From script, a way to differentiate a R5 bookmark file from a R6\R7 one?

Hi,

From my series :How to scan 400 users's local Notes data files?
Is their a way to differentiate a R5 bookmark file from a R6\R7 one via script?

For example, for the personnal address book, there is a new view called ($Policies).

Is their any such design element in R6\R7 bookmark.

I have a script and I need an element that would help me identify a wrong bookmark and do a replace design if so.

Thank you,

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Random ReplicaID - Impact on servers? - Answer from IBM

From this post

Random ReplicaID - Impact on servers?

I've opened up a PMR about this issue, here's the answer:

The short answer to your question is that Domino will have no problems whatsoever with a replicaID that was generated manually-- provided it conforms to the correct format.

The main reason we use the date/time method to create ReplicaIDs is simply to avoid the generating duplicate ReplicaIDs. Once the ID has been generated, we don't really make use of the time information it contains going forward, so Domino will treat a ReplicaID created during File > Database > New, or one that was programatically set to 12345678:ABCDEF12, the Client and Server will treat them similarly.

The only issues that arise are if you inadvertantly try using a replicaID that aligns with either an existing replicaID, or if you come up with one that is reserved for one of the known Domain replicaIDs (such as that of admin4.nsf, events4.nsf, etc....). But, the shear number of possibile replicaIds makes this an EXTREMELY unlikely scenario to even consider.

I will be ok with my script

How to scan 400 users's local Notes data files?

How to scan 400 users's local Notes data files?

We have a bunch of users (approx 400). They all have the same particular settings. So for that reasons, a few years ago, it was decided to have a ghost image of a single configuration that was duplicate accross those 400 users's computer. One of those files were the names.nsf, bookmark.nsf. ..(NSF,same replica ID).

Everything was working fine ...until lately. Some of those users(12) were converted to roaming users because they were given a new Blackberry.

When you activate a roaming profile, some files need to be replicate to the mail server.
General information and FAQ about Roaming User feature of Notes/Domino 6.0.x and 6.5.x

What happened? Every local files of those users were replicated to the server.

What happens when a database with the same replica ID as another one is put on a server?....It replicates!!!! So now, we now have 12 users, who shares the same names.nsf db (Remember the ghost image, with the same db). They all have the contacts of each others.
As long as those files were local, it was not a problem but now they are on a server.

What's next?

First, we need to fix the issue with the 12 users. easy.

Second, the thoughest part.

I need to scan every computers (400) for their local files (names and bookmark) and what's more fun, some of them don't have a journal.NSF needed in a roaming process.
So, my plan for Local files

1-Scan private address books, for names.nsf.
A- Look if they have the right version (Not old R4 template because they miss the ($Policies). This view is required to apply policies to your clients) , if not do a replace design from the master template

B- Scan all the documnts because a few years ago, a problem was present with some documents (The form name was incorrect over the Notes version Person, Business Card-Carte de visite.)

C -Try to compact the local address book, ...but it will fail (Address book : "could not be compacted at this time. The compact will be performed later.)
Replicas are not successfully generated during roaming upgrade process

D-Assign a new random replicaID


2- Scan the bookmark file
A-Assign a new random replicaID

3- Check for the existence of the journal.nsf db,
if it exist, assign a new random replicaID.
If not, create from the master template

About Random ReplicaID - Impact on servers?
http://jyriver.blogspot.com/2009/03/random-replicaid-impact-on-servers.html

Whoooooo, it will be fun!!!!

Abbreviations for BlackBerry Enterprise Server debug logs

From a post of my friend Gregg Eldred it had reminds me of this post about troubleshooting our issue

Abbreviations for BlackBerry Enterprise Server debug logs

BlackBerry Enterprsie Server 4.0 to 4.1 (Last Updated 13/12/2007)

ACNV = BlackBerry Attachment Conversion
ALRT = BlackBerry Alert
ASRV = BlackBerry Attachment Service
BBUA = BlackBerry User Admin Service
CBCK = Backup Connector
CEXC = Exchange Connector
CMNG = Management Connector
CNTS = Notes Connector
CONN = BlackBerry Synchronization Connector
CTRL = BlackBerry Controller
DISP = BlackBerry Dispatcher
HHCG = BlackBerry Configuration Tool
MAGT = BlackBerry Messaging Agent
MDAT = BlackBerry Mobile Data Service
MDBC = BlackBerry Database Consistency Service
MNGR = BlackBerry Manager
POLC = BlackBerry Policy Service
ROUT = BlackBerry Router
SYNC = BlackBerry Synchronization Service


Log file names are generated in the following format:

.txt

where

* Server-Name is the name of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
* Abbreviation is the abbreviation for the log name (from the table above)
* Agent-Number identifies the log created for each agent (01 - 05)
* Date is the date the log is created
* Log-Iteration is a number assigned to a log each time the BlackBerry Enterprise Server is started. When the BlackBerry Enterprise Server is restarted, a new log is created, and the Log-Iteration number increases (for example, 0001, 0002, and 0003).

