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Quickr 8.2 Fix Pack 1 available

Darren Duke  July 1 2009 02:41:17 PM
Just released and available fromIBM Fix Central ...

Image:Quickr 8.2 Fix Pack 1 available

Fixes include:

FP 8.2.0.1
06/19/2009 JSHN7QFU9T In IE7, embedded objects added to the Rich Text Editor when editing in HTML mode doesn’t display correctly if, after checked in, you check out the document.
06/19/2009 MROI7SXNEB In certain circumstance some cached pages are not refreshed after logging off and then logging back into Quickr
06/19/2009 ESEO7QG24R With Internet Explorer, launching an attachment will sometimes give an error that there is no application associated with it even though the association is known to the operating system.
06/19/2009 XNXN7T5DGU Cannot check both checkboxes in “Grant Access To Everyone” dialog within Member Management.
06/18/2009 RALF7RAKHZ From Connectors, dragging and dropping a folder from a Room to your desktop results in folders being created with no files.
06/18/2009 SSHD7PJUTG Log out from a place fails in Firefox if accessed through a Proxy.
06/18/2009 JRIE7QNLA4 Running "qptool upgrade -f -a" as required in the upgrade documentation of a hotfix removes some custom properties.  
(See “Upgrading your places and other Quickr Domino databases” section for the new parameter
-saveformprefs to resolve this issue)
06/18/2009 MMOI7S9HS4 In IE6, when uploading multiple files via the Library Upload control, the time to reload the page is noticeable.
06/18/2009 JYYG72JC9F For older themes, the headline folder and slideshow folder give no way of creating a new post once a post has been added to the folder.
06/18/2009 DAMC7S9C92 Mail-in database document not updated in child places when Mail location is changed in PlaceType.
06/17/2009 MMOI7PSR8J In certain circumstances, the Domino Server can crash when checking out a document through the connectors.
06/17/2009 KABS7QBLLK Notification email from sent from a place being is addressed to the wrong external group member.
06/17/2009 CSTS7QWPHB Creating custom theme with the default checkbox settings results in a theme based on QuickPlace instead of Quickr.
06/17/2009 DAMC7S9JNM FIELDTITLE_UNTITLED (Group) displayed in Members page in non-default themes when the directory type is Domino
06/17/2009 MZHA7SEBJX In a rare circumstance, the server may terminate when accessing a calendar entry.
06/17/2009 CWIR7SQJNL In a rare circumstance, accessing an incorrectly referenced folder results in an infinite wait.
06/17/2009 WWGO7RK5Z3 Within Member Management in the "Grant Access to Everyone” dialog, you cannot select both Allow non-member checkboxes.
06/17/2009 CWIR7T2M5S Remove obsolete classic_handling setting from qpconfig.xml
06/16/2009 RALF7RCMW4 In Explorer Connector, dragging a virtual folder (a document that contains multiple attachments) from the root level (the table of contents) to the desktop causes an empty folder to be created
06/16/2009 PKAY7QEQQD Option added to qptool replicamaker to make a one way replica.  See qptool for more information.
06/16/2009 TPEA7QMGMK RSS Feed error message "No description provided" when retrieving content of a document.
06/16/2009 ESEO7S6PKV Regional preferences are not saved when changing them via the Select Time Zone link.
06/16/2009 RTIN7RYG2Z With versioning enabled, cannot view older versions of PDF files within Connectors.
06/16/2009 JSHN7QFU9T In IE7, embedded objects added to the Rich Text Editor when editing in HTML mode doesn’t display correctly if, after checked in, you check out the document.
06/16/2009 RTIN7RJFJ8 Rooms allowing Anonymous users are not shown in the Table of Contents of the parent place for an Anonymous user.
06/16/2009 RALF7RLJ36 qpconfig setting does not work for Domino Native authentication.
06/16/2009 CNKE7QW9RN In Places Admin, if a place has a number of rooms, clicking Next does not show the remaining rooms
06/16/2009 JRIE7QNGR9 Logout Link is not shown in Firefox when the LTPA Token configuration is not named LtpaToken within the Domino Server configuration.
06/16/2009 KABS7S7ESM Unable to add a place using Domino Web Access if the place description contains non-ascii characters.
06/16/2009 RTIN7S9J6B When deleting a page, if you select Cancel to the confirmation, another confirmation to delete will appear.
06/16/2009 RTIN7RMGJD Blog RSS Feed showing blank entries.
06/16/2009 CSTS7QVN4N Quickr RSS feeds do not display images when using the Notes RSS Feed Reader.
06/16/2009 RELS7LRPSW Adding a group to membership and have it send an invitation, the invitation displays the group name as the log in name, should be the user name.
06/16/2009 GHCN7SXHF4
GHCN7SXHCL
Incorrect date in the default Blog entry and in the Blog Archive section
06/16/2009 RTIN7RQP8X The names in the "Assigned to" drop down list when New Task are not correct if that name contains a comma.
06/16/2009 CSTS7RAKS5 Error “The parameter is incorrect” is displayed when trying to edit an HTML file from an Imported HTML Page.
06/16/2009 KABS7QGG3R If anonymous access is allowed within qpconfig.xml and anonymous is removed from a place and then anonymous access is disallowed within qpconfig.xml, usage statistics will show those disallowed places to anonymous users.
06/03/2009 MPUL7S6ERW In Explorer Connector, when an author user double clicks a document they created, they are not given the Open Document dialog box.



