Upgrading IBM Lotus Domino

Once the base level is there, do you need to upgrade Domino to the latest version that runs Quickr 8.5 (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27009740)? Before you start upgrading your Domino server, we should step back a minute and review some key items that should be considered:

1. 1. Your 'Corporate Names' and 'Address Book', contained in the names.nsf file should be the priority, always. If you are already at the latest version of Domino then, there is no need to worry. However, if you are on an older version and are therefore using an older template for your names.nsf, you need to plan for the upgrade across all of your servers.

2. 2. You should check the On-Disk Structure or ODS version that your Domino files are running and bring all important databases, such as names.nsf and any existing places, to the latest version which is 51(as of 8.5). A small change to many, but not upgrading decreases your servers performance.

3. 3. If you have used LDAP integration...