How To install IBM Lotus Domino on Windows Server 2008 R2 We are going to install IBM Domino 9.0.1 Social Edition Trail on Windows Server 2008 R2 part of Windows server 2012 Domain Environment. How To install IBM Lotus Domino on Windows Server. 04/26 - 05/03 (1).
Its been a while so I can't remember if you can go straight from 8.5 to 8.5.3 so I'd download the ones in between just in case (8.5.1, 8.5.2, 8.5.3).
- Back up your domino data folder(s) just in case.
- Stop replication (if applicable)
- Stop the domino server (type 'quit' at the console)
- Set the domino services to manual
- Run the 8.5.3 setup (if it needs 8.5.2 or 8.5.1 it will tell you), when prompted just select everything as the notes.ini file tells the server what to use. Follow any on screen prompts.
- Reboot if required and change the services back to automatic.
- Test.
- You can upgrade the designs of the mail databases if you wish