My first OpenNTF project QuickrD License Tracker - please don’t hurt me
Sat, Mar 13th 2010 2:25p Darren Duke That's right, release candidate 1 (RC1) of the QuickrD License and User Tracker tool. It has been released as LGPL v3 licenses so all are free to download, change and distribute. Since the inception of Quickr is has been extremely difficult to manage the number of licenses an organization requires. This is especially true if you also have "external" users accessing your places. There will be issues (and these will be fixed), but it has been tested on Quickr 8.2 on Windows and iSeries. [read] Keywords: quickr
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My Domino on VMware presentation from todays ATLUG
Thu, Mar 11th 2010 6:24p Darren Duke This is a slightly updated one to the one I gave at GLUG a while back. Warning, it is just a technical as the prior version, so enter at your own risk...... Thanks to everyone who turned out (and it was pretty large). Next quarter is the mighty Bruce Elgort of Eljugi Software, The 1352 Report, The Taking Notes podcast and the XPages Blog. Come out and see one the "jaundice bubble" luminaries, live and in person. Anyway, enough grovelling to Bruce, here's the presentation..... [read] Keywords: domino
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Reminder - ATLUG is tomorrow (03/11/2010) - Domino on VMware presentation
Wed, Mar 10th 2010 8:13p Darren Duke Rumor has it that Jon Bon Jovi I will be presenting and it is almost sold out. Except it is free, so I'm not sure what that means. There is still time to register and it will be held at the IBM Lakeside/Riverside building in NW Atlanta from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Contact Randy Davison to register. Lunch will be kindly provided by IBM. Come say hello if you are there. No need to run away once I stop speaking ;) [read] Keywords: domino
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Quickr Domino 8.2 Fix Pack 10 is available
Tue, Mar 9th 2010 7:44a Darren Duke Get it from IBM Fix Central. Fixes included: FP 8.2.0.10 03/03/2010 CMCH82HMNB When using Sametime integration, the option to Add Tools returns an error that the client does not support this functionality. 03/03/2010 RALFUZQC4 Issue where sometimes a page will not render, if your Domino server returns a redirected page. 03/03/2010 DWHN82RL7F On a place that supports anonymous users, an unpublished document can become viewable by anonymous users if the Form type is changed within co [read] Keywords: connections
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integration
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Reminder, Chattanooga Lotus User Group (CHUG) is tomorrow (02/25)
Wed, Feb 24th 2010 10:56a Darren Duke Registration required so you can get through security, but it is free to attend. The great, funny and recently shorn Rocky Oliver (aka LotusGeek) will be presenting. Head on over to https://www.simplified-tech.com/CHUGQ12010 for further details and to register. [read] Keywords: lotus
security
A very un-scientific look at transaction logging in Domino
Tue, Feb 16th 2010 7:47a Darren Duke Below are Domino console screen captures of two servers. They are pretty much identical: Both are 32 bit Domino on Windows running 8.5 FP1 Both are running Quickr 8.2 FP9 Both are transaction logged with circular, 4GB logging Both are running in vSphere 4 U1 servers Both servers have no load other than clustering to each other (the screen shot was taken at 4:30am, so I'm pretty sure. No load. Both have been up for about 20 minutes. Having said all of that, note the database.rm.logger.io.max.wr [read] Keywords: domino
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Is Quickr Domino Enterprise Ready? (aka How good is Quickr?)
