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How to install Domino server fixpack and hotfix on Windows OS

How to install Domino server fixpack and hotfix on Windows OS

Introduction:

Below are instructions on how to install a fixpack and/or a hotfix on top of any existing Domino server in any Windows OS environment. 

Fixpacks and hotfixes can be downloaded from Harmony’s FTP server.

Choose installer of fixpack and hotfixes according to the bit size of your Windows server. (x32 or x64). 

The fixpack must be installed BEFORE the hotfix for any matching version

ie. Domino_11.0.1_fixpack_9 .exe must be installed before Domino_11.0.1_FP9_hotfix_1.exe

Here are the steps to take to install a fixpack or hotfix.

  1. Shut down the Domino server

You can type “exit” from the Domino console, or you can stop the Domino Service in your service manager.

  1. Make sure any Domino services are not running

Domino service image

On later versions the service will be called “HCL Domino Server”

  1. Launch the fix pack installer that you downloaded or received from Harmony

  2. Accept the software license agreement and select the path of the Domino program directory and Domino data directory respectively.

    Domino fix pack image

  3. Wait for the said software to load successfully. Hit OK/Done/Close (depending on the version) once it is finished. 

  4. Check your Domino server version by starting up the HCL Domino Server service and checking the first few lines on the console or by typing "show server" in the Domino Server Console.

img_server version.png

 

For Hotfix

  • Same procedure applies, once you successfully install the desired fixpack on the server.

  • Make sure to apply the hotfix according to the fixpack version applied. 

 

Tips from experience:

If you get an error that a Notes/Domino Process is still running, even after everything is stopped,

try this tip:

"It looks like that when the Notes statistics are registered on OS level the "Windows Management Instrumentation Service" (short WMI Service) keeps Notes DLLs blocked.

The workaround is to stop the "Windows Management Instrumentation Service" Service before starting the installation.
This should solve the problem in most of the cases."

 

Installing a FixPack can overwrite the java.policy file which stores system permissions for Harmony. If you get a warning in the DEX Api that java policy files are missing, run this command from the Domino console:

tell amgr run “h3.nsf” ‘setPermission’

Then restart your Domino server.