For example, a third log file for the BlackBerry Messaging Agent #2 is created on January 5, 2006, after the BlackBerry Enterprise Server named BES01 is restarted twice. The log file name is BES01_MAGT_02_20060105_0003.txt.

OR

A BlackBerry Policy Service log file is created on December 31, 2005 for a BlackBerry Enterprise Server named RIMBES that has not been restarted. The log file name is RIMBES_POLC_01_20051231_0001.txt.

From Link

Random ReplicaID - Impact on servers?

From this link, I know that a replica ID is the hexadecimal representation of the year, month, day, hour, minute, second of when a database was created, based on the local PC internal clock.

If I create a Notes db via my client, i will have a replica ID similar to this one

From the Surely template, i can generate a random replica ID but they are not similar or near the one that are generated form my Notes client (Ex :653727197F03D744, 4D76D17F0547609A, etc)

Does this have an influence on a server to have a replica ID that is not similar to "the rest of the mass"?

How to connect to Sharepoint from Notes?

I read with greeeeeeeeeeeat interests the posts from John Head about integration between Notes and Office. I've seen a few great demos that he have posted. One of them had an example about integration between Sharepoint and Notes. But the document doesn't seem to be available anymore.

I need to be able from Notes, to connect to a Sharepoint "site". I need to read informations (Mainly text and maybe extract attachments) . I know that it is mainly SQL but is there anything specific to be aware of?

I don't find anything specific on the subject, I always find the opposite way, a connection from SharePoint to Notes. Do someone, have examples or reference site on the subject.

Why is it important to keep copies of your old databases - Agile

A few weeks ago I did a development for a client. I did the rollout, everything was fine. In the course of the development, the client changed his mind a few times. After a few weeks, I've delivered "THE final version".
Now , my client is asking me a new functionality that I had proposed a few months ago in the course of the development, At that time , he said No, it's not important and useful.

With the Agile approach (By the way, great post of Tony Palmer Agile what is it and should I care ?), I did a few versions of the database, letting the client do his tests. Many of those versions were deleted from the development server over the last months.

But, I'm a freak, so I keep many version of my development projects on my servers.

Guess what? My client is asking me the new functionality that I had proposed months ago...By chance, i still have a local copy of that version!

So , it is important to keep copies of your old databases

Technote : DAOS Backup and Restore

Question : How do I do back up and restore data on a Domino system that uses DAOS?

DAOS Backup and Restore

arghhhhh BES server

Since our migration of our BES server to 4.1, it's been 5 times since then that the BES stopped routing\processing any documents(mail, calendar, etc).
In the morning, we arrive and the server isn't processign anything. The Domino server (7.0.3FP2) is up, all the BBerry services are (seems to be) up too. Nothing particular in the Notes log. Nothing special in the event viewer at the time. We are not able to kill the BES server, we have to restart the whole machine.

Have you ever encountered this kind of problem?
Is their any debug setting that I can add to trouble shoot this issue?

Part 2 - IBM's technotes - The editor's team - Bunch of comics! :-)

The part one was here: Link

Here's the new one

link
If you get here, you're in DST (Deep sh*?%$t Time)

Russ is the man!

How to - Move Domino from Windows to Solaris?

Is their any guidelines on how to move a Domino server from Windows to Solaris?
Any specific issues?

Link

White paper : Administrator Guide for Domino Server maintenance

Abstract The purpose of this document is to describe when to use the Lotus Domino utilities (Updall, Compact, Fixup) and to explain how to use them for normal and abnormal maintenance.

Link

Deploying the IBM Lotus Domino server: A cookbook

This white paper addresses the issues most frequently reported by customers to IBM Technical Support regarding IBM® Lotus® Domino® server deployment. The goal of this document is to enable Domino Administrators who are relatively new to the Domino products to help themselves with specific Lotus Domino installation and upgrade questions. In short, this is a "how to" guide (cookbook) for Lotus Domino install, setup, and upgrade tasks.

In this article

• Introduction
  
  
• Basics of setting up a standalone Domino server
  
  
• Installing and setting up an additional Domino server in an existing domain
  
  
• Upgrading a Domino server
  
  
• Conclusion
  
  
• Resources
  
  
• About the author

Link

Good technote : What to do when a Certifier ID is stolen, lost or compromised

What should an Administrator do if a Notes/Domino Certifier ID has been lost, stolen or compromised?

What to do when a Certifier ID is stolen, lost or compromised

Do you know the Obsolescent Name Change feature in Domino Admin?

I've found this technote,

Domino Administrator client Obsolescent Name Change feature

It's the first time i've heard of it.

Deletion stubs - From a NoteID , possible to get the UNID like Notespeek?

With NotesPeek, it is possible to see the UNID of the deleted document. I've check this code , it's seems to be excellent but it only get the document's NoteID , not the UNID.

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/46dom.nsf/55c38d716d632d9b8525689b005ba1c0/26c95428bc4e957085256b03007862f2?OpenDocument

I'm not able to get the UNID of the deleted document.

So, from a NoteID , is it possible to get the UNID of the document like in NotesPeek?

