Migrating Traveler
Sat, Mar 20th 2010 3:00p Andy Donaldson We've all come across it.nbsp; There comes a time in an admins life when you have to move a server instance from one piece of hardware to another piece of hardware.nbsp; Usually it's an EOL situation, hardware upgrade or even for DR testing purposes.nbsp; Moving Domino is usually an extremely easy task.nbsp; Shut down Domino on the old server, install the application on the new server to match your old server, copy/paste, rename servers, reboot, smoke cigar.nbsp; But when another Domino based ad [read] Keywords: domino
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Damn you, NetBackup!
Fri, Mar 19th 2010 12:33p Andy Donaldson Had a really interesting issue this morning at the office.nbsp; Got a call from my colleague that a mail file was having all kinds of corruption issues.nbsp; Everything that could be done against the mail file could had been done, and it was looking like it was time to bring the server down to fix the mail file.nbsp; The error that kept flying by on the console wasbr /b[1E90:02D3-14D8] **** DbMarkCorrupt(Folder ($Inbox) corrupt), DB=g:\Lotus\Domino\data\mail\user.nsfnbsp; TID=[1E90:02D3-14D8] Fi [read] Keywords: domino
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SnTT: A Lotus Traveler Memory Issue, but there is a fix!
Wed, Feb 24th 2010 8:08p Andy Donaldson Let me start off by once again saying how much I love Lotus Traveler.nbsp; I think any admin that has set it up and rolled it out to their users has the same warm feelings for it.nbsp; But after returning from Lotusphere and installing the 8.5.1.1 CF1, (to allow for meeting acceptance on the iPhone), that love hit the rocks a little.br /I started getting phone calls from people saying that mail was not syncing down to their devices.nbsp; Seeing the same issue with myself, I quickly jumped on the [read] Keywords: admin
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Another weird MIME error
Sun, Feb 21st 2010 5:00p Andy Donaldson div style="text-align: justify;"This past Friday morning, I came across a weird error that I couldn't find the answer to online, so of course I have to blog about it./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"A co-worker of mine sent along a message that when opening his Notes client, he got the following error:/divdiv style="text-align: justify;""Warning: unexpected MIME error:"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eb9UuKo0Rcs/S4GpuiqU_LI/A [read] Keywords: inotes
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A Lotus Traveler gotcha, if you're a moron like me.
Mon, Feb 1st 2010 9:20a Andy Donaldson Okay, I admit it.nbsp; I pulled another dumb-Dom-Admin move this weekend.nbsp; I didn't R.T.F.D.nbsp; i(That's br/bead bt/bhe bf/braking bd/bocumentation for those that don't know.)nbsp; /iI now submit the following confession in hopes for absolution.br /Our story begins two weeks ago at Lotusphere 2010 when I heard the great news that the new 8.5.1.1 patch for Lotus Traveler would allow users to accept meetings on their iPhones/iPod Touch's.nbsp; Happy day, I thought.nbsp; I had also heard that [read] Keywords: admin
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This years trophy added to the collection #ls10
Fri, Jan 29th 2010 8:00a Andy Donaldson div class='posterous_autopost'a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/hossmacian/ej6JImg2tVG0XBcTOY9oNmPI0Ube1RqFRbXJIGNmzVhd9anY41wIieqKW32D/IMG00021-20100129-0744.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/hossmacian/oQIdDkrwq4KqQVFmr4X8BPnFbBlvWS5tBSeb4WJc6EOWXsNJMJq3oqkaVG77/IMG00021-20100129-0744.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="667"//a pSent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry/p p style="font-size: 10px;" a href="http://posterous.c [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Lotusphere 2010 Report - Lotusphere in the rear view mirror
Thu, Jan 28th 2010 7:30p Andy Donaldson I had every intention of doing a daily blog summary of the sights, sounds and events of Lotusphere 2010.nbsp; But this year, I just never seemed to find the time to get them done.nbsp; And, with so many others more eloquently giving the information, I didn't want to get stuck in the echo chamber with my ramblings.br /But, it's been officially a week since the end of Lotusphere 2010 and I'm still impressed with this year.nbsp; I can't remember a prior Lotusphere where it went by with such a blur. [read] Keywords: lotus
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Why I now dislike the iPad
Thu, Jan 28th 2010 6:49p Andy Donaldson Like everyone else in the land of Geektopia yesterday, I was glued to my monitor as the live blog spewed forward information about the iPad event.nbsp; I was in awe and amazement of this wonder product that will liberate us from the doldrums of being stuck with outdated devices.nbsp; I mean this thing has it all for $499.nbsp; It makes my 3rd generation iPod look like a reel-to-reel tape player.nbsp; 16GB of storage, Wifi, iTunes, Safari, ability to use iWorks productivity software, movies, e-re [read] Keywords: administration
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Lotusphere 2010 Report - Tuesday learnin's
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:04a Andy Donaldson Really just a quick report from Yellowverse central tonight.nbsp; Food coma is a terrible thing.nbsp; Then add to thatnbsp; enjoying a nice cigar while going for a walk with the iPod and you have the ingredients for an early evening.br /Today was an exercise in learning.nbsp; Started off the day bright and early in Paul and Gab's iSHOW 101 - Step by Step: Install, Manage and Configure DAOS and ID Vault/i.nbsp; A fantastic session that truly does go through each step needed to set up and configur [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotusphere 2010 Report - Sunday, January 17 Part 1
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:04a Andy Donaldson As the post-lunch sluggishness has begun to set it, I wanted to start jotting down a few highlights that I've observed so far with Lotusphere 2010.nbsp; Hey, it's what I do.br /First, let's start with the overall theme of Lotusphere.nbsp; In case you didn't know, well, Lotus Knows.nbsp; Lotus Knows is the theme for the conference this year.nbsp; What once was a software of bI AM/b, it is now really bWE ARE/b focus.nbsp; Just look at the logo for Lotusphere 2010.nbsp; It's made up of an interconn [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotusphere 2010 Report - Look Ma, I'm on a podcast!