Tue, Feb 16th 2010 6:00a Darren Duke A few days ago, Mr Pierre Lalonde posted this question to a post about Quickr Domino..... Hi Darren, Since you are (I think) the Reference for Lotus Quickr product, I was asking me this question: How good is Quickr? We use it internaly to create Quick Room Spaces for limited (< 15) users. Have you deploy Quickr 8.2 in large enterprise (> 1000)? I think it's a good product, but still not so easy to use for everyone. What do you think? Thanks - Pierre I had indicated to Mr Lalo [read] Keywords: domino
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In or near Chattanooga. TN? Come attend the inaugural LUG
Mon, Feb 15th 2010 12:17p Darren Duke Impressively named "CHUG" for now (this has got to be the best LUG acronym yet). During a recent STS and IBM Domino 8.5 Proof of Technology (PoT) we held in Chattanooga, TN we discovered that the locals had the desire to form a Lotus User Group. Over the past few months Lisa Duke of STS and Michael Millard have been setting it up with help from IBM. The great, funny and recently shorn Rocky Oliver (aka LotusGeek) will be presenting on February 25th. Head on over to https://www.simplified-tec [read] Keywords: domino
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Windows 7 and Snow Leopard now officially supported as of 8.5.1 FP1
Thu, Feb 11th 2010 6:32a Darren Duke I saw this a few weeks back but forgot to blog about it.....the title says it all. From the 8.5.1 FP1 release notes: Support for Notes on Windows 7, Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.2), and RHEL 5.4 Windows 7, Snow Leopard (on Mac OS X 10.6.2), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Desktop certification testing has been completed. Support for RHEL 5.4 has been added to 8.5.1 as well as 8.5.1 FP1. For documentation regarding these newly supported platforms and information on 64-bit Windows 7 support [read] Keywords: ibm
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Some more rambling thoughts on LS10
Thu, Feb 4th 2010 5:29p Darren Duke Like good wine, I usually have some better outcomes after sitting for a while. The other day I blogged my initial LS10 thoughts but over the past couple of days these have percolated some more. The most interesting thing I kept hearing (over and over again) was Cognos. At first I thought this was a bit strange being an IM (Information Management) product, but over the course of several days the amount of times I heard "Cognos" I was beginning to thing I was attending Cognosphere. Indeed some [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Presenting on Domino on VMware at ATLUG
Thu, Feb 4th 2010 3:39p Darren Duke Kind of weird that this was one of the topics at Gurupalooza...... Anyway, if you are in (or near) Atlanta on March 11th why not come to the "Atlanta Lotus User Group" (ATLUG). If your organization is thinking about Domino on VMware (or a SAN, most of this is the same) then head on over and find out the difference between a successful Domino virtualization project and an (all too common) unsuccessful one. And even if I am crap you can still get lunch from IBM for free ;) It will be held [read] Keywords: domino
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Quickr Domino 8.2 Fix Pack 9 is available
Tue, Feb 2nd 2010 9:27a Darren Duke This has the fix that Rob Novak blogged about the other day. The issue addressed a bug in FP8. Get it from IBM Fix Central. Fixes include FP 8.2.0.9 Via the Rest API, using the pagesize parameter without using the page parameter may crash the Domino Server. The Notify context menu option does not work for documents in a workflow. After adding a local group to a room’s security, clicking the Member Profile of the group gives an invalid Member Profile. Usage Statistics page [read] Keywords: domino
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Quickr Connectors 8.2 HF 6 available
Tue, Feb 2nd 2010 9:27a Darren Duke Get it from IBM Fix Central. Fixes include: December 4, 2009 251215 252245 250937 8.2.0.183 Save password policy not being respected in all contexts Remove outdate Office automation from the uninstall which could causes prompts about normal.dot during uninstall Remove the "send link" option in Notes in contexts where it doesn't apply We also fixed an issue for dragging and dropping documents out of the Notes sideshelf into emails [read] Keywords: ibm
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2010 is here, LS10 is over and DAOS keeps on rocking. Yes another one
Thu, Jan 28th 2010 11:31a Darren Duke This DAOS implementation was a tad different. As this client is on an iSeries the recommended DAOS attachment size is 1MB. I figured this would hurt the overall percentage so to wring out even more space savings we turned on "Single Copy Template" (SCT) for mail files as well. It's been a while since we'd done a SCT implementation. All I can say is wow. If you have any empty or almost empty mail files on your servers, SCT will whittle them down to 1.8 MB or so. So, some stats.... Pre DAOS [read] Keywords: planetlotus
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Quickr Domino 8.2 Fix Pack 8 (FP8) available
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 4:17p Darren Duke As usual go get it from IBM Fix Central. It was not yet available for the AS400 as the time of writing. Fixes included: FP 8.2.0.8 After upgrading from older version of QuickPlace to Quickr 8.1 and then to Quickr 8.2, folders that contain a document that is an imported HTML pages may continue showing the Loading… icon when rendering the folder. Mail not sent to next approver when using a Workflow form from Connectors. When importing a Word Document containing Word graphic obje [read] Keywords: domino
