Upgrading client ODS - what are others doing?

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Subject: Upgrading client ODS - what are others doing?

Feedback Type: Problem

Product Area: Notes Client

Technical Area: Install

Platform: Windows XP client

Release: 8.5.1

Reproducible: Unknown

Hi, we are part way through upgrading all our clients from 6.5.6 to 8.5.1, but keeping the mail template on 6.5 until all users are upgraded. We have had several reports of users getting frequent crashes. I have raised a PMR and it seems that some of the problem is caused by users having databases on a very old ODS - 20 - for a local address book and local mail replica. To resolve you either have to run compact on the local databases or replace - both fiddly with remote users. My question is - are other administrators upgrading the users ODS as part of their upgrade procedure? Also are you adding the line Create_R8_databases=1 to their notes.ini? (after upgrading the mail templates that is..)WE haven't built this into our upgrade procedure and am now concerned that we might be getting more crashes. I don't remember seeing this as a part of the suggested users upgrade steps - would welcome any comments that could help clear this up, thanks, Anne

Feedback number WEBB7XQMDP created by ~Lisa Frojumikony on 11/12/2009

Status: Open
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