New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Administration policies and lite mode

New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Administration policies and lite mode

new Lotus Domino® administration policy capabilities and improvements available in lite mode.

Link

Also

New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Full mode
Link

A must read - User experience guidelines for IBM Lotus rich client applications and plug-ins

An excellent document to read, it's really useful.

This white paper describes user-interface design and interaction guidelines for designers and developers who are building IBM® Lotus® Notes® applications, IBM Lotus Sametime® V7.5 or later plug-ins, IBM Lotus Symphony™ plug-ins, IBM Lotus Expeditor plug-ins, or composite applications (assembling any mixture of plug-ins, Lotus Notes applications, and components built with IBM Lotus Component Designer).

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/d-ls-ueguidelines/

Link

Still exists in 8.5 - Old documents pushed back by replication

You unintentionally replicate your production version of the Lotus Domino Directory with an older replica. Now your production replica contains several person, group, and settings entries that were previously deleted.

How to recover from replicating a current Domino Directory with an old replica

So, the problem still exists in 8.5, so instead of doing it manually, just a little tool to do it:
Tool to find Old documents pushed back by replication

Making Sure Users Replicate

JYR

Export to Excel - With windows OS - Operation failed

This is a bit strange. I do an export to MS-Excel. It's working fine with documents that have OS other than Windows. When it comes to Windows, i have Operation failed....Is this an integration problem with MS own products :-)

Heineken - Differences between man and woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIutgtzwhAc

IBM's technotes - The editor's team - Bunch of comics! :-)

I love the solution:


Link

Notes 8.5 - Designating the Out of Office service type

Specify an Out of Office service type according to whether a server cluster is comprised of IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8 servers, pre-Domino 8 servers, or a combination of both. There are two Out of Office service types, Service and Agent. Use the Out of Office Service for clusters comprised of Domino 8 servers; use the Out of Office Agent for clusters that contain any pre-Domino 8 servers. A mixed cluster of Domino 8 servers and pre-Domino 8 servers requires an Out of Office service type of Agent. Use the field Out of Office service type in the Server Configuration document to control whether users utilize the Out of Office agent or service. By default, the Out of Office service type is Agent.

Link

8.5 - Supported LDAP, KeyView filter formats, Web browsers, Smartcard packages

Domino 8.5 - Supported LDAP directory servers
Domino 8.5 - Smartcard packages tested
Domino and Notes 8.5 - KeyView filter formats supported
Notes 8.5 - Web browsers supported

System requirements for Notes, Domino, Administrator, Designer,Traveler

a list of detailed system requirements for the supported releases of Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino, Lotus Domino Administrator, and Lotus Domino Designer.

Domino 8.5 - Detailed system requirements
Lotus Notes 8.5 - Detailed system requirements

From Link

8.5 - Lotus Notes and Domino Installation Guides

Version 8.5:

• Installing Lotus Domino and Notes 8.5

• Installing Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5

From Link

8.5 - Attachments appear in the header section of a memo or form

Using Lotus Notes, you find that an attachment appears at the top of a document in the header section of a memo or other form. Specific to mail files, this issue may be more apparent when upgrading from a Notes 6.x or 7.x release to Notes 8.5, while your mail file is still based on the earlier release's design. The issue does not occur with all attachments.


Link

Lotus Notes 8.5 Help updates

IBM® Lotus Notes® user interface diverges from Help; Help is missing information.

Link

Notes 8.5 : Is the sample password reset application supported in a production environment?

The Sample Password Reset Application that ships with Notes/Domino 8.5 (PwdResetSample.nsf), contains a sample LotusScript agent called UserPasswordReset that enables users with IDs stored in an ID vault to reset their IBM Lotus Notes passwords from a browser.

Link
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For information about setting up a password reset application see the Notes/Domino 8.5 Administrator Help document, Setting up the sample self-service application to allow ID vault users to reset their Notes passwords.

Sales pitch : What's new in the Lotus Notes 8.5 client and Domino 8.5 server

So much to look at, so a good sales pitch.

This white paper guides you through the newly released, innovative, and open features of Notes and Domino 8.5. It is a must-read for any existing or potential user of Lotus Notes and Domino, from the casual user to the administrator or application developer to the line-of-business executive.

In this article

• What's new in the Lotus Notes 8.5 client
  
  
• What's new in the Lotus Domino 8.5 server

Link

Notes Domino 8.5 - So much to discover...like a kid in a candy store

Holy cow!!! There is so much things to look at, so much buttons to click on. It's hard to see every thing. Many things to discover and then tells to our users!!!

Good job IBM!!

Open source and Lotus : Which templates do you want?

I like the idea of Ian Tree but like many said, i think that there is not much interest from the outside world. In counter parts, I like the proposition made by Philip Storry about the use of templates.

We need more apps in the box with Notes/Domino. Many more. They only need to be basic, but they do need to be there. Expenses, Holiday Booking, a decent Group Calendar, and so forth. We should probably write a long list, wrap it round a brick, and lob it through IBM's window to get their attention. (Metaphorically speaking, of course.)

And all templates shipped with Notes/Domino need to be EXPLICITLY open source.

