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“Tell adminp process mailpolicy” generates errors without additional information

Ulrich Krause — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:54:00 +0000

Today I encountered an issue when triggering the console command “tell adminp process mail poliy” .
AdminP processed the command but ended displaying

While it is clear from the output that a problem exists, there is not enough information to determine how to correct the issue.
So I searched the KnowledgeBase and found a technote describing the issue. Continue reading →

Clearing DBIID ??

Ulrich Krause — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:10:22 +0000

Found several “Clearing DBIID” in the log of a recently updated server. The IBM Lotus Software Knowledgebase explains this entries as follows:
The entry is a new logging message specific to cases where a server (and database) use the transaction logging feature. The feature was introduced in Domino releases 8.0.2 and 8.5. The feature will also Continue reading →

BUG: Compress Design – Use With Caution

Ulrich Krause — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:14:15 +0000

I a recent post I wrote that under some circumstances a database compact on a Domino 8.5 server can corrupt java applets in the database design.
Today, IBM support confirmed this as a bug:
Hello,

I was able to reproduce the issue you reported following your steps to
recreate.
This seems like a bug alright. I am going to create Continue reading →

Notes 8.5 and Traveler 8.5 Multilingual

Ulrich Krause — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:54:21 +0000

Lotus Notes Standard and Basic Client 8.5 and Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5 are available on Passport Advantage in the following languages:
Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese Brazilian, Spanish
You cannot find these downloads? Well, you have to open the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 Multiplatform Japanese eAssembly(CR89HJA) category

Notes 8.5: No Designer When Running in Basic Mode

Ulrich Krause — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:00:02 +0000

Just a hint; i guess, Notes is working as designed.
I have Notes 8.5 Standard client with Designer and Administrator installed and added UseBasicMode=1 to notes.ini to start the client in Basic Mode. Then I opened my mailfile and clicked “View – Agents”.
This is, what I found in the statusbar:

Highlighting important information related to File Server Roaming in Notes and Domino 8.5

Ulrich Krause — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:54:38 +0000

This document answers the following questions:

What is File Server roaming?
How does File server roaming differ from Domino server roaming?
How does an administrator configure (“upgrade”) a user to roam using a file server?
How does an administrator “downgrade” a user from file server roaming?

Domino 8.5 and Compact

Ulrich Krause — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:56:32 +0000

After upgrading 2 production servers to Domino 8.5 yesterday, I found this entry on the console when running a compact -c on the users mail mailfiles.

I have seen this on several databases, but the amount of KB ( ~ + 11MB ) surprised me. Can someone explain this behaviour, pls?
All databases had ODS48 format with Continue reading →

Notes / Domino 8.5 is available

Ulrich Krause — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:43:37 +0000

on Passport Advantage.

UPDATE: Installed, Server up and running !!

User rename and user delete fail to update group membership in Domino 8.5

Ulrich Krause — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:28 +0000

In Lotus Domino 8.5, you find that user rename and user delete fails to update group membership, except in the case where the renamed or deleted user is also listed in the LocalAdmin field for the group. A fix (DominoServer_85IF1_ … ) for this issue is available on Fix Central.

Domino Configuration Tuner (DCT)

Ulrich Krause — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:21:00 +0000

Watch this video to learn how to use this Tuner (available in the upcoming Domino 8.5 release) to help you identify Domino configuration problems.