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:04a Andy Donaldson Can you feel the excitment, Lotuspherians?nbsp; Already as I write this on an early Friday morning, the mass pilgrimage to Orlando has begun for many with Saturday bringing the remainder of the lost Lotus children back to their collaborative home at Disney.nbsp; br /Last night, I had the pleasure of joining a href="http://www.takingnotespodcast.com/" target="_blank"The Taking Notes/a podcast team of a href="http://www.bruceelgort.com/" target="_blank"Bruce Elgort/a, a href="http://www.nsftools.c [read] Keywords: lotus
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My Lotusphere 2010 Schedule, Revision 1
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:04a Andy Donaldson div class="posterous_autopost"a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/hossmacian/WBC79cjnBTYUi6zLUZIdA2TIXA1DJGUPNPehTP60yqDrPEL86pqqaLUGw6c2/schedule-rev1.jpg"img height="434" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/hossmacian/ZbAjR3pLaz4O4rlTs6P3opNWmInXpaCYp0IAcOa4cLBnDDN6ewwTfz2XGzcp/schedule-rev1.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" //a br /Like the old saying goes, "No battle plan survives contact with the enemy".nbsp; We'll see how well this holds up.br /br /div [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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So far, so good as of 01/06/2010
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:04a Andy Donaldson img height="458" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/hossmacian/ARD0kUn7a6CCdgKKv1LQ8ZL0RSjoHH7I3hZ8sOVyOUERCKWgrtuVjm8p2zYm/asof01062010.jpg" width="436" / br /div style="font-size: 10px;"a href="http://posterous.com/"Posted via email/a from a href="http://hossmacian.posterous.com/so-far-so-good-as-of-01062010"hossmacian's posterous/a br //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685203-5708120645731204623?l [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Has it really been 10 years?
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:04a Andy Donaldson Time surely does keep slippin into the future, but it just seems that it's slippin by way too fast. Over the past weekend I really got to thinking about how 10 years ago, December 31, 1999 to be exact, I was 30 years old and spent the day laying on the couch with my broke foot and watched with Peter Jennings, the dawn of the new millennium as it made its way around the globe.nbsp; First in the South Pacific Islands, then the major Asian cities, then Moscow, into Europe and finally, North America [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotusphere Idol - Just do it!