It's similar to those previous posts,

Rocky Oliver:
Community Question: What templates do you want today?

Kevin Pettitt
What New Templates Would I Like to See Shipped With Domino

Steve Castledine
Lotus Notes Domino templates and open source


I think it's a way to get Notes\Domino recognized by the outside world....Notes can do that too!!

Which template do you want?

Notes\Domino 8.5 is here...

well...almost

a new entry on the Notes.net\DeveloperWorks web page :-)

I can smell it, it's coming!

Steps for migrating to Notes/Domino 8 from versions 6.5 and 7

Abstract : This technote provides information on migrating to Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino 8 from versions 6.5 and 7.

Link

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Technote:
What is the correct syntax to be used with the Trace command issued at the Domino server console?

FAQ - How to analyze Notes/Domino NSDs? How to locate the agent that crashes Agent Manager ...

Technote:
Is it possible to determine which agent crashed with just an NSD log from the Lotus Domino server?
How to locate the agent that crashes Agent Manager using the Lotus Domino NSD output file

From Frequently asked question - How to analyze Notes/Domino NSDs?

One of the head Webmaster of DominoArea died prematurely last night...

One of the head Webmaster of DominoArea, Stéphane Maillard, died last night. He was a great contributor to the French Notes community mostly in Europe.

It is a very sad news.

He left this world for joining his beloved who died suddenly in last august...

Rest in peace my friend...

http://forum.dominoarea.org/

JYR

Fiches thématiques How to explain technical contents to your end users

Great documentations that you can give to your end users when you want to explain technical features. It's in french but with the Google translator, it gives good results.

http://www.cases.public.lu/fr/publications/fiches/index.html
http://www.cases.public.lu/fr/publications/dossiers/index.html

Correction made to Technote: End of Service (EOS) of Lotus 6.5.x is set to 2010

Ahhhhh, finally after almost a month the correction was made to this Technote!! :-)

http://jyriver.blogspot.com/2008/10/200920102009-end-of-service-eos-of.html

JYR

Do you monitor your server's task (Ex: Compact)?

One of our clients is in a process of implemeting an archiving solution for Domino (Symantec Enterprise Vault). We are on a pilot (20 users). I was doing some checking of their servers after the first weekend of archiving. From a post of David Killingsworth ( Link ), I told to my self, lets see how long it takes to run compact.

From what i've heard, this task had never been monitored. In fact, it was running for almost 72 hours in a row!!! It was running on dbs that were transaction logged. So many DBIID were changed right after the full backup. What a mess!

With a few tweaking and adjustment to the schedule, it went down to just under 5 hours, just before the full backup.

So let's go, do some monitoring!

You could use this tool the search for the start date\end date of your tasks
http://www.openntf.org/Projects/codebin/codebin.nsf/0/975756122FFDC08B8625737500473835
Search for keywords like those ones: Compacting, recovered, Compactor

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A few good technotes related to obsolete Notes.ini values

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What notes.ini file variables are now obsolete in Notes/Domino

Related information
Obsolete notes.ini variables in Notes/Domino 7.x
Obsolete notes.ini variables in Notes/Domino 6.5

How can a client avoid being affected by a Domino server hang?

Link

When a Domino server hangs, or is unresponsive to a client request, the Lotus Notes client may not fail over to another server in the cluster. The client will also appear hung with a "lightening bar" in the lower left corner of the screen. This can happen when the Domino server is accepting TCPIP requests from clients but is unable to process the request. If the Domino server system responds to the client request, the client will NOT attempt failover to the Domino Cluster server.

Troubleshooting missing documents and corruption in a database

Problem
This document contains steps a Domino administrator should take to troubleshoot why documents are missing from a database.


Resolving the problem

The following steps should be taken to troubleshoot why documents are missing from a database:
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Link

Finding Lotus Protector for Mail Security Knowledge Articles

Where are legacy and new Knowledge Articles for Lotus Protector for Mail Security located?

See the following Link

Frequently asked question - How to analyze Notes/Domino NSDs? NSD Analyzer V2.7 available

Lotus Notes Diagnostic is an unsupported utility that you can download and use to automatically perform repetitive tasks associated with analyzing files from a Lotus® Domino® server crash, hang, or performance issues.

Link

Balls of steal!!

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=51vLS60tS-M&feature=related

Old Group B, more than 500Hp!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt4iy2YNe2s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR_y-jgKTAo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJjBzSKN7LE
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Faq1h_S4KSY

Right click, save as :-)

WRC
http://www.rallye-stars.com/autos/Video/wrc-2001.wmv
http://www.rallye-stars.com/autos/Video/wrc-2002.wmv
http://www.rallye-stars.com/autos/Video/wrc-2003.wmv
http://www.rallye-stars.com/autos/Video/wrc-2004.wmv
http://www.rallye-stars.com/autos/Video/wrc-2005.wmv

Reconsidering physical key secrecy: teleduplication via optical decoding

Researchers from the University of San Diego (Benjamin Laxton, Kai Wang and Stefan Savage) developed Sneakey, a system that correctly decoded keys from an image that was taken from the rooftop of a four floor building. In this case the image was taken from 195 feet. This demonstration shows that a motivated attacker can covertly steal a victim's keys without fear of detection.