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SAN, SAN, SAN, Gurupalooza and Domino
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:07a Darren Duke At the gurupalooza session at the end of Lotusphere a question was asked about SANs. I think I answered this as best I could at the time, but here is a more thoughtful version..... Most of the "performance" issues I encounter with Domino are to do with mis-configured storage, SANs being the major culprit lately, mainly, as with VMware, it is they way enterprise IT is moving. This is not due to SANs being any more or less bad than any other storage, but due to the fact that most organizations [read] Keywords: admin
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The last DAOS results of 2009
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:07a Darren Duke It's been busy lately and I'm loving that. Prior to 2009 expiring we did a DAOS implementation that was special in that DAOS was added despite the customer using EMC MailExtender. As usual the the results are astounding. To say I am not a fan of EMC Mail Extender is an understatement and DAOS may well allow the customer to get rid of this semaphore generating piece of junk. Anyway here are the details.... Pre DAOS 179GB Post DAOS 44GB NSF 37GB DAOS 81GB Total This makes for a [read] Keywords:
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My SHOW102 - Using IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Policies to Manage Your Clients - Download
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:07a Darren Duke Firstly, let me thank IBM and especially Christian Holsing, Paul Mooney and Gab Davis for allowing me to partake in the Show and Tell Session track at LS10. It was (in order): Hard work Great fun Nerve wracking Additionally, a huge, huge thank you too all that turned up. Hopefully it was useful, informative and funny. As promised during the presentation here are the slides. For those of you not able to attend, you should still be able to utilize the presentation as it was a "SnT" which means [read] Keywords: domino
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VMware 4.0 and options for TX Logs
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:07a Darren Duke As part of my day job (well, one of my many days jobs) I often get drafted in to perform practical magic on Domino servers. One of the first things we do is to move transaction logs to a separate physical drive. This is all fine when your Domino server is stand-alone and you have a plethora hard drive options and bays, but with virtualization it becomes harder to this. When you "plan" your VMware environment most customers will create huge datastores taking up all available disk storage leaving [read] Keywords: connections
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So, you want the fastest possible Notes client start up - SSD
Tue, Dec 8th 2009 7:38a Darren Duke Yesterday I lost the hard drive in my trusty Lenovo Thinkpad T500. Luckily I had my LS10 presentation on Quickr *wipes brow*. Anyway I decided to replace it with a solid state drive (SSD). Specifically, after a modicum of research, I replace the faulty drive with a 128GB Torqx SSD from Patriot Memory. It was available at the local Micro Center so off I toddled to boldly go where I had never been before, credit card in hand. So I replace the 160GB SATA drive with the 128GB SSD SATA drive an [read] Keywords: admin
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And they say Notes is a memory hog
Thu, Dec 3rd 2009 1:11p Darren Duke So I have 3GB RAM on my XP Lenovo ThinkPad T500. I had a fair few windows open as I have started my LS10 presentation. Everything I did something the computer was pretty slow. So I popped open task manager and found this: Seems like Firefox and TweetDeck are almost as RAM hungry as Lotus Notes. And this with only 3 tabs open in Firefox. [read] Keywords: lotus
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STS hosting a "Lotus Vision" PoT in ATL on 12/15/2009
Tue, Dec 1st 2009 8:03a Darren Duke This is not a technical PoT. It is designed from line of business and "C" types to be shown how the Lotus portfolio of products can help them do their jobs better. Full details are available at https://www.simplified-tech.com/visionPoTATL [read] Keywords: lotus
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Announcing Tips In Two, a site for user tips for Lotus apps
Fri, Nov 27th 2009 3:24p Darren Duke I could go over it here, but there are more details on the Tips In Two site about the details. This about sums it up: Over the coming months, years and millennia we will be doing very short screen casts covering all manner of Lotus Notes tricks centered around making Notes users more productive. Hence the name, "Tips In Two". Most of the screen cast content will be under two minutes in length (a) so we can post more often, and (b) so users don't get overwhelmed. Be sure to use the RSS feed on [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotus Notes 8.5 and Server_MaxSessions error - the fix (for me at least)
Wed, Nov 25th 2009 3:31p Darren Duke Over the last few months, every night without fail my trusty Lenovo Thinkpad T500 laptop would lose network connectivity. If it remained running over night, then the next morning nothing would connect. Not Notes, not TweetDeck, not Sametime, nada. The only error I got was the following that Lotus Notes displayed: "The TCP/IP protocol stack reported that it ran out of memory. Consult your network documentation to increase configured memory, or reduce Notes connections by limiting clients (see [read] Keywords: admin
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Admin Boot Camp at Lotusphere 2010