Wed, Nov 18th 2009 7:42p Andy Donaldson Having been off the grid for the past couple days while I was busy rebuilding our environment at the disaster recovery testing, I noticed that those who had submitted abstracts for Lotusphere 2010 had heard back. While some were happy that their sessions were accepted, it seemed that others were upset that theirs weren't. Okay, it happens. But my advice to those that didn't get in and really to ANYONE that has even considered submitting an abstract to speak at Lotusphere is to consider submit [read] Keywords: lotus
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BlackBerry 9550 Storm 2 - I love it
Sun, Nov 1st 2009 9:50p Andy Donaldson Around this time last year, the first generation BlackBerry Storm was released to the public with much hype. But the problem was, the device, in my opinion, was terrible. I had a device for a while and ended up sending it back. I even blogged about it here. Well, a year changed a lot of things. BlackBerry has finally got the device right. The BlackBerry 9550 is a fantastic device for a BlackBerry lover. Let's face it, the iPhone is cool and all, and there is now support available for that and th [read] Keywords: lotus
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SnTT - InstallShieldTuner with Lotus Notes 8.5.1
Fri, Oct 16th 2009 1:52p Andy Donaldson It only took me a few days, but here it is. My latest documentation on using InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes with the new Notes 8.5.1. There are a few changes in how Lotus is installed, but it should all make sense. Click Here to access the .pdf [read] Keywords: lotus
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Part 3: Notes 8.5.1 is missing one thing....or am I
Wed, Oct 14th 2009 1:18p Andy Donaldson I was right....it is a conspiracy! I just learned via a comment left by Chris Farrell that IBM has indeed removed the Space Used option from the Administration Client. So with that, I ask those other Administrators out there to help your brethren out and vote on the following idea on IdeaJam. Let's bring back the Space Used column in the W32 client! The IBM Lotus Community IdeaJam - Put the Space Used column back in the Files view of the 8.5.1 Admin client! Posted using ShareThis [read] Keywords: admin
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Want to see inside the Windows 7 Launch Party Pack (Video)
Tue, Oct 13th 2009 6:49p Andy Donaldson What an exciting week it's been and it's only Tuesday! First, Notes/Domino 8.5.1 is launched and now our Windows 7 House Party kit came via UPS today. Can't wait to install Notes 8.5.1 with Symphony on it! I thought it might be fun with the help of Molly to show what was inside the box instead of just a boring old blog entry. Please enjoy our little presentation. [read] Keywords: domino
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Part 2: Notes 8.5.1 is missing one thing....or am I
Tue, Oct 13th 2009 9:29a Andy Donaldson When we last left Andy, he was having an moment of neurosis over a missing setting in the new 8.5.1 Domino Administration client. Let's join Andy today as we see what he's found out.... Today started my investigation of what's new with Domino 8.5.1 server and already I've found something interesting. In my last blog post, I was lamenting the fact that the "Space Used" column has gone missing from the Admin client. But this morning as I have set up my test server on VM, I launched the webadmin.n [read] Keywords: admin
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Notes 8.5.1 is missing one thing....or am I
Mon, Oct 12th 2009 7:52p Andy Donaldson When I was playing around with the 8.5.1 Domino Administration client, I noticed one thing missing that I've grown to rely upon in my daily routine. The "Space Used" column.(as seen in 8.0.2) I know it was there in 8.5.0 and previous versions. I went into the Administration client, File-Preferences-Administration Preferences-Files Tab and under Available Columns, I don't see it anywhere. Just curious if it's just me or is this setting truly gone? Besides that, so far, so good with the Standard [read] Keywords: administration
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What I did on my day off
Tue, Sep 29th 2009 9:09p Andy Donaldson Well, like Ferris said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Today, I took that sage like advice. Since Denise has been off for the past couple of days, I took a vacation day and we headed to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Northeast Ohio. When I was younger and wanted to the next Ansel Adams, this place was my playground. It was the one place that I always felt closer to God then in any church I had ever been in. A natural cathedra [read] Keywords: blogger
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SnTT - Where did my refresh/replace design option go!?
Fri, Sep 25th 2009 8:38a Andy Donaldson Ran across this issue yesterday that had me scratching my head for a while until I found the answer and went, "DUH!" Our Help Desk re-imaged a desktop for a user and was having problems with the Notes client config. I went over to look at it and during the course of my investigation to get things working again, decided to upgrade the client from 7.0.3 to 8.0.2 Basic. Having upgraded the client, I wanted to replace the design of the local address book with the pernames.ntf for version 8. So with [read] Keywords: notes
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8.5.1 frustration or 8.5.1 envy..not sure how to title this one
Tue, Sep 1st 2009 7:07p Andy Donaldson Ok, people. We all know by reading the blogs on Planet Lotus that 8.5.1 is really, really cool. Yes, Traveler on the iPhone is the bee's knees. Yes, the client and sever enhancements are what people have been clamoring for for years. But dang it, us kids standing outside the candy shop with no pennies in our pockets watching you guys load up on Gummy Bears and M&M's are making the rest of us mental! Well, some of us, at least. I mean we wake ever morning and check the site to see what cool [read] Keywords: lotus
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I've Jammed today..how about you?
Wed, Aug 19th 2009 8:47a Andy Donaldson The Lotus Knows IdeaJam is live this morning and runs until Saturday, August 22. Now is the time to go and let your ideas be known about how Lotus should market the technology to the world. So get thinkin' and get jammin'! Now is the time! Link to my idea. (I think my blog doesn't like the embedding code for some reason.) [read] Keywords: ibm
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Was IamLUG worth it?