Link

Spy Fears: Twitter Terrorists, Cell Phone Jihadists

Could Twitter become terrorists' newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, thinks the miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks.

Link

2009...2010..2009 - End of Service (EOS) of Lotus Enterprise Integrator, Notes, and Domino 6.5.x

End of Service (EOS) of Lotus 6.5.x
Is it 2009, not wait a minute, it is 2010.. no,no 2009!!

so 2009 or 2010?



Technote -Link

Link to Ed Brill

Technique : Anti-virus and Symantec Enterprise Vault

Hi,

I'm currently working on the implementation of an archiving solution for our Domino based emails system and our Files System (FSA). The solution is based on Symantec Enterprise Vault. (http://www.symantec.com/fr/fr/business/enterprise-vault)

It's a big system ($$$$$$$).For the Domino side, we had a lot of difficulties due mainly to performance. We were able to archive but we were unable to preview the document. No an ideal solution for our users! The message was "Network operation did not complete in a reasonable amount of time; please retry".

We found out that it was related to our anti-virus . It's based on Mcafee Groupshield. But from our research, we can say that it's not a vendor's problem.

Anyway, we've disabled all the Anti-virus processes from the Domino server. As we've seen , It was working great, it was very fast!!!
Came back to the config of Groupshield to find out that some settings were doing real-time scanning.

So a good recommandation for Domino is to disable any real-time tasks for the Gateway Domino server when you have an archiving system like Enterprise Vault.

For the File system side, we still have an issue with performance...still trying to find out what's happening...cause it's actually a show stopper!!

JYR

Metallica's new album

I'm listening to the new Metallica's album i've received at my birthday , Death Magnetic....mmmmm, I love it.

Hope they're gonna come to Quebec city

Can you use Domino policies to control how users can work with Lotus Symphony?

Can policies in IBM Lotus Domino server be used to control how users can work with IBM Lotus Symphony (Presentations, Documents, Spreadsheets)?

Link

Errors occur when upgrading to Notes 8.0.2- First time setup of Lotus Notes 8.0.2

The errors shown below occur when you upgrade to the Lotus Notes® 8.0.2 release from 8.0.1 with CCH1 (Cumulative Client Hotfix) installed. After the installation, the Notes client will not run.

Technote #1316968 "Errors occur when upgrading to Notes 8.0.2"
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21316968


In the Lotus Notes® 8.0.2 (Standard Configuration) client, users are prompted with both the Lotus Notes Instant Messaging user interface and the Sametime® Connect 8.0 interface during client configuration, login and first time setup, and upgrades.

Technote #1317775 "First time setup of Lotus Notes 8.0.2 shows both user
login interfaces for Sametime instant messaging"
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21317775

What happens when someone replace the design of the NAB with a PAB?

A very big week!!!! Someone manage to replace the design of the public address book with a personal address book. What a nightmare!!!!

The biggest problem was with the routing. By chance, our users were still able to connect to our servers.

Note to myself : Remove the manager access of that person :-)

JYR

BBC News : Google tweaks Chrome licence text

Google has rescinded an article of the user agreement for its new browser, Chrome, released on Tuesday.

The initial agreement claimed rights over "any Content which you submit, post or display on or through" the browser.

Google reworded the agreement on Wednesday, leaving those rights in the hands of Chrome's users.

Link

Suffer from " discomgoogolation "?

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Feeling stressed or anxious at an inability to access the Internet? Don't worry, you're not alone and now there's a word for it: "discomgoogolation".

Link

Domino 8.5 - Is it available for the public yet? Here's a link...

Yeah, it's not the source code but here's a link to the 8.5 help file (Admin, CLient, Traveler)

Link

Linux vs Microsoft : Quebec Gov Sued For Ignoring Free Software

"The CBC is reporting that 'Quebec's open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company's products rather than using free alternatives. ...Government buyers are using an exception in provincial law that allows them to buy directly from a proprietary vendor when there are no options available, but Facil said that loophole is being abused and goes against other legal requirements to buy locally.' The group also has a press release in English."

Link

Anyone got infos (Documentation, PDF, etc) to integrate Domino and AtSignOn - RSA

ATSignOn enables secure access to Lotus databases, files and URL directories with two-factor authentication.

Hands on experience with product?
Things to watch?

Link

Thank you,

JYR

IBM : Every New Car Will Be a Hybrid by 2020

That vision of the future is laid out in "Automotive 2020: Clarity Beyond the Chaos," (.pdf) by the IBM Institute for Business Value. The report, based on interviews with 125 auto industry executives in 15 countries, says the industry is on the cusp of revolutionary changes that will see environmental sustainability and technological innovation become top priorities as automakers respond to consumer demands for more efficient cars that don't sacrifice performance, comfort or reliability.

