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Quickr 8.2 Fix Pack 1 available

Darren Duke — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:41:17 -0400

Just released and available fromIBM Fix Central ...

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 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:57:55 -0400

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 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:48:03 -0400

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 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29:06 -0400

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 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:02:51 -0400

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 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:51:29 -0400

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?

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 to the downloads click on the "Software download & media access" link:

4) If you agree to the terms (you did read them right? Sure you did) click "I accept":

5) Click "Download Finder":

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):

7) Select you language and OS(s):

and if you want to see previous versions also select that radio button:

and/or if you want to see other entitlements/freebies also select that radio button:

8) Depending on the options you selected in (7) you will see new two expandable sections:

and get your previous version and entitlements:

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 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:44:53 -0400

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 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:44:51 -0400

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 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:46:58 -0400

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 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:05:13 -0400

Symphony 1.3 released

Darren Duke — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:18:25 -0400

Symphony now has Office 2007 format support!! See the release notes for further information. Get it from http://symphony.lotus.com.

Care of Ed Brill via a twitter.

Updated Domino Quickr versioning code - add versioning back after an upgrade

Darren Duke — Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:15:01 -0400

Below is a much less hacky update to my original fix to add versioning back into Domino Quickr.

This version will add implicit versioning to all forms and all documents that have "none" as the versioning. This will affect all forms and documents stored in all Quickr places on a server. As always don't use it unless you have tested it and YMMV. It has been tested on Quickr 8.2 for Domino.

This is way faster and cleaner than the original.

 
 Sub Initialize 
         Dim s As New NotesSession 
         
         Dim dbdir As New NotesDbDirectory("YOUR_QUICKR_SERVER_NAME") 
         Dim db As NotesDatabase 
         Dim view As NotesView 
         Dim doc As NotesDocument 
         
         Set db = dbdir.GetFirstDatabase(DATABASE) 
         
         Do Until db Is Nothing 
                 If db.Open("","")        Then 
                         Print db.Title 
                         If Ucase( db.FileName) = "MAIN.NSF" Then 
                                 
                                 Set view = db.GetView("System\Forms") 
                                 If Not(view Is Nothing) Then 
                                         Set doc = view.GetFirstDocument 
                                         Do Until doc Is Nothing 
                                                 
                                                 If doc.h_VersionType(0) = "none" Then 
                                                         Print "found "+doc.h_Name(0)                                                                 
                                                         doc.h_VersionType = "implicit"         
                                                         Call doc.Save( False, False ) 
                                                         
                                                 End If 
                                                 Set doc = view.GetNextDocument(doc) 
                                         Loop 
                                 End If 
                                 
                                 Set view = db.GetView("System\Docs By Folder ") 
                                 If Not(view Is Nothing) Then 
                                         Set doc = view.GetFirstDocument 
                                         Do Until doc Is Nothing 
                                                 
                                                 If doc.h_VersionType(0) = "none" Then 
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         Print "found "+doc.h_Name(0)                                                                 
                                                         doc.h_VersionType = "implicit"         
                                                         Call doc.Save( False, False ) 
                                                         
                                                 End If 
                                                 Set doc = view.GetNextDocument(doc) 
                                         Loop 
                                 End If 
                         End If 
                 End If 
                 
                 Set db = dbdir.GetNextDatabase 
         Loop 
         
 End Sub

Our largest DAOS implementation yet. Pre-DAOS 594GB of mail

Darren Duke — Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:42:16 -0400

One of the questions I get asked frequently is "how long will DAOS take to implement on my servers". Hopefully this will give you some insight and some ammunition to take to management about why you need to do DAOS.

Some background first. This STS client has two clustered 7.0.3FP1 Domino servers running on Windows 2003 32 bit. The servers are IBM HS21 Blades with local storage for the OS and transactions logs. Domino data is stored on an IBM SAN. The client was running low on SAN storage, and hence Domino storage too. In rides DAOS to the rescue ;)

The backup cluster server was upgraded this last weekend. The production server will be upgraded in 3-6 weeks.

OK, so now the facts, figures and timelines need to upgrade a SAN based Domino server. As usual YMMV based on a multitude of variables...

Pre DAOS
Mail folder : 594G
Archive folder : 41.1G
TOTAL 635.1GB

Pre upgrade tasks to make the NSF files "pristine":
fixup : 4 hours
compact 12 hours

Post DAOS

Folder	Time Taken	NSF size	DAOS size	DAOS file count	Reduction
Mail	16 hours	41.5GB	157GB	512,441	66%
Archive	< 1 hour	8.7GB	7GB	18,056	61%

As you can see, we were able to reduce SAN storage by an incredible 379GB. When we do this for both servers, well, the numbers speak for themselves.

For this specific client moving to 8.5 has a number of profound advantages:

A new SAN can now be postponed for the foreseeable future. Given todays economic climate, that is a huge win for IT
From a software license view point, this was free thanks to PPA.
With this newly found space, the client is now able to do a Quickr implementation with minimal outlay costs for hardware (indeed this will only be a new blade).

Hopefully this will give you some ideas on how to address the need for DAOS to your organization.

For the IBMer’s that attended my Domino overview last week, here is the IBM Press Release on Exchange 2007 fiasco

Darren Duke — Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:57:53 -0400

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/27654.wss

Thanks to Andy Pedisich for finding that actual IBM one.

New Domino Quickr 8.1 HF10 and Connector HF13

Darren Duke — Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:26:24 -0400

Available via IBM Fix Cental.

