# How do I install HCL (Formerly Lotus) Notes using Endpoint Central MSP?

## Description

This document provides steps required to deploy HCL (Formerly Lotus) Notes to multiple systems using Endpoint Central MSP's Software Deployment feature.

## Steps to Install HCL Notes using Endpoint Central MSP

Follow the steps given below to install HCL Notes.

1. Download the HCL Notes client and copy the executable files into a folder  
   (for example, `C:\software\LotusNotes`) in your system.
2. Create a zipped file of all the required executable files.
   a. Right click on **Start > Explore**.  
      From the Windows Explorer, navigate to the base folder where the installable files are located  
      (for example, `C:\Software\LotusNotes\`).
   b. Select all the files.
   c. Right-click and select **7-Zip > Add to archive**.  
      **Note:** You must install the 7-Zip software application in your system before you do this.
   d. Give an appropriate name for the archive.
   e. Save it as a `.7z` file.
3. Add the package to the Endpoint Central MSP server.
   a. From the Endpoint Central MSP client, select **Software Deployment > Add Package**.
   b. Set the package type to **MSIEXEC/EXE/ISS/Command**.
   c. Select the required application.
   d. Upload the `.7z` zipped file that you created.
   e. Click **Add More**.
   f. Upload `7za.exe` located in `Desktop_Central_Install_Dir>/Desktop_Central_Server/bin` directory.
   g. Specify the installation command as:

      ```
      setup.exe /s /v"SETMULTIUSER=1 /qb"
      ```

   h. From the Advanced Options section, select **Run the Script before Installing Software**.
   i. Specify the script or software name as:

      ```
      7za.exe x "<filename.7z>"
      ```

      **Note:** `filename.7z` refers to the name that you gave to the zipped file you created and saved as a `.7z` file.
   j. Click **Add Package**.
4. Deploy the packages to target client systems.
   a. Select the package you added.
   b. Click **Install/Uninstall Software**.  
      **Note:** This creates a configuration to install software using the package you created and added.
   c. Select the target computers.
   d. Specify the schedule options, if required.
   e. Click **Deploy**.

You have deployed HCL Notes to multiple systems using Endpoint Central MSP's Software Deployment feature.

## More Information

You can also customize the HCL Notes application by creating a transform file that can be used to deploy the application using Endpoint Central MSP. For example, if you have created a transform file named `custom.mst`, you can specify the installation command as:

```
setup /s /v"TRANSFORMS=mu.mst /qn"
```

Both the transform file and the executable file should be stored at the same location.