Link

Cisco Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire PostPath

PostPath's Email and Calendaring Software to Enhance Cisco's WebEx Collaboration Platform

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - August 27, 2008) - Building upon its commitment to provide a comprehensive collaboration portfolio, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced its intent to acquire privately held PostPath, Inc., a provider of innovative email and calendaring software. Based in Mountain View, Calif. with additional development operations in Sofia, Bulgaria, PostPath will enhance the existing email and calendaring capabilities of Cisco's WebEx Connect collaboration platform.

Link

HP Completes $13.9 Billion Acquisition of EDS

HP today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS), creating a leading force in technology services.

With this acquisition, initially announced on May 13 and valued at an enterprise value of approximately $13.9 billion, HP has one of the technology industry's broadest portfolios of products, services and end-to-end solutions. The combined offerings are focused on helping clients accelerate growth, mitigate risks and lower costs.

The acquisition is, by value, the largest in the IT services sector and the second largest in the technology industry, following HP's acquisition of Compaq, which closed in 2002. The companies' collective services businesses, as of the end of each company's 2007 fiscal year, had annual revenues of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees, operating in more than 80 countries.

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Documents related to Reservation database (Set up, move, troubleshoot, etc)

Here's a list of documents related to the Reservation database from Notes.net

Link

JYR

Technotes related to archives and DWA.

Archive debug logging levels described for Lotus Notes and Domino

What are the various levels of archive logging available in IBM® Lotus Notes® and Domino® using notes.ini parameter "log_archiving="? What type of output does these settings produce?
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21313174

About "log archiving=11"

Server crashes when running 'load compact -a' after setting archive parameter
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Do folders in Domino Web Access display an unread documents count?

When using Lotus® Domino® Web Access, is there a way for you to know which folders contain unread documents? Can the folder display a count of the number of unread documents within the folder?
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21315074


Archive files accessed through DWA only on home mail server The administrator has assigned a policy to archive data but if the policy specifies to archive on a server other than the home mail server, users cannot access the archive file.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21152796


Does Domino Web Access support the use of policies? Is the use of Policies supported with
Lotus® Domino® Web Access (iNotes? Web Access)?
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21210965

Notes 8.5 - Web Application templates - What will it be?

I wonder what are those web applications...
From the blog entry Link
Will it be one of those?? From Rocky Oliver's blog entry
Community Question: What templates do you want today?

Any news?? - Notes 8 installation fails when Notes data directory resides on network file share

Do someone have a real working workaround for this problem?

Look at my link in this post: Link

JYR

How to automatically run an agent on a Domino server at startup

You want an agent to automatically run each time a Lotus Domino® server starts up. How can this be accomplished?


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Menu mappings: Where to find Notes 6/7 menus that have changed in Notes 8.x

This technote maps menu choices in Notes 6.x/7.x to the equivalent menu choices in Notes 8.x
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Frequently Asked Questions: Using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) with Notes/Domino

This document answers the most frequently-asked questions about using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and the Certificate Authority (CA) process with Lotus Notes/Lotus Domino, with links to additional resources.

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HSBC and BlackBerry

One of the most important financial company in the world will choose the BlackBerry instead of the IPhone. They have more than 200 000 employees equipped with a BB.

Link In french,

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If you need to clean up your screen

http://raincitystory.com/flash/screenclean.swf

Lotus Inotes on Apple IPhone...Planned for delivery in 2008

Bring IBM® Lotus® Domino® email, calendar, and contacts to your Apple iPhone. Planned for delivery in 2008 as IBM Lotus iNotes™ software, Lotus Notes data will combine with the flexibility and connectivity of the Apple iPhone. To be built on the time tested IBM Lotus Domino Web Access infrastructure, users will be able to quickly access email, calendars, and contacts through the rich Apple iPhone user experience.

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What ACL rights should be granted to a Domino system administrator

What ACL rights should be granted to a Domino system administrator
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Your Lotus® Domino® environment is maintained by a team of system administrators, and you need to grant only the minimum level of database access control to each member that is absolutely required for her to fulfill her duties.

What are the guidelines for granting ACL-level access to Domino system administrators?

A few good technotes

IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 8.0.1 - Troubleshooting
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21294566

MustGather: Email/PIM synchronization problems with Lotus Notes Traveler
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21297415

Mail rule issues with Notes/Domino mail template
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21217940

Unable to print or export from the Files tab in the Domino Administration Client
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21092239

How to run NSD manually for Notes running on a Citrix server
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21245742

Password changes fail in consolidated Names & Address Book
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21296244

Enhancement Request to have the "Update My Meetings Button" document transferred to early versions of Resource template
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21313604

When is the AdminP "Accelerated Create Replica" feature used?
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21308184

Creating a new replica sets all documents to unread if the creator has Manager access to the database
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242697

When do changes made to the current document, using back-end classes, refresh on screen?
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21098273

Lotus product support for Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21295088

DWA: What iNotes template build ships with each Domino server?
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21246530

Server Health Monitoring tool not generating reports in dommon.nsf
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21305986

Personal groups automatically expand to list all members
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21092694

I'm the first Canadian GONAD!

