=TCPIP 
Domino.Server=1 
AdditionalServices=-1 
AdditionalServices.NetworkDial=0 
Replication.Threshold=9999 
Replication.Schedule=0 

Found this technote that explains what else can be in the config file http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21112835  

I never used the username parameter but set the keyfilename= to the users correct id file that we set in the users own user directory.     Also we always pointed the Domino.Name to one server and the initial setup resolved it to the correct mail server that was listed on the person doc.

Barry,

Thanks for the additional information. Since we're unsure which users will access (could be any of several hundred... accessing these non-persistent virtual desktops), the keyfilename parameter seemed too explicit. Also, I agree re: the one server (our plan, too). The %Username% seemed ideal.

Scenario: John Smith launches his virtual desktop and logs into the Windows domain as "jsmith" (also happens to = shortname in person document). Once in, he double-clicks the Notes icon that points to the stripped down notes.ini and setup.txt. His %Username% (jsmith) is used during startup (setup/config). During this process, jsmith is found in the Domino directory and the ID is fetched from the vault. The user receives the password prompt for user John Smith/TestCo. He logs in and roaming takes over.

This should work. right? Seems so, based on the articles. Thanks in advance team.

Its says

I D Vault
Q. Is it possible to automate a new install of Notes 8.5.x (or higher) with no user interaction with the help of ID Vault.
A. Yes. If Username is set to the hierarchical username and the Domino.Name, Domino.Address, and  Domino.Server entries are set appropriately, then Notes will look for the user's ID file in the ID Vault. IMPORTANT NOTE: The key is getting the Username correct for each user and then setting the ConfigFile= value in the notes.ini to point to that user's setup file. Also note that ID Vault requires version 8.5.x (or higher) for the client and server.

Username needs to be the exactly as it is in the first full name of the person doc.   I guess if you have the heir name in active directory  you can write  a program  that runs in login script that gets the info based on ldapsearch and set a new windows end lets say called usernamehier and use that in the install script.  We did the keyfilename as our %username% concatenated with .id matched the filename and this was also pre setting up the id vault.

Barry,

Thanks. Will test the %Username% with existing shortnames and see what happens. Great information to start.

Michael