Sun, Aug 9th 2009 8:15p Andy Donaldson Yup. For years, many of us in the States have had to sit back and be envious of our brethren and sisteren, (if that's even a word), in Europe that have had the opportunity to attend one of the "national" user groups meetings in either Ireland or the UK. Starting this year, Chris Miller, Franziska Tanner-Whitlock and others organized and pulled off two fantastic days of learning in St. Louis. IamLUG was very much like a mini-Lotusphere. Let's face it, you had people from IBM (Mary Beth Raven, Ed [read] Keywords: admin
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IamLUG OGS Recap
Mon, Aug 3rd 2009 11:50a Andy Donaldson If you haven't been following Twitter and Facebook updates this morning from the other delegates at IamLUG, you missed out on some good stuff. - Chris Miller kicked off the morning welcoming us all to his hometown of St. Louis. Over 170 people from North America registered for the event, as well as 5 from Europe. Chris deserves a lot of the credit on pulling this all together, but also reminded us that all the sponsors are the ones that helped get this all pulled together. Thanks, sponsors! - K [read] Keywords: lotus
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Getting to Lumière Place for IamLUG!
Thu, Jul 30th 2009 9:40p Andy Donaldson In my older age, I've become less adventurous with things. One of those things is getting from point A to point B. Sure, when I was in my 20's, I drove across country with a friend to California in an old beat up Honda. But those days are gone and I like to know how to get where I'm going. So this afternoon, the fine folks at Lumière Place called to verify my reservation for my visit to IamLUG. While I had them on the phone, I asked if they had any idea what the average cab fare costs in from t [read] Keywords: blogger
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My first day with the BlackBerry Tour...I think I'm in love
Tue, Jul 14th 2009 8:58p Andy Donaldson I was able to get a BlackBerry Tour in from Verizon today and all the hype about the device proved to be true. I have to say that so far, this is the fastest, brightest and all around awesome-est device RIM has put out, at least in the States. The 3.1 MP camera alone is worth the cost of admission in my opinion. The device comes loaded with the 4.7 OS, which is very reminiscent of the OS that was on the Storm. The 480x360x65K color screen is brilliant! Of course, there is one thing missing in th [read] Keywords: bes
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SnTT - Enabling ALL the bells and whistles!
Wed, Jul 1st 2009 8:14p Andy Donaldson As we're getting ready to start the big push of rolling out some form of the R8.* client, one of the features that management requested was to enable video chat via the integrated Sametime client. After speaking with some technical people from IBM about this, they told me that it was no problem to turn on all of the functions that the stand-alone Sametime client has in the integrated Sametime Connect in Notes. I just needed to have at least standard installation of Sametime installed on the serv [read] Keywords: administration
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A plea for a policy from Lotus
Tue, Jun 23rd 2009 7:35p Andy Donaldson In the past I've posted several "how-to's" on using InstallShieldTuner for Lotus Notes to create custom install packages of the Lotus Notes client for use in either a roll-out or a Smart Upgrade package for an upgrade. With the recent death of the 8.0.x code stream, I decided to bite the bullet and start looking at creating a new package that I could use to test rolling out 8.5 Standard clients. In the past, I had created custom installs for R6, 7 and 8 basic and in those installations, I was ab [read] Keywords: admin
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MIME gone bad!
Tue, Jun 23rd 2009 12:57p Andy Donaldson For a while now I've been having a problem with my 7.0.3 Domino server running Symantec Mail Security queuing messages in its mail.box(s) for hours on end before finally delivering them at some point during the day. The messages appeared to be spam in nature and really didn't think too much about it until recently when I've been noticing a lot MORE messages getting stuck there for hours on end. So, it was time for some troubleshooting. Looking at the messages that were hung up, I could see that [read] Keywords: document
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Ah...business travel
Fri, May 15th 2009 12:29p Andy Donaldson So I came up to Wisconsin to migrate an old eol sever to new hardware and to upgrade the server to Domino 8. No problem, went smoothly. But to get here, the most direct route is to take commuter jets. Commuter jets are small, torturous planes that like cramming people as many people into them as the airline can get away with. So when I get onto one of these planes, this is how I feel: Now, I know that I'm a big guy with a slight (cough) weight problem, but seriously, can they get seats that are [read] Keywords: domino
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A postcard from along the "Migration Trail"
Tue, Apr 14th 2009 6:45p Andy Donaldson Since Lotusphere 2009 ended my life has been a mix of mail migrations and other weird life stuff, hence the blog silence. So with a migration project about 85% done, I figured it was time for me to resurface in the blogsphere and jot down my thoughts. One thing I am learning about mail migrations now more then in migrations past is that it can be a REALLY long process to complete at times. Especially when you don't have access to the Exchange servers that you are freeing those individuals from. [read] Keywords: domino