Via Steve McDonagh-Link

Transaction Logging 101

Two excellent references about Transaction Logging

Knowledge Collection: Transaction Logging on a Domino server

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Notes/Domino Best Practices: Transaction Logging

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Paul McCartney Set to Rock Quebec City with a Free Concert to Celebrate Their 400th Anniversary

Paul McCartney will perform his first live show in Canada since 2005 when he will lead the city of Québec in celebrations for their 400th anniversary on the 20th of July. The free concert will take place in one of the world’s most prestigious and historic city parks, The Plains Of Abraham, the site of many clashes between the French and British empires in the 18th century.

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The 400th Anniversary of Quebec city

I'm finally set

We've finally moved into our new home.....exhausted...but happy!

The 400th Anniversary of Quebec city

The 400th Anniversary of Quebec city is underway. Come in Quebec city

Look at all the activities-- Link

Especially the Image mill, look at the Slideshow

http://lacaserne.net/index2.php/other_projects/
the first test : Link

The Image Mill is a sort of animated mosaic that, moving from engravings to paintings and from photos to videos, creates an impressionistic portrait of the city over time. The work will consist of four movements corresponding to the city’s four centuries of history: waterways, the age of exploration and discovery; road building, clearing and developing the land; the railroad and industrial expansion; and finally, the age of air travel and the development of communications

The production will draw on all the technological expertise and experience that Ex Machina brings to the integration of images to the narrative.

These 81 silos measure 600 metres long by 30 metres high. Twenty-seven video projectors, 20,000 lumens each, will project millions of pixels onto Bunge’s south and west façades. With 238 spotlights, 203 of which are DEL, and 329 speakers in place, the audience will be able to see the show from several viewpoints: from the Château Frontenac to the Marie-Guyard building, from the ramparts to the Louise Basin piers, Espace 400e and the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Troubleshooting memory leaks with 'show memory allocated'

While using trapleaks you can use a console command to show the allocated memory. It will show the allocated per-process memory and the allocated shared memory allocated in IBM Lotus Domino.

This command is used to track potential memory leaks on demand without requiring the server to be shut down. Note that blocks reported by this command are not guaranteed to be leaks, but show what blocks of a given block type are allocated at any given time. To confirm possible leaks, the server will need to be shutdown to invoke trapleaks debug.

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Technote 1195148

Technotes related to Domino Tuning, Sizing, Clusters, Mobile, MAC

A few technotes related to Domino sizing, tuning, Unread marks for clustered servers,
Mobile devices and Sametime on a MAC

IBM Europe Sizewise - Sizing Support - Sizing Questionnaires

www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS2204
Abstract: A sizing is an approximation of the hardware resources required to support a specific software implementation. Sizing questionnaires are available to help you gather customer
requirements, which can then be submitted to Sizewise Europe for assistance from experienced specialists with sizing select IBM software applications.


Does the Notes Macintosh client support instant messaging?
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21115273

Behavior of Domino Web server when Internet Sites enabled but no Internet Site document
exists
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21110835

Unread marks are not exchanged during replication
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21093302

Unread marks appear correctly on primary mail server but incorrectly on clustered replica

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21288231

Utilizing Windows Mobile Applications with Lotus Mobile Connect over ActiveSync
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21300053

Domino Tuning Parameters in notes.ini
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/TIPS0421.html?Open

Information Overload Research Group

Information Overload Research Group Link

Never heard of this initiative regrouping Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Google. Have you?

The mission:
We work together to build awareness of the world's greatest challenge to productivity, conduct research, help define best practices, contribute to the creation of solutions, share information and resources, offer guidance and facilitation, and help make the business case for fighting information overload...


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De grandes entreprises technologiques, dont Intel, Google, Microsoft et IBM, se sont alliées pour tenter de réduire le temps que les gens passent à gérer le trop plein d'informations qui leur parvient de leur ordinateur ou leur téléphone. Via Cyberpresse

How to find mail in the Trash folder of an old mail database

In Lotus Notes®, when you open an old copy of a mail database that is supposed to have messages in the Trash folder, no messages appear.
Is there any way to recover these messages?

With this little hack, the answer maybe yes

Sorry, link missing

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Email archiving -Should we use quotas too?

Hi,

I'm currently working on the deployment of Symantec Enterprise Vault. I've suggested to my client to use quotas on mail files. He told me, why we use archiving , so our mail files will be smaller.

My point is that the system will archive every pieces of crap (Personal MP3, Movies, things not related to work). With quotas, peoples would have to say: mmmmmm, do I have to keep this.

What do you think? Should be remove every quotas?

Thank you,

JYR

Gas Prices

It's now about 6$ a gallon (1,51\liter) here in Quebec city! Damn! Good images related to this issue

IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 8.0.1 - Limitations and restrictions

Interesting technote about the known restrictions and limitations for Lotus Notes® Traveler

Link

Are you afraid of heights?

