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A customer purchased a big, bad Windows Terminal Server 2008 64-bit. Among the applications to be deployed on the platform was supposed to be Lotus Notes Release 8.5.1. When asked about this, the first thing I did was search the TechNotes. That research resulted in this:
A correct assumption would be that Citrix MetaFrame was not being used.
As the network administrator was attempting to determine how to workaround this "setback," I continued to search for possible answers on PlanetLotus and the Forums. In the Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum, I found, and turned over to the network administrator, this (somewhat edited from the original):
Moments later, I was confronted by a very happy administrator, as he had Notes 8.5.1 running successfully on Microsoft Terminal Server. The downside is that there will probably be no support from Lotus for this configuration.
Link: Is Lotus Notes supported on Windows Terminal Services?
Link: Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum: Yew Lee Yong: 8.5.1 works in Terminal Server 2003 32/64 bit
Technorati tag: SnTT Show-n-Tell Thursday
Question
Is the Lotus Notes client supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services? You are unclear as to whether Lotus Notes clients are supported in a Terminal environment on Windows Terminal server without Citrix MetaFrame installed. In this scenario, the Notes client would be installed on a Windows 2003 terminal client and on Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services.
Answer
No, the Notes client is not designed or supported to run in this scenario (using a Windows Terminal client and Windows Server Terminal Services). A Notes client can run on a Windows 2003 or 2008 Terminal Server only if Citrix MetaFrame is used as well. While Windows Server Terminal Services emulation with Lotus Notes can work, this configuration is not supported.
A correct assumption would be that Citrix MetaFrame was not being used.
As the network administrator was attempting to determine how to workaround this "setback," I continued to search for possible answers on PlanetLotus and the Forums. In the Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum, I found, and turned over to the network administrator, this (somewhat edited from the original):
1) After installing 8.5.1, search for the notes,ini and it should not appear in the windows folder. Delete it if you found it there.
2) The notes.ini file should appear in c:\documents and settings\All users\application data\lotus\notes\data\ and the content in it should be: (please note the actual path should be according to your environment)
[Notes]
KitType=1
SharedDataDirectory=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Lotus\Notes\Data\Shared
InstallType=6
3) edit the following registry entries:
[HKLM\Software\Lotus\Notes\DataPath] Remove the value.
[HKLM\Software\Lotus\Notes\MultiUser] Change the value from 0 to 1.
[HKLM\Software\Lotus\Notes\8.0\DataPath] Remove the value.
[HKLM\Software\Lotus\Notes\8.0\MultiUser] Change the value from 0 to 1.
Moments later, I was confronted by a very happy administrator, as he had Notes 8.5.1 running successfully on Microsoft Terminal Server. The downside is that there will probably be no support from Lotus for this configuration.
Link: Is Lotus Notes supported on Windows Terminal Services?
Link: Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum: Yew Lee Yong: 8.5.1 works in Terminal Server 2003 32/64 bit
Technorati tag: SnTT Show-n-Tell Thursday
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