# Installation and Upgrade Guide

# Upgrading and Uninstalling Lotus Notes Portlets

This chapter describes how to upgrade or uninstall the components of your Lotus Notes Portlets deployment. The process is different depending on your operating system.

- Upgrading from a Previous Version
- Uninstalling from a Windows Host
- Uninstalling from a Unix or Linux Host

## Upgrading from a Previous Version

If you are upgrading from a previous version, you do not need to complete the portal registration steps or the object configuration steps described in Registering and Configuring Lotus Notes Portlets.

1. Back up the Lotus Notes server configuration file: <PT_HOME>\PortletSuiteLotusNotes\<version>\settings\config\NOTESserverlist.xml
2. If you have made customizations to the portlet properties files, back up the properties files.
3. Uninstall the application as described in the next sections, Uninstalling from a Windows Host or Uninstalling from a Unix or Linux Host.
4. Install the latest version as described in Installing Lotus Notes Portlets.
5. Restore any configuration and/or properties files you backed up in steps 1 and 2.
6. Restart the BEA ALI Portlet Suite for Lotus Notes Service.

## Uninstalling from a Windows Host

To uninstall software and remove services on a Windows host:

1. From the Windows Task Bar, click Start | Settings | Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. From the list of currently installed programs, select AquaLogic Interaction Portlet Suite for Lotus Notes and click Remove.

Alternatively, you can execute the Uninstall PortletSuiteLotusNotes.exe file located in the following directory: <PT_HOME>\uninstall\PortletSuiteLotusNotes\3.4.

The uninstallation wizard will remove the software and service configuration information.

## Uninstalling from a Unix or Linux Host

To uninstall software and remove services on a Unix or Linux host:

1. To uninstall the Remote Server, log in to the Remote Server host computer and execute the command <PT_HOME>/PortletSuiteLotusNotes/3.4/uninstall/Uninstall_PortletSuiteLotusNotes.
2. Click Done to close the uninstallation wizard.

Note: | The uninstallation wizard removes the <PT_HOME> install directory and all its subdirectories and contents. If there are files residing in these directories that were not installed by the installer, they will not be deleted.