Wed, Nov 25th 2009 10:40a Darren Duke I can't tell you how many times I get asked about administrator and developer training in a given month. Well, IBM have listened and have added a Admin Boot Camp to LS10. If you are Domino admin and you've been looking for training (or an excuse to go to LS) then this is your opportunity. While not on the "Boot Camp" track, my session will be "Using Domino 8.5. Policies to manage your Clients" which would be a great addition once you have completed the Boot Camp. It amazes me how many STS cli [read] Keywords: admin
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Quickr Domino Fix Fack 6 (FP6) is available
Tue, Nov 24th 2009 12:51p Darren Duke Many more fixes than were in FP5. As usual pick it up over at IBM Fix Central. Fixes included..... FP 8.2.0.6 11/17/2009 RTIN7WFLWB Backslash character not allowed in the comment field of a notification. 11/17/2009 KABS7WSQGV Problem with Custom MetaData drop-down in Connectors, when choices contain ampersand (&) 11/16/2009 RTIN7WULGT When trying to send notifcations from a room, specific members of local groups are not individually selectable. 11/16/2009 RALF7X9QLS QPTool Remove [read] Keywords: document
domino
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quickplace
quickr
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Connections vs $harepoint
Fri, Nov 20th 2009 1:12p Darren Duke I'm no fan of MS Sharepoint, it provides very little value in almost everyplace I have seen it. Now with Sharepoint 2010 (and no doubt with the forced addition of Office 2010 and Exchange 2010) they are touting "social software" components. Yesterday Brian O'Curran posted about the long and interesting feature set that Lotus Connections has. There is a comment (number 3) on his blog in which "tonyo" quips: have a look at the 2010 offerings. probably the biggest reason to go to Sharepoint is th [read] Keywords: collaboration
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desktop
enterprise
exchange
exchange
office
security
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social software
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Only 23 weeks until R6.5 is end of life
Fri, Nov 20th 2009 11:56a Darren Duke I'd forgot about this for a while. About 13 weeks have gone by since the warning. If you are a Domino customer on 6.5 you really need to start testing your applications on 8.5.1 and asking your 3rd party vendors for support information, FAX providers, backup, etc. [read] Keywords: domino
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Quickr Domino 8.2 FP5 and HF4 available - and IBM have streamlined Fix Central
Tue, Nov 17th 2009 5:57a Darren Duke I say this a week or so ago but was in the middle of teaching a Domino PoT. It is good to see IBM have made it far simpler to get all of the relevant and applicable fixes. As usual these are available from IBM Fix Central. Quickr Connector HF 4 (8.2.0.177) includes: Send a Link email text confusing - We made changes here to allow one our customers remove the text that is sent when using the "Send Link" function to create an email link to a Quickr document. Outlook 2007 crashes the se [read] Keywords: document
domino
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Two new Connections 2.5 IFs just released
Thu, Nov 12th 2009 4:56p Darren Duke While completing yet another Connections install, I noticed IBM Fix Central had two more than last week. These have to do with profiles and custom labels..... Here is the full November list as of this blog posting: [read] Keywords: connections
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Sometimes a nice error message is worse than none
Mon, Nov 9th 2009 12:57p Darren Duke Domino gets a fair number of digs about the error messages (or lack thereof) that it creates. Well, it seems like Lotus Connections has inherited some of these issues> I just updated the STS Lotus Connections server to the latest fixes for 2.5 and then get this when entering the Activities module: Now, that looks nice and sexy right? Right. But it is useless. An error in the "Tags" section throws this exception and sends the user in to an loop until they change the URL manually. Now [read] Keywords: connections
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Another week, another DAOS implementation completed
Mon, Nov 9th 2009 11:56a Darren Duke This was the first 8.5.1 upgrade on the AS400. Customer was on 8.0.1 of Domino prior to the 8.5.1 upgrade. Now, I'm not quite sure why IBM increased the default DAOS file size from 4K to 64K from 8.5.0 to 8.5.1 (the cynic in me screams early 8.5.0 benchmarks) but for this customer we changed it to 8K. I will say this again, RAID 5 is bad, RAID 5 is bad, RAID 5 is bad. If you are moving to 8.5.x and are looking at DAOS make sure you know what impact RAID 5 will have (in my tests RAID 5 is appr [read] Keywords: domino
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Here is my Domino on VMware presentation from GLUG
Wed, Nov 4th 2009 8:57a Darren Duke Last month I presented at the inaugural Greenville (SC) Lotus User Group, aka GLUG on "Domino on VMware best practices". I was a bit wary of posting this as it requires quite a bit of knowledge of both Domino and VMware and is probably the most technical presentation I have done. But what the hell, you read it at your own risk. And everything on the internet is true, right? Anyway, here you go...... [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Knows bus in Atlanta - a cold morning but a good turnout