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Introducing, Buddy
Mon, Mar 16th 2009 12:22p Andy Donaldson Name: Buddy Battlescar Donaldson Occupation: Dog D.O.B - Unknown, but most estimate him to be around 2 years old Breed: Mutt. Mix of Beagle and Basset. Favorite passtime: Following the kids around the house to see what they are up to and laying on the back of the couch looking outside like a cat. Former life: Left tied to a trailer with several other hunting dogs to die. Some worthless POS decided that he no longer needed them. Luckily, Buddy and his mates were saved by Paws and Prayers. An [read] Keywords: blogger
Notes 8.5 AND 8.0.2 DST Oddity
Mon, Mar 9th 2009 9:14a Andy Donaldson After getting into the office this morning, one of my users that has 8.0.2 Standard installed but is running in Basic mode is reporting the exact same thing that I was seeing yesterday with 8.5. Not sure if I'll have the chance to open a PMR since there are two workarounds(resetting the Notes config or running the Standard version), but I wanted to share in case anyone else is seeing this issue too. Weird. [read] Keywords: lotus
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Notes 8.5 DST Oddity
Sun, Mar 8th 2009 4:51p Andy Donaldson I have Notes 8.5 running on my laptop and depending on my mood; I’ll run either the Basic or Standard version depending on what shortcut I click. Today I decided to use the Basic client when going in to check my mail and also to make sure that with the DST changes that went into effect today that everything was in order. Upon opening the calendar in the week view, I could see right off the bat that then entries were off an hour. Now, when I hover over those entries on Monday, the pop-up window [read] Keywords: admin
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Sparky Louise Donaldson 1998-2009
Sun, Feb 22nd 2009 5:59p Andy Donaldson Doesn't matter if you are 4 or 40, loosing a pet you love stinks. A good friend emailed this to me today. Thanks, Robin. WELCOME AT RAINBOW BRIDGE There is a bridge connecting Heaven and Earth. It is called the Rainbow Bridge because of its many colors. Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge, there is a land of meadows, hills and valleys with lush green grass. When a beloved pet dies, the pet goes to this place. There is always food and water, and warm spring weather. The old and frail animals [read] Keywords:
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So, I had a mammogram on Friday
Wed, Feb 18th 2009 7:19p Andy Donaldson Editors Note: This is not an ASW post. This is not a post to solicit pity, that's why comments are disabled for this post. This is just to clear my mind of a lot of thoughts right now. No, you read the title right. I had a mammogram on Friday. I know what you're thinking, "only women have those!" Well guess what buddy, so do guys....and it's becoming more common from what the people told me. Back in December, I started having a lot of soreness around my right nipple and it didn't go away. So af [read] Keywords: domino
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Make Sametime Servers Play Nice With Each Other
Mon, Feb 9th 2009 6:49p Andy Donaldson I had another one of those "pulling what's left of my hair out of my head" moments today. You see, as my company grows, I've decided that it's time to install a couple more remote Sametime servers instead of having all users come back to the home office to connect. My WAN people would appreciate that I'm sure. So with the new server up and running at the remote location, I thought All I would need to do was dabble in the STConfig.nsf and make sure that the VPS_TRUSTED_IPS= was populated correctl [read] Keywords: domino
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My Notes 8.5 client is possessed!
Thu, Feb 5th 2009 8:39p Andy Donaldson So I installed the Notes 8.5 client on my laptop this week and for the most part, things have been working about the same as 8.0.2. But there was one really weird thing that happened yesterday. After turning on the Address toolbar in the client, tab after tab after tab after tab after tab in Firefox started opening up. All of these websites just started appearing out of no where. Legit ones too. First thought of course was virus. These were all websites I have visited in the past, but not with F [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotusphere2009 Reflections
Sat, Jan 31st 2009 11:59a Andy Donaldson I don't know if it's just me, but coming home from Lotusphere is much like a diver coming up from a deep sea expedition. You've seen it on the Discovery Channel or the movie, The Abyss. They have to get into an isolation chamber for several days and slowly acclimate themselves back to the normal atmosphere so their blood doesn't bubble, get the bends and go all crazy. Well, I've had my time in the chamber and I'm ready to emerge. There was so much I wanted to do at Lotusphere this year. That in [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotusphere 2009 Report Day 2 - My 5 minutes of fame
Tue, Jan 20th 2009 11:59p Andy Donaldson Today was the day of my Lotusphere Idol 5 minute audition. I had it all planned out in my head what I was going to say and incorporate suggestions that others had given me. But when it came time to stand up in front of everyone and present, my mind turned to mush. Grade A mush. I know I could have done better but I let my anxiety of speaking in front of people get the best of me this time. But, I'm not upset that I didn't win the session. The fact of knowing that my idea was heard by others and [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Lotusphere 2009 Report Day 2 - Basking in the resonance and Lotusphere Idol!
