ISBG 2015 - Challenge accepted: IBM Cloud onboarding & Upgrades to IBM Notes Browser Plug-in

Challenge accepted:IBM Cloud onboarding & Upgrades to IBM Notes Browser Plug-in

ISBG vårseminar - May 2015

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Christoph AdlerTechnical Account Manager – panagenda

IBM (Lotus) Notes / Domino since 2001

Consulting for projects Administration Migration / Consolidation Client Management Application Management

Since 2012 TAM at panagenda with core competence in Notes Client Management ICS Infrastructure Analysis and Optimizations

Good to know… Frequent traveler Projects with many different companies in

different countries Beer or Wine? Beer!

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Migrating to the cloud, why?(short)

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The Digital Universe

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The Digital Universe - continued

1 Zettabyte = 1.000 Exabyte = 1.000 Petabyte = 1.000 Terabyte = 1.000 Gigabyte

1 Zettabyte = 1.000.000.000.000 Gigabyte

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The Digital Universe - continued

The irony of the digital universe is that, while most of it (almost 70%) is created by the actions of individuals – taking pictures, watching digital TV, being captured on surveillance cameras in airports – enterprises have contact with, and therefore liability and responsibility for more of it (85%), such as account information, email addresses, location stamps, and so on.

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The Digital Universe - continued

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Other reasons?

• Features features features (cloud first)• (unlimited) disk space• Less license costs• Availability• Performance• Connectivity• […]

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IBM (Connections) Cloud offerings(short again)

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IBM (Connections) Cloud offerings

• IBM Connections Cloud S1 (formerly IBM SmartCloud Engage Advanced)• IBM Connections Cloud S2 (formerly IBM SmartCloud Engage)• IBM Connections Files on Cloud• IBM Connections Meetings Cloud (formerly IBM SmartCloud Meetings)• IBM Connections Social Cloud (formerly IBM SmartCloud Connections)• SmartCloud Notes • IBM Connections Chat Cloud • IBM Web Mail Cloud (formerly IBM SmartCloud iNotes)• IBM Connections Archive Essentials Cloud (formerly IBM SmartCloud Archive Essentials)

Source(s)• http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/ibm-connections-cloud• http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/social/us/en/planspricing /

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Challenge 1/2:Cloud onboarding

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Challenge: Cloud onboarding

Scenario

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Challenge: Cloud onboarding (Server)

IBM Mail Onboarding Manager

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Challenge: Cloud onboarding (Client) – IBM only

Manual steps (end-users)• 1. Announcement Mail

Mailfile will be transferred/replicated to the cloud

• 2. Join SmartCloud Notes Mail• Click on one or more buttons• Open a downloaded nsf file• Click on another button

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Challenge: Cloud onboarding (Client) – IBM only - continued

Join SmartCloud Notes Mail

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Challenge: Cloud onboarding (Client) – IBM only

Manual steps (end-users)• 1. Announcement Mail

Mailfile will be transferred/replicated to the cloud

• 2. Join SmartCloud Notes Mail• Click on one or more buttons• Open a downloaded nsf file• Click on another button

• 3. Mail file folder Mail (keep ‘old’ database design + IBM approved it)• Click on one or more buttons

• 4. Welcome Mail

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Challenge: Cloud onboarding (Client) – IBM + panagenda MarvelClient

Manual steps (end-users)• 1. Announcement Mail (not needed)

Mailfile will be transferred/replicated to the cloud

• 2. Join SmartCloud Notes Mail• Click on one or more buttons• Open a downloaded nsf file• Click on another button

• 3. Mail file folder Mail (keep ‘old’ database design + IBM approved it)• Click on one or more buttons

• 4. Welcome Mail

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Challenge 2/2:Upgrading to IBM Notes Browser Plugin-in

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Challenge: Upgrading to IBM Notes Browser Plugin-in

General• Different OS versions in 32Bit &| 64Bit• Different Directories: Program &| Data folders• Single &| MultiUser installations (again Directories, Templates in Data Directory, etc.)• Desktop / Laptop / Citrix or other virtual environments• Hardware• Network drives• Harddisk capacity• (Intelligent) package deployment• Design updates + ODS-Upgrade• Notes.ini

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Challenge: Upgrading to IBM Notes Browser Plug-in - continued

IBM Notes Browser Plugin-in specific• Usage of “InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes” not supported & not available

• stub notes.ini• additional files• modified shortcuts• […]

• Activate Browser Plug-in in Mozilla Firefox / Internet Explorer

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Challenge: Upgrading to IBM Notes Browser Plug-in - continued

Current configuration• IBM Notes 9.0.1 Standard + FP2• MultiUser

Target configuration• IBM Notes 9.0.1 Browser Plug-in only + FP3 IF4• MultiUser installation• + pre defined stub notes.ini• + pre activated browser plug-in (addon) Mozilla Firefox

Upgrade process• < 4 minutes (complete uninstall + cleanup + install + configuration)

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Live

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panagenda MarvelClient helps!

• Client analysis and optimization• Reduce helpdesk calls by up to 80% • Achieve client startup times < 45 seconds • Roaming, including Citrix, WTS, VDI and

Connections Cloud• Seamless client setups, upgrades and

updates

• Seamless cloud onboarding

" panagenda MarvelClient significantlyreduces our cost to manage ourIBM Notes client base, including Citrixand the Notes browser plugin."

MarvelClient Platforms:IBM Notes Basic Client, IBM Notes Standard Client, IBM Notes Browser Plug-in, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Citrix, Microsoft Windows Terminal Server

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Q & A

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Thank you !

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Christoph AdlerTechnical Account Manager

panagenda GmbH – Solutions for Infrastructure Analysis and Optimization

● Donnersbergstr. 1 ● 64646 Heppenheim (Germany)● Cell: +49 172 494 4141 ● Phone: +49 6252 679 39-52 ● Fax: +49 6252 679 39-16● E-Mail: christoph.adler@panagenda.com

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