Mon, Nov 2nd 2009 12:59p Darren Duke With the exception of the ladies present, this looks like a casting call for a new Alcatraz movie :) Anyway this was taken at the IBM.com facility in Smyrna, GA (basically Atlanta) before the bus left to go on the city wide tour. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Learn how sort columns within a full text search
Tue, Oct 27th 2009 10:01a Darren Duke This is easy, just not obvious. As I have been asked this at least twice in two weeks, ergo this makes it a blog. So here is the use-case. I'm a user and I do a full text search of my mail file. However the order of the results don't seem to be returned in any rhyme or reason: In my example above, I sorted my inbox by date then did a I search my mail file for "IBM". I get a lot of stuff from IBM so there are quite a few results. Hum, there is a new column at the far left that has some st [read] Keywords: ibm
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Domino 8.5 Proof of Technology (PoT) in Chattanooga, TN on Nov 10 and 11
Mon, Oct 26th 2009 9:59a Darren Duke In what will most likely be the last of this years highly attended PoT series held by IBM and STS we are pleased to announce a 2 day Domino 8.5 PoT. If you are planning on rolling out 8.5, need to see the latest features or are after some free training come along. I will be doing some of the presenting. Registration is required and space is limited so head on over to register: https://www.simplified-tech.com/ChatPot This is a free to attend event, brought to you at no cost by IBM and STS. [read] Keywords: domino
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The Lotus Knows bus is in Atlanta today, Nashville tomorrow
Mon, Oct 26th 2009 9:59a Darren Duke That's right the much sort after Lotus Knowsbus is the ATL today. If you are on Twitter be sure to follow fellow STSer @lisaduke for regular updates on the "grand tour". Once the bus leaves ATL it will head to Nashville, TN and tour that city tomorrow (11/27/2009). If you are in Nashville or the surrounding area we are hosting a free lunch. Registration is required and is available over on the STS registration page. Come on over, see the bus, meet some people and have lunch. [read] Keywords: lotus
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An example of where Notepad is better than Lotus Notes
Sat, Oct 17th 2009 2:29p Darren Duke At STS we have a lot of Notes apps. In fact with the exception of OpenOffice and our accounting package everything we do is in Notes. Our entire sale process, both for software and services is done in Notes. So when I get an email from one of our distributors with some type of quote information it, some of this content is in HTML. After all this is inbound to our mail server, so Domino was responsible for the conversion and rendering of this HTML email. Now, I need to copy some of this infor [read] Keywords: document
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lotus
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rich text
email
openoffice
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Oldie but goodie - how to disable the Windows Update restart prompt
Fri, Oct 16th 2009 6:02a Darren Duke If you are a Windows user (please, no Mac fan-boy flame wars) Windows Updates is just a part of your routine. I got 17 this month, but when I install them I do not want Windows to restart automatically. Nor do I wanted to be prompted every 10 minutes either. I'll miss one of the prompts to cancel it, then, puff, all my work gone. Argh! Good news, provided you have sufficient access to your Windows PC you can change the time between the prompts, or, even better (IMHO) disable it altogethe [read] Keywords: mac
Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 available for download
Mon, Oct 12th 2009 9:37a Darren Duke With much improved Domino Designer speed (oh, and that is now free and will be available later today) and literally tons of fixes and enhancements, 8.5.1 is THE release to be on. It is available on IBM Passport Advantage. As of writing you had to go to "View all my downloads" under the "Download finder" tab. Expand then look for 8.5.1. FYI, the admin client is included with the Designer download, called lotus_dominodesigner_w32_CZ5S0EN.exe. [read] Keywords: admin
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Greenville, SC Lotus Users Group (GLUG) starting up
Tue, Oct 6th 2009 2:57p Darren Duke That's right folks. STS and IBM Lotus are teaming up to create a Greenville, South Carolina Lotus Users Group, aka GLUG. With all the excitement around the Lotus brand, including but not limitied to Notes/Domino 8.5.1, Lotus Knows, Connections 2.5, etc, we thought is was high time we started spreading the word to areas that may have been "neglected" during the "Dark times". "But Darren, how do I find this oasis of knowledge and excitement in SC?", well it will be held at the IBM Building in [read] Keywords: connections
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Quickr Domino 8.2 Fix Pack 4 is available
Fri, Oct 2nd 2009 5:24a Darren Duke Get if from IBM Fix Central. Fixes included: FP 8.2.0.4 09/24/2009 MLZG7UPB9N With a server configured for Domino Native Authentication, if a user goes offline, the server could crash. 09/24/2009 DAMC7TWHQT Issue adding Active Directory groups to Quickr using Directory Assistance 09/24/2009 HMON7V4P3H Drag and Drop fails to upload file if Workflow set to Simple Submit and using a custom form. 09/24/2009 CSTS7VYKG6 No member list when sending email notification from within subroom. 0 [read] Keywords: document
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A few spaces still left at the 8.5 PoT in Nashville, TN on 10/6 and 10/7