Tue, Jan 20th 2009 11:50p Andy Donaldson It's Tuesday night around 11:30 and I'm beat. My seventh Lotusphere to date and honestly I cannot recall another Lotusphere that has been this energized and alive with passion from this group of people, the Lotus faithful. The theme for Lotuphere 2009 is "Resonance". One of the definitions on dictionary.com for the word describes the following: the state of a system in which an abnormally large vibration is produced in response to an external stimulus, occurring when the frequency of the stimulu [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotusphere Report 2009 - Day 1:Blue Men, Beldar and Bob
Mon, Jan 19th 2009 10:59p Andy Donaldson What can be said about the opening general session of Lotusphere that hasn't already been written already by many others? This years Lotusphere OGS was one that was not to be missed! With many of the people I've spoken with today, they all were energize by a new excitment that had swept over the crowd this morning the instant Blue Man Group took the stage and began their performance. In the past there has been bands and orchestras to begin the days events, but Blue Man added a more renewed vibe [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotusphere 2009 Report Day 1ish - Jumpstarts and more video goodness
Sun, Jan 18th 2009 4:46p Andy Donaldson Another brain filling day spent attending Jump Starts at Lotusphere. A lot of really good practical information! This evening promises plenty of shenanigans and hi-jinx at The Turtles session followed by the opening reception held out by the pool. Lot of rumors running around about announcements and who the special guest is at the OGS tomorrow morning, but I'll save that for later. For now, let's continue to bask in the "resonance" of Lotusphere 2009. [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Lotusphere 2009 Report Day 0 - And so it begins again, with video!
Sat, Jan 17th 2009 11:49p Andy Donaldson Let's face it, travel days are usually hectic and non-stop, and today was no exception. The family dropped me off at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport for my flight to Lotusphere. At the airport I met up with Chris Blatnick and we began our venture south. Not much to report with the flight, generally smooth, but the Mears shuttle was a whole other story. From the time we got to the Mears counter and checked in until the time we got to the hotel, it was about the same amount of travel time as it [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Yes, I should be working on my Lotusphere Idol! slides..
Sun, Jan 11th 2009 5:56p Andy Donaldson But I had to go out and film the kids attempt to sled down our somewhat hill in the backyard.
I was honored to receive an email yesterday saying that my abstract for Lotusphere Idol! has been accepted! Then, the anxiety set it. So if you have time on Tuesday, January 20, at 3 PM in the Dolphin Hotel Southern Hemisphere III, stop by and cheer me and the other contestants on! From what I've heard, it should be a good time! [read] Keywords: ibm
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So long, '08
Wed, Dec 31st 2008 3:25p Andy Donaldson I honestly can't think of a year that I'm actually happy to see go. 2008 was a tough year for almost every person that I know. Lots of bad mojo. Be it illness, injury, financial, personal, job, everyone has had a roller coaster ride. So my hope for 2009 is peace. Peace in the world. Peace in your life. Most importantly, peace in your heart. There's a billboard on the freeway we take to go up to the big city of Canton, OH and it has a simple message. Imagine Peace. That billboard always makes me [read] Keywords: application
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Merry Christmas
Wed, Dec 24th 2008 9:29p Andy Donaldson May the blessings of the season be with you and may all your wishes come true. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from my family to yours! [read] Keywords:
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A Sirius Walkman
Mon, Dec 22nd 2008 1:40p Andy Donaldson With vacation here, it's time to play catch up on some of the stuff I've been wanting to play with for a while. And this was first on my list. I've had Sirius, now SiriusXM Satellite Radio for the past couple of years and I love it. From Howard Stern in the morning to Bubba the Love Sponge in the afternoon and non-stop music in between, it really is worth the subscription costs in my opinion. I hate regular radio. But the one drawback to having SiriusXM is that your stuck with using either the r [read] Keywords: lotus
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SnTT - Fixing your Blazer Browser
Wed, Dec 17th 2008 10:09p Andy Donaldson For the past month or two I've had problems with surfing the web on my Palm TX. If you've followed my blog at all I know you may be thinking that I'm not the biggest fan of Palm. I'm not, but I do love the TX. I keep at home to ensure that the app that we use to sync Notes to people that have TX's, Pocket PC's and even a few Treo's, still works correctly. Recently I've had an issue where any of the websites that I visit that require login, (Facebook, Gmail, Twitter), will not keep my login infor [read] Keywords: notes
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Monday, December 14, 1998
Sun, Dec 14th 2008 10:37a Andy Donaldson Right about now 10 years ago, Denise, Alex and myself were sitting in a court room in Tuscarawas County before a judge. Molly was there too, but she was in the "oven" cooking. We were at the end of a several month process that involved social workers, unanswered registered letters and other documentation to our lawyer. The judge entered the court room, banged the gavel and it began. Not knowing what to expect, our attorney rose, I was sworn in and a barrage of questions was fired off at me in ra [read] Keywords:
SnTT - My NEOLUG Presentation on InstallShield Tuner
Thu, Dec 11th 2008 10:07a Andy Donaldson I was fortunate enough to be asked to speak at this mornings Northeast Ohio Lotus User Group (NEOLUG) about one of my favorite topics. InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes. More on that later, but for now here are the slides and my documentation. Slides Using InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes - .pdf Thanks to all those who attended this morning and if you have any questions or comments, please let me know! [read] Keywords: lotus
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My final thoughts on the BlackBerry Storm, for now.
