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Sep 13, 2016, 2:45 PM
51 Posts

Re: Roaming

  • Category: Notes Client
  • Platform: Windows
  • Release: 9.0.1
  • Role: Administrator
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  • Replies: 7

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 

Sep 20, 2016, 1:29 PM
14 Posts
Roaming
Hi Michael,
Roaming is not supported for the All client version, you need to be doing your testing with the the Notes Single user or Multiuser installs.
It seems to me that you are trying to do two things at once, automate the config and roaming the users at the same time which will not happen.

Also you never explained what type of Roaming you were testing (policy or roaming tool)

If its a new instance of Notes where you are using a config file to automate the setup , it will not set up Roaming at this time .
Notes needs to already set up before Roaming will kick in , this is because Roaming will need to replicate the local databases to the Server with one exception if you are Roaming using the Policy.

You are essentially just doing an Automated Config.

I think it will work as you were expecting once the users are Roaming . On a user with an existing Notes instance either apply the Roaming  Policy or use the Tool (without Roaming the ID file). Once the Roaming is complete  then do your Auto Config.

The Config. text file will populate the config screen and pull the ID from the Vault once authenticated the Roaming will kick in and replicate down the data from the server.


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