Mon, Sep 28th 2009 9:56a Darren Duke The latest in the STS and IBM Lotus hosted "proof of technology" for Domino 8.5 is soon upon us. This one will be held in Nashville, TN and is a two day, hands-on, lab training with a live instructor. I'll be there talking up DAOS (really me, talking about DAOS?) and XPages. There are only a few spaces left, so register go to http://www.simplified-tech.com/DominoPoTNashville. Hope to see you there! [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Knows that it has been a long time since Super.Human.Software
Tue, Sep 22nd 2009 7:09a Darren Duke Today is a momentous day. It has been a decade since IBM Lotus last had a large marketing campaign. At Lotusphere 1999 R5 was introduced and with it Super.Human.Software became the last, real campaign before Blue became the new Yellow. Well that has been a long 10 years, but finally the wait is over. Today is the official launch of Lotus Knows, IBM Lotus' new multi year, multi million dollar, multi geography campaign around the Lotus brand. Expect to see media (print, bus, taxi cab, airport [read] Keywords: ibm
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Add view as side bar widget - new and improved in 8.5.1 (I think)
Sun, Sep 20th 2009 12:30p Darren Duke I believe the following items are in Lotus Notes 8.5.1. For that reason: Disclaimer: IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.1 is prerelease code and there are no guarantees from IBM that the functionality presented or discussed will be in the final shipping product. I guess the above is for all those who remember the Garnet fiasco. On to the meat..... Ever since I first got my hands on 8.0 in the early beta releases I have loved the side bar. At STS we use it for a whole [read] Keywords: domino
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twitnotes
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Domino is cheaper than Exchange no matter which way you look or how small or big you are
Fri, Sep 11th 2009 4:22p Darren Duke Earlier this week Ed Brill posted on a white paper on messaging TCO published by UK based Applicable. What is interesting about this paper is that the writers are both IBM and Microsoft partners. The theory would then go that these guys have no axe to grind and would be pretty familiar with the TCO of both platforms. I know, I know, this is a yellow tinted blog so I would say that, but that fact by itself is very interesting. As pointed out from some of the comments on Ed's post, some of the [read] Keywords: domino
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google
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Update on the biggest DAOS we have done to date. Production server now complete....again....wow
Wed, Sep 9th 2009 12:29p Darren Duke So the past weekend was a long holiday weekend for some. Pah, holidays are for wusses ;) Some of you may recall, that last June we did a contract job which was STS's largest DAOS implementation yet. As was mentioned in the post, the original server was the unused fail-over cluster mate. Well, as we had a long weekend this was the weekend to upgrade the production server to 8.5. Before the upgrade (again this server is Windows 2003, 32 bit with 7.0.3, Domino data on a SAN), the remaining di [read] Keywords: domino
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Quickr Domino 8.1 FP 13 available
Fri, Sep 4th 2009 8:55a Darren Duke Quickr 8.1 Fix Pack 13 for Domino is available. Go get it over at IBM Fix Central. Fixes include: FP 8.1.0.13 08/25/2009 MMOI7UGHUD When opening an .html file from connectors, you may get an error downloading the file. 08/25/2009 BTLW7TGA9G Blog comment lists the comment author as their login name, it should be Firstname Lastname 08/25/2009 KSAA7UVDM5 When deleting 1 file from a document containing multiple files through the Explorer Connector, a conflict document may be created when [read] Keywords: administration
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database
password
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8.5.1 DAOS in the Replicator benchmarks, a slight disappointment
Mon, Aug 31st 2009 12:46p Darren Duke With everyone and their dog blogging about XPages in 8.5.1 (and rightly so), I figured I'd go the "path less traveled". Domino 8.5.1 adds DAOS to the replicator task. In essence, this little piece of wondrous engineering should dramatically decrease bandwidth used during replication between DAOS enabled servers. It does this by the allowing the two servers taking part in replication to communicate that a given NLO attachment either already exists in the target server DAOS repository or that [read] Keywords: adminp
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Notes is getting better with every release, GMail is....well....not
Thu, Aug 27th 2009 4:52p Darren Duke Ben has an interesting screen shot over on his blog. This shows quite eloquently the risks associated with moving to the cloud. You have no change control. PERIOD. Imagine someone changing core functionality in an application, any application, and just rolling out. No warning, no testing. *flick*, new "feature" just enabled. "But wait, I liked it the old way. Can you just replace the design again?". I can only guess the answer. You are now firmly in the control of the G-Men. "Do no evil"? [read] Keywords: lotus
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The last intern post - she is back in school now - BlackBerry shortcut keys
Mon, Aug 24th 2009 1:56p Darren Duke [ Note from Darren - again as with Catherine's previous post I am editing for formatting and clarification purposes only (in square brackets), no content is changed ] Since getting my BlackBerry at the beginning of the summer, I have been playing around quite a lot and learned of some useful shortcuts that might be helpful. Messaging While in your messaging folder, you might find the following hot keys helpful. “B” - Scrolls all the way to the bottom of th [read] Keywords: application