Tue, Dec 9th 2008 7:29a Andy Donaldson I was thinking of a good way to put into words how I feel about the BlackBerry Storm after using it for two weeks. I think the best analogy I could come up with is that the Storm is like that really hot cheerleader you knew in high school. The one that you wanted to go out with, but never could. (Let's face it, you know what I'm talking about..you're a geek, you read blogs, you lived it.) Well, you finally landed a date with her and you come to find out that it's more trouble then it's worth. Su [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Come see me at NEOLUG...again!
Thu, Dec 4th 2008 8:13p Andy Donaldson Much to my chagrin, I've been asked to present at the North East Ohio Lotus User Group (NEOLUG) next Thursday. Gregg asked if I would share what I've learned about the dreaded InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes with the rest of the class, so I said, "sure". So if you are in the North East Ohio area next Thursday, a Lotus Geek and enjoy watching a fat man sweat through his first presentation, stop by! Just please, don't bring any tomatoes to throw at me. Here's the full agenda for the day: *Plea [read] Keywords: domino
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For those lost in the Storm frenzy
Sun, Nov 30th 2008 8:45p Andy Donaldson For those who have been sitting on the fence about purchasing Verizon's BlackBerry Storm, I have a word of advice for you. Hold out a little longer. My Storm arrived last Monday and after a day, I posted my thoughts on if it was worth the time or not. Well, after a week I'm still not sure whether or not I should send it back Tuesday when I return to the office or hold out for another week. The biggest beef I've had with it since my last post was battery life. Boy does it stink! After Twittering [read] Keywords: blackberry
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My first day in the Storm..BlackBerry that is
Mon, Nov 24th 2008 7:36p Andy Donaldson Well, it showed up in the mail room today, just as Verizon promised me last week. I was fortunate enough to get approval from the higher ups to go ahead and order the BlackBerry Storm so that it would ship first thing Friday morning. Side note: Here's something that doesn't make sense to me. Why can Amazon ship the latest Harry Potter book a day or so early so it shows up on the release date, but Verizon has to wait until the release date to ship the device? And to top it off, the release date i [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Chicken and Lotus - Clarification on my last blog post
Wed, Nov 12th 2008 1:14p Andy Donaldson In my last entry regarding which flavor of the Notes 8.0.2 client to roll out, and I was surprised by one of the comments that was left last night. In the comments, Anonymous wrote: Use Notes 8.0.2. Much better performance. And, Imust ask, "too slow for what"?? compared to the fact that now you can move entire mail trhead to afolder 9incl trash0 all at once? how much time does thAT save? see your calendar in the sidebar without swtiching? how much time does THAT save??So I of course replied to t [read] Keywords: admin
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Regular or Extra-Crispy: Which version of Notes to roll out?
Mon, Nov 10th 2008 7:11p Andy Donaldson In the beginning, The Colonel created Original Recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken, and it was good. Then as tastes and time marched on, the big wigs that bought his company from him created Extra-Crispy Kentucky Fried Chicken and the masses were pleased. It seems Lotus has followed that same kind of flow. The “original recipe” Lotus Notes client with its happy little workspace and all its icons hasn't changed all that much over the years. The addition of the tabs and customized startup window was [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Behind the scenes on election night
Fri, Nov 7th 2008 9:56p Andy Donaldson 20081104_Chicago_IL_ElectionNight1258 Originally uploaded by Barack ObamaI heard about this on the news tonight. President-elect Barack Obama has made available on Flickr exclusive behind the scenes pictures of himself and his family awaiting the results of the election. Whether or not your like or voted for him, there are some awesome pictures. One of the reasons I like these photos so much is that they are raw images of a man awaiting his role in history, as he knows it. See the full set here. [read] Keywords:
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Cookie Monster will hunt you down!