El camino del Rey

Originally built in 1901, this walkway now serves as an aproach to makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro.
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562

How to Set Up a Notes Client without User Intervention Using a Scriptable Setup

Have you ever used this feature? Technote : 1112835

LINK

I think it's working well. I've used it for two of my clients and the ROI is very important
In my case, the user's DATA\ are located on a network drive so it's easy to configure those Notes clients.
I send NTF, Images, UserID, ini in the personal network . With the current user's info, i populate the Setup file
While in my script, the archive database is created
At the end , a welcome message is sent to the new users.
They can click a button to completely finich the setup
Total Elapse time, approx 1minute per user

When you start you Notes client, you only have the message Notes configuration finished

No more Next button!

Support information for RIM's Blackberry Server (BES) for Notes/Domino 8

IBM and RIM have conducted joint product testing over the past few months with Lotus® Notes® and Domino® 8 and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. ... The IBM and RIM teams have been working closely together to ensure that our customers receive a timely delivery of supported products.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the 8.x Notes Mail "Inbox Maintenance" Feature

This document contains a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and details about the Lotus Notes®/Lotus Domino® 8.x Mail "Inbox Maintenance" feature, also sometimes referred to as the "Inbox Cleanup" feature.

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When removing user from Domino, there is no way to remove or reassign their reservations

If you delete a user from the Lotus® Domino® Directory, reservations the user has made in the Domino Resource Reservations database will remain the same (that is, they will stay reserved by that user). There is no way to automatically transfer the reservations to another user (chairperson) or delete the reservations.

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From the first comment,the link to IdeaJam is here

Notes.Net forums : Faq of Faq links - Should it be added back?

My answer is YES!

Is there a reason why the Faq of Faq links (From Doug Finner) is not there anymore?

Link

It should be added back to the web site.

Also, it would be great to add a link to the Crispy initiative from Andre Guirard (IBM)

Link

JYR

The Database Redirection tool

Have you ever used this new feature?

What's new in the Lotus Domino V8 server Link


A new Database Redirection function automatically fixes broken links to moved or deleted applications. Redirection markers are created by default, and a new tool (see figure 11) lets an administrator create or modify redirects manually. When a Lotus Notes client accesses a redirection marker, if the file has been moved the reference is replaced; if the file has been deleted, the reference is deleted. (Database redirects are used only by Lotus Notes V8 clients, not by servers.) The tool lets administrators assign references to particular users or groups, making redirection role-based.

JYR

Is it possible to recall messages in Domino Web Access 8?

In an Lotus Notes/Domino® 8 environment that is configured to allow Message Recall, the Lotus Notes® 8 client offers a few ways to recall a sent message including:
....
In Lotus® Domino® Web Access (iNotes™ Web Access) 8, however, the user interface (UI) does not display an action button or a right-click menu option for recalling a message. Is Message Recall supported in Domino Web Access (DWA) 8?

Answer Domino Web Access supports the message recall feature starting with Domino version 8.0.1. Note that there are some additional considerations:...

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Free Proofpoint Report on Outbound Email Security and Data Loss Prevention

Not directly related to Lotus but an interesting report. Registration is required

How concerned are companies about the content of email leaving their organizations? And how do companies manage the legal and financial risks associated with outbound email? To find out, Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting (a division of leading analyst firm Forrester) conducted an
online survey of technology decision makers at 424 large companies - in the US, UK, Germany, France and Australia - during March 2008.

This report summarizes the findings of Proofpoint's fifth-annual email security and data loss prevention study, including surprising statistics about how large companies manage the risks associated with outbound email, blog postings, media sharing sites, social networking sites, mobile Internet-connected devices and other electronic communications streams.

http://www.proofpoint.com/id/outbound/index.php

Troubleshoot blackberry devices

Have you ever had problems troubleshooting Blackberry devices?

Here's a few links that will help you.

First, the Blackberry 101 for Domino
http://www.blackberry.com/news/pdfs/blackberry_101.pdf

Eight best practices for running BlackBerry Enterprise Server on Lotus Notes Domino
(Michael Kinder )
http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid4_gci1269929,00.html

BES For Lotus Notes Troubleshooting
http://www.telfort.nl/media/blackberry_files/bb_lotus_troubleshoot.pdf

And finally, if you want to have a return receipt that will confirm that the device
received you message, just use this trick

Add <$Confirm> in the SUbject of your mail message
http://domiknow.co.uk/2008/05/22/sntt-confirm-ota-message-delivery-to-blackberry-devices/

Steps for migrating from Notes/Domino 7.x to Notes/Domino 8.x

Very good technotes
Link
This document contains the recommended procedure for migrating from Notes/Domino 7.x to 8.x.

IBM - Making modifications to Notes System Templates

IBM Lotus strongly recommends that careful consideration be given before any modifications are made to any template, especially the Domino Directory.

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Knowledge Collection: Lotus Notes and Domino mail rules

A really good technote:

Knowledge Collection: Lotus Notes and Domino mail rules

This Knowledge Collection serves as a source of key documents regarding Lotus Notes® and Domino® mail rules. This includes Block Sender rules, Server mail rules, and Domino Web Access mail rules.

Server mail rules
Notes mail rules
Domino Web Access mail rules
Block Sender rules
Additional mail rule references