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As promised here is my ATLUG presentation on 8.5
Thu, Aug 20th 2009 8:00p Darren Duke As always it was fun and vibrant to present at the group. Thanks to all who attended, hopefully you found it useful and informative. It is always good see the Promnic guys too! Remember to Lotus Knows....too. Special thanks to Randy Davison for making the event happen to and Wanda Wall of IBM for all the setup and food. Thanks guys! If any of you need help in selling the 8.5 upgrade inside your organization this should prove helpful. And as mentioned, everyone at STS is available to help w [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotus Knows I used to be skeptical and that I am always late to a party
Wed, Aug 19th 2009 5:34p Darren Duke When I heard "Hanover" was going to have a nice, designed UI I was skeptical. When I heard 8.0.1 client was going to be "faster" I was skeptical. When I heard XPages we based on JSF I was skeptical. When I heard DAOS would shave 50% off storage needed for Domino I was skeptical. At LS09 when "air cover" was mentioned time and time again, I was really skeptical. Well, after a seven month wait air cover is here, DAOS is wonderful, XPages really do equal JSF and the Notes 8.0.1+ clie [read] Keywords: domino
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Bo, beep, bo, beep.....ND6.5 had only 37 weeks left and 7.0.x has 89 weeks left
Wed, Aug 12th 2009 1:56p Darren Duke In best "24" "bo-beep, bo, beep" tradition, 6.5 is edging ever closer to the end of life. Thanks to Stuart, we can now start a ND 7.0.x countdown.....erm....well I may hold off on that until it is a little closer. Anyway, 37 weeks for 6.5 and 7.0.x has 89 weeks left. But who cares? You are all moving to 8.5(.1) over the next few months right? If not, time to get on it! [read] Keywords: domino
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The DAOS fest continues. DAOS to come to the replication task in 8.5.1
Wed, Aug 12th 2009 7:07a Darren Duke I almost missed this stellar piece of news. Ed Brill posted his Notes, Domino and Symphony presentation from IamLUG. On slide 29 (shown below) there are several DAOS updates. These are specifically aimed at streamlining replication and has been touched on by me previously both on this blog and in Domino 8.5 PoT's. These comments were based on some public conversations I had while at LS09 with the DAOS engineers. I was not expecting to see this 8.5.1, but to see it is excellent news for any D [read] Keywords: domino
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8.5 FP1 downloads seem to be working again
Tue, Jul 28th 2009 7:58a Darren Duke Various posts around the yellow submarine had indicated that the Fix Pack downloads were broken. I just tried them and the appear to be fine: I used the IBM download link from my initial FP1 available post. If all this FP, CCH, MR stuff is confusing you check out fix pack vs cch post to help clear the mystery. [read] Keywords: domino
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Only 39 weeks until 6.5 is end of life
Tue, Jul 28th 2009 7:58a Darren Duke Over the past few weeks, STS has done a boat load of Domino upgrades from R6.5 to R8.5. Before Jan 2009 when 8.5 was released I would have presumed (wrongly) that there weren't really that many 6.5 (or lower) installs hanging around. In order to make this known to the yellow bubble and squeaks I decided to post a weekly count down to inform all those on the fence (you know who you are) that, in best Jack Bauer speak.....bo, beep, bo, beep......time is running out and you need to start plannin [read] Keywords: domino
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BES 5.0.0 MR 1 released and available
Mon, Jul 27th 2009 3:54p Darren Duke Not new as I forgot to post this back in mid June (and because no one is really running BES 5 yet).... Anyway, if you are running BES 5.0, go get it over at the RIM support site. Fixes are contained in the release notes. As usual, once you upgrade to another MR, remember to turn down the insane logging levels. If you never looked at the BB Config Applet in BES 5.0, there are a lot of new things in there, but logging is still called logging: [read] Keywords: notes
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Make XPages work for you (or RRAD development)
Thu, Jul 23rd 2009 5:59p Darren Duke Courtesy for Paul Calhoun over on the XPages blog, transform all your crappy old Notes forms into shiny, happy XPages. Brilliant stuff. http://xpagesblog.com/xpages-blog/2009/7/23/transforming-domino-forms-into-xpages-via-xslt.html Really Rapid Application Development (RRAD). And with XPages coming to the client in 8.5.1 (you know it is true) it is time for a Spring....erm....Fall cleanup of all your apps. [read] Keywords: domino
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Free Domino 8.5 Proof of Technology (PoT) from IBM and STS
Thu, Jul 16th 2009 8:29a Darren Duke Following on from the wildly successful Quickr PoT STS and IBM are again teaming up a 2 day, hands on, PoT for Notes and Domino 8.5. This event is free to attend, but space is limited. It will be held in Atlanta on August 4th and 5th at the IBM Lakeside/Riverside building located near the NW perimeter. Head over to the STS site to register via https://www.simplified-tech.com/DominoPoT. Head on over, register and come see and play with THE Domino release that everyone is moving too. This [read] Keywords: domino
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Usless information time...ever wondered why Windows ALWAYS has 8MB left unpartitioned?