Mon, Nov 3rd 2008 7:21a Andy Donaldson Unless you vote tomorrow. You don't want a ticked off Cookie Monster coming at you. Come to think of it, we haven't seen Shelly Duvall lately, have we? Don't be like Shelly. Get out and vote tomorrow. (Picture stolen from my hetero lifemate) [read] Keywords:
AdminP and mail file creation oddity
Thu, Oct 30th 2008 10:49a Andy Donaldson Here's an interesting scenario. As I've blogged about recently, I have to create a large number of email accounts as a result of a recent acquisition my company has made. Per my normal standards for user creation, I've create policies for these new locations and am using registration documents in them as well. Because of the number of new accounts that I have to create, instead of creating the mail file right then and there during registration, I elected to select the option to create the mail [read] Keywords: adminp
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Sametime variables and InstallShield Tuner
Fri, Oct 24th 2008 2:19p Andy Donaldson For a while now one of the most popular blog entries that I have has been the ones regarding using InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes. ISTfLN can be used to generate a custom silent install that can be used with either Smart Upgrade, SMS or other manual process to push out and install the Lotus Notes client to your users. While in the past the product has been a real time saver for client installs, I'm finding now that some of the settings I've come to rely upon for Sametime no longer work. Whe [read] Keywords: domino
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It's no Taking Notes podcast....
Sun, Oct 12th 2008 6:49p Andy Donaldson I know in the past I've mentioned on my blog that my wife, friends and myself like to delve into the unknown and go ghost hunting. Yes, I know to a lot of people that seems strange, but it is also a lot of fun to do. So yesterday after I heard that our friends were coming over to play cards, I had the idea to make a podcast of what I knew were going to be the likely conversation of the evening. So with a little selling of the idea to the group, they were all on board. So much so that we actually [read] Keywords: notes
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Redneck Tech
Sat, Oct 11th 2008 12:48p Andy Donaldson Living in the "hill country" of east central Ohio as I have for the past 10 or so years, I have found a lot of humor in Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck" routines. Seriously, if you are ever around New Philadelphia, Ohio sometime, stop into the local Wal Mart and you will see what I mean. I'm not hating on the good people that shop there, we do often because we can get more for our money there, but you'll see what I mean. But I've not only seen that in the people around me, I'm starting [read] Keywords:
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SnTT - Client configuration or Seeing the forest through the trees
Wed, Oct 8th 2008 7:48p Andy Donaldson Like any other Domino Administrator out there, I'm sure that you very much enjoy having a nuke dropped on your desk by management while your in the middle of another project. I know I sure do...not. This week I was tasked with the assignment to come up with a way to deploy about 20 Notes clients to people at various locations of our latest acquisition. Spread across the county and with support people that don't understand Lotus Notes, I of course started to try and come up with some elaborate pl [read] Keywords: document
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Koo-koo-ka-choo, Gov. Palin
Wed, Oct 8th 2008 6:09p Andy Donaldson From the, "I saw it and couldn't let this go by without comment" file: "Are you trying to seduce me, Gov. Palin" [read] Keywords:
My Cell...I mean Office
Thu, Oct 2nd 2008 7:19p Andy Donaldson 101_3246 Originally uploaded by MacianThe latest meme going around the Notes community is blogging about your workspace. Well, allow me to take you on a trip around the place where I spend the majority of my life, my cube. It's not that exciting. It's pretty much a mess. But, it's my home away from home, so I might as well make it as much "me" as possible. Here is a link to the set on Flickr. I've added notes to the pictures too, so feel free to browse around. Just don't steal nothin. [read] Keywords: notes
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What $400 gets you
Mon, Sep 29th 2008 12:29p Andy Donaldson Clear yard Originally uploaded by MacianA yard without trees. The remnants of Hurricane Ike went through Ohio two weeks ago and left me with three trees down. So finally today, the tree removal crew came to clean up the mess. As my friends can attest to, I do don't power tools. For both their safety and my own. So it was off to find someone to do it. After phone calls back and forth with the insurance company and phone calls to a couple services, I finally got one to come out today. Well, with t [read] Keywords:
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Psycho Dog Likes Pudding
Sun, Sep 28th 2008 9:49p Andy Donaldson Our Psycho Dog, Sparky Step 1 - Open a container of vanilla Snack Pack pudding Step 2 - Put it in front of your dog Step 3 - Hilarity ensues. [read] Keywords:
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InstallShieldTuner Ver.6 and 8.0.2 Standard
Wed, Sep 24th 2008 2:39p Andy Donaldson It seems the old House O' Blog is getting a lot more hits from people looking for information on using InstallShieldTuner for Lotus Notes. Here is my latest update to my ongoing document. I haven't yet covered SUSetRunAs in this document, but will add it later as I've been prodded into presenting this at the next NEOLUG meeting. Thanks, Gregg ;-) Click here for the latest document. [read] Keywords: document
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The 8.0.2 Client Wackyness Continues, Kinda
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 7:55p Andy Donaldson When 8.0.2 launched a few weeks ago, I like many others in the Lotus community were real excited about it after hearing of all the performance enhancements that were promised in the release. The ability to have an almost instant starting full client was enough for any fanboy to look forward to it. But when the day hit and the downloads were done, the performance for some just wasn't there. Including me. The client was still slow to launch and when it would get past the splash screen most of the [read] Keywords: ibm
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