Best Practices for Upgrading to ODS51 on Clients and Servers

Jon Champlin, Advisory Software Engineer, IBM


December, 2009

Learn everything you need to know about ODS — what it is, why it’s important to run the most recent version, how to find out what version you’re currently running, and how to upgrade your databases to the latest ODS level on both servers and clients. Clear up some common misconceptions about ODS and get best practices for upgrading to ODS51 in releases 8.0 and higher.

You may have seen or heard references to a specific “ODS level” with regards to some new feature or function that has been introduced in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino. Many administrators and developers don’t know exactly what ODS represents, why they should care what version they’re running, or how to change it. That’s about to change. I’ll explain everything you need to know about ODS levels, focusing especially on upgrading to ODS51 in releases 8.0 and higher, and explaining how to get best results when enabling the Domino Attachment Object Service (DAOS) on the same server.

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