Fri, Jul 10th 2009 6:00p Darren Duke On a client site getting ready to add transactions logs to a new drive (for DAOS). I had always noticed the 8MB of unpartitioned space on Windows NTFS drives but never gave it much thought until the customer asked about it. A few minutes on Google turned up this MS KB Article Q225822 where it states that up to 8MB will be reserved in case you ever convert the disk into a dynamic volume. There you have it. I can now sleep soundly tonight. [read] Keywords: google
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The Intern Returns
Fri, Jul 10th 2009 12:03p Darren Duke [ Note from Darren - again as with Catherine's previous post I am editing for formatting and clarification purposes only (in square brackets), no content is changed ] In my second week with STS, I got the opportunity to spend two days at the IBM building [in Atlanta]. One of these days was a [ [read] Keywords: ibm
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Well that year flew by
Fri, Jul 10th 2009 6:49a Darren Duke Wow, 12 months! Really? A year of blogging goes by fast in the Yellow Verse/Yellow Bubble/Yellow Submarine. 149 posts in total, some popular, some not. Hopefully some found this useful, but even if not, it makes me think twice about what I consider obvious or oblivious. This last year was a big one: Domino 8.5 released, and it is no secret I love DAOS and ID Vault Quickr 8.2 released, and it really is "quicker" Lots of DAOS real-world, real customer results Lots of certifications have b [read] Keywords: domino
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Print Avery Lables from Notes - how to
Fri, Jul 10th 2009 5:17a Darren Duke In any database based from the personal address book template you can print Avery labels straight from Notes with no code. This has been in there a long, long time and is not a new R8 feature although the following how-to is based on Notes 8.5. You have upgraded right? This came about when the intern (who owes me at least two blog posts and yes, I am guilting her out here) was looking to print some shipping labels. I was tasked with getting the data from a spreadsheet into a mail merge to pr [read] Keywords: lotus
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Atlanta Lotus Users Group (ATLUG) Domino 8.5 presentation on Aug 20th
Tue, Jul 7th 2009 6:02a Darren Duke Apparently I know a fair bit about Domino 8.5 and the new features (DAOS, ID Vault, etc). Not surprising as I have probably done at least one 8.5 upgrade each week since January! The good folks ATLUG have asked me to present about all the new features. If you haven't seen it (or even if you have, there'll be something new for everyone) come along and partake in the presentation and Q & A session. We'll be covering why this is THE most feature rich Domino release ever, and why you need to [read] Keywords: connections
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If you have an iSeries/AS400/i5 and you are going to 8.5.......
Tue, Jun 30th 2009 6:59p Darren Duke Been meaning to post this for a while.... If you are an AS400 shop and are on V5R4 then please ensure you request the Java 6 JVM PTF PRIOR to doing an 8.5 upgrade. The PTF in question is SI30432 and is only available as orderable media on DVD and can take a while to get delivered. You don't want this to happen during an upgrade ;) See http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg27013079 for other required PTFs. [read] Keywords: domino
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Pop quiz - will DAOS work with R4.6 client.....and the answer is....
Tue, Jun 23rd 2009 4:38p Darren Duke YES! For those of you still with 4.6 clients (although if you do, chances are you don't even know what a blog is so it is unlikely to be reading this) a DAOS enabled 8.5 server works fine. Hats of to IBM for their superior backward compatibility. To be honest I couldn't see any reason why it wouldn't work, but we tested this at a client yesterday (thanks HB). Yes, they are moving to 8.x, just somewhat more slowly that they'd anticipated :) [read] Keywords: ibm
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Quickr Connector HF14 - for both Quickr Domino 8.1 and 8.2
Sun, Jun 21st 2009 6:05p Darren Duke This one is pretty important as it contains a fix for EML issues if you drag emails in to the sidebar (an issue I had today). Get on IBM Fix Central. Fixes included: June 19, 2009 8.2.0.132 EML files created by dragging and dropping eml's into the Notes sideshelf won't open in Notes Problem's with normal.dot file Hiding the Quickr menu in Outlook email editor is not persisted across restarts Notes Connector not installing due to keystore issues on certain Notes versions [read] Keywords: domino
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How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)
Sat, Jun 20th 2009 5:58p Darren Duke It amazes me how many times I am asked the following, or some variation thereof: how to do get the latest version of Notes/Domino/Quickr? or where do I get the Tivoli Directory Integrator entitlement for Domino? Literally a few times every month. As this appears to be a common issue, it is time for a blog. 1) Browse to http://www-01.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/ and click the sign in link: 2) If you have an ID already use that or create a new one: 3) To get [read] Keywords: domino
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Reminder : Quickr 8.2 What is new and improved call today at 11am EST
Wed, Jun 17th 2009 7:55a Darren Duke Title: Lotus Quickr V8.2 : What's New and Improved Date: June 17th (Wednesday) Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm eastern US time (3:00 pm GMT) Webcast access: https://www.webdialogs.com/join/?schedid=4419191 (conference ID 4419191) Please dial in 5-10 minutes early to allow time for registration of all participants before the presentation starts. Call-in Details : US Toll-Free: 1-866-617-1526 Passcode: 9168431 International numbers, click here : http://www.ibm.com/support/d [read] Keywords: ibm
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