If you have an iSeries/AS400/i5 and you are going to 8.5.......

Darren Duke  June 30 2009 01:57:55 PM
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.

 

Quickr srolling angst and an IdeaJam

Darren Duke  June 30 2009 07:48:03 AM

Scrolling down to select all places (in lieu of a favorite list....come on IBM!) is getting really irritating, so an IdeaJam is spawned.

Pop quiz - will DAOS work with R4.6 client.....and the answer is....

Darren Duke  June 23 2009 04:29:06 PM
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 :)

Quickr Connector HF14 - for both Quickr Domino 8.1 and 8.2

Darren Duke  June 21 2009 06:02:51 PM
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



How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

Darren Duke  June 20 2009 04:51:29 PM
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:
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

2) If you have an ID already use that or create a new one:
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

3) To get to the downloads click on the "Software download & media access" link:
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

4) If you agree to the terms (you did read them right? Sure you did) click "I accept":
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

5) Click "Download Finder":
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

6) Select the product group you are interested in and "Continue" (hint, Domino or Notes has the most entitlements so if freebies is you game, pick that name):
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

7) Select you language and OS(s):
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)
and if you want to see previous versions also select that radio button:
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)
and/or if you want to see other entitlements/freebies also select that radio button:
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

8) Depending on the options you selected in (7) you will see new two expandable sections:
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)
and get your previous version and entitlements:
Image:How to access IBM Passport Advantage, get latest releases and entitlements (aka freebies)

There you have it, Sametime, Quickr Entry (although this is a strange one), TDI and various utilities (Run As, etc) and all currently IBM supported versions.

If you need any help getting these to work, contact STS, we're pretty good at this stuff.

Reminder : Quickr 8.2 What is new and improved call today at 11am EST

Darren Duke  June 17 2009 07:44:53 AM

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/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21389710

Webcasts
are slide presentations by a single presenter followed by Questions & Answers related to the material covered, as time permits.

You can submit your question in advance via our forum, http://www.lotus.com/ldd/quickplace.nsf/DateAllThreadedweb/fd1964a67ba3c60d852575cf006e9726?OpenDocument . Questions should be of general interest and by their nature help you install, configure, manage or optimize your environment or processes. Troubleshooting of specific problems should still be handled by Technical Support, not by Webcast calls.  We will collect questions, which have been posted to the forum (as a reply to this topic announcing the call), and address as many of them as possible on the call. We will also take questions not submitted in advance.  For this upcoming call, you may find it beneficial to review in advance the IBM Lotus Quickr V8.2 Information Center http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/lqkrdom/v8/index.jsp

You will need to provide your name and company affiliation when dialing in.  You will need a touch tone phone to be able to ask questions. The presentation will be recorded and (in potentially edited form) made available (see below).

You can find an up-to-date schedule of upcoming Open Mic calls and Webcast calls, as well as links to slides and recordings from past calls, here:

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27011126

Please remember to book your calendar for this call. We look forward to talking with you!

The IBM Lotus Quickr team

Copying VMware vmdk files?.......check this out

Darren Duke  June 15 2009 08:44:51 AM
Haven't done a VMware post in a while. Been busy upgrading customers to 8.5 and Quickr 8.2 ;)

Anyway, there are occasions when you need to copy vmware files around, specifically if you are moving from VMware Server to VMware ESXi. You somehow have to get the files to the new host.

Historically this copy task has been done with SSH and WinSCP. However, anyone that has ever had the displeasure to sit there for hours and hours on end when doing a large virtual server disk knows this is tedious.

Good news, there is a significantly faster option out there from Veeam and it is available for free, and works with ESXi. Veeam FastSCP 3.0 can be up to 6 times faster than WinSCP.

I’m featured on the CSTechcast podcast this week talking about VMware

Darren Duke  June 15 2009 07:46:58 AM
I guess VMware blog posts are like buses.....non for ages, then two back-to-back ;)

Although this is primarily a MS focused podcast, you may still want to check it out if your organization is looking at virtualization.

Warning, there are some pieces prior to my piece talking about WebSphere being faster on Windows servers and all the ho-hum surrounding that. If your ears can't take that sort of abuse I start around 11 minutes, 30 seconds in :)

Check it out at http://cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=78 and thanks to Eric, Eric and Josh for the opportunity to participate. Also thanks to Andrea from Rizk Public Relations for setting this up.

Copying VMware vmdk files.....check this out

Darren Duke  June 13 2009 06:05:13 AM
Haven't done a VMware post in a while. Been busy upgrading customers to 8.5 and Quickr 8.2 ;)

Anyway, there are occasions when you need to copy vmware files around, specifically if you are moving from VMware Server to VMware ESXi. You somehow have to get the files to the new host.

Historically this copy task has been done with SSH and WinSCP. However, anyone that has ever had the displeasure to sit there for hours and hours on end when doing a large virtual server disk knows this is tedious.

Good news, there is a significantly faster option out there from Veeam and it is available for free, and works with ESXi. Veeam FastSCP 3.0 can be up to 6 times faster than WinSCP.