Fixed for Quickr 8.1 HF10:

FP 8.1.0.10
05/20/2009	RTIN7RMGJD	Blog RSS Feed showing blank entries.
05/20/2009	CBRN7RLNTU	Problem downloading files with spaces in filenames from IE6.
05/20/2009	PNOT7S3JLG	Javascript being displayed when creating a new theme.
05/14/2009	CSTS7QVN4N	Quickr RSS feeds do not display images when using the Notes RSS Feed Reader.
05/14/2009	RTIN7RJFJ8	Rooms allowing Anonymous users are not shown in the Table of Contents of the parent place for an Anonymous user.
05/14/2009	JRIE7QNGR9	Logout Link is not shown in Firefox when the LTPA Token configuration is not named LtpaToken within the Domino Server configuration.
05/14/2009	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.
05/14/2009	MMOI7R3RM5	With Wiki places, a folder disappears from the list of folders when editing the folder and choosing to “leave it where it is".
05/14/2009	RTIN7RQP8X	The names in the "Assigned to" drop down list when New Task are not correct if that name contains a comma.
05/14/2009	CCLI7ABB4V	Domino server crash while looking up a user in the Member Management page.
05/11/2009	XMXU7RUBBE	Problem publishing a file in an Entry Place using Sametime or Notes Sidebar connector.
05/07/2009	THES7RCV72	Blog comment separator is too close to the following comment.
05/07/2009	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.
05/07/2009	RALF7RLJ36	qpconfig setting does not work for Domino Native authentication.
05/07/2009	RTIN7MPQ6D	When adding a new image within the rich text editor, a separate document will be created that contains that image. That image document should not be displayed in the list of documents.
05/07/2009	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)
05/07/2009	SSHD7PJUTG	Log out from a place fails in Firefox if accessed through a Proxy.
05/04/2009	TPEA7RADGB	qpconfig setting displays DN instead of CN displayed in member view.
05/04/2009	CNKE7QW9RN	In Places Admin, if a place has a number of rooms, clicking Next does not show the remaining rooms
05/04/2009	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
05/04/2009	KABS7QBLLK	Notification email from sent from a place being is addressed to the wrong external group member.
04/29/2009	CSTS7RAKS5	Error “The parameter is incorrect” is displayed when trying to edit an HTML file from an Imported HTML Page.
04/29/2009	RTIN7QNLPX	Modified dates not showing correctly for files uploaded by Drag And Drop (bullseye) applet
04/29/2009	MMOI7PSR8J	In certain circumstances, the Domino Server can crash when checking out a document through the connectors.
04/29/2009	CCLI7ABB4V	In certain circumstances, the Domino Server can crash when during member lookup in the Member Management page.
04/29/2009	CSTS7RBUC4	When dragging a file into the Explorer connector that already exists and is checked out, multiple copies of that file may show in the Explorer connector.
04/28/2009	TPEA7QMGMK	RSS Feed error message "No description provided" when retrieving content of a document.

Connector HF13 Fixes (actually this is 8.2 Connector):

June 4, 2009	MPUL7NAMFV LO36728	8.2.0.128	DocumentNotLockedError Status When Launching XLS for Read only
June 4, 2009		8.2.0.128	This version of Connectors is identical to what was shipped for Quickr Connectors 8.2. This contains 182 fixes that have not been enumerated in this table. N.B. This fixes the problem identified by fix ID "8.1.1.0-Quickr-IFLO40176" - Quickr Connector Key Update. The sideshelf for the Lotus Quickr Connector for Lotus Notes does not display in Notes 8.0.x and Notes 8.5 after upgrading to the latest version of the Lotus Quickr Connectors.

Symantec Mail Security for Domino (SMSDOM) and Quickr - Title Missing from h_StdPageRead error

Darren Duke — Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:55:17 -0400

Just got of the phone with IBM Support (thanks Rehan), and IBM were able to pinpoint an issue with SMSDOM interfering with Domino Quickr. Basically SMSDOM has a feature to "enhance" scanning performance. When enabled, Secure Scanning Optimization (SSO) will add a field called "X-SSOTag" to any and all documents on the server. Quickr really doesn't like this tag and will have issues rendering a web page with any attachments stored in it.

This feature is enabled/disabled here:

If you see an error about "Title Missing from h_StdPageRead" then this is lightly your issue.

To fix it, disable SSO then remove the "X-SSOTag" from all of your Quickr documents via the code below. Use the code at your own risk.

Incidentally, I don't like SMSDOM SSO as it is not cluster or replica friendly so I turn it off on every server anyway.

 
 Sub Initialize 
         Dim s As New NotesSession 
         
         Dim dbdir As New NotesDbDirectory("YourQuickrServerNameHere") 
         Dim db As NotesDatabase 
         Dim view As NotesView 
         Dim doc As NotesDocument 
         
         Set db = dbdir.GetFirstDatabase(DATABASE) 
         
         Do Until db Is Nothing 
                 If db.Open("","")        Then 
                         If Ucase( db.FileName) = "MAIN.NSF" Then 
                                 Set view = db.GetView("System\Forms") 
                                 Set doc = view.GetFirstDocument 
                                 Do Until doc Is Nothing  
                                                        If doc.HasItem("X-SSOTag") Then
                                                              Call doc.RemoveItem("X-SSOTag")  
                                                             Call doc.Save( False, False )  
                                                        End If
                                         Set doc = view.GetNextDocument(doc) 
                                 Loop 
                                 
                                 Set view = db.GetView("System\Docs By Folder") 
                                 If Not(view Is Nothing) Then 
                                         Set doc = view.GetFirstDocument 
                                         Do Until doc Is Nothing 
                                                    If doc.HasItem("X-SSOTag") Then
                                                              Call doc.RemoveItem("X-SSOTag")  
                                                             Call doc.Save( False, False )  
                                                        End If
                                                 Set doc = view.GetNextDocument(doc) 
                                         Loop 
                                 End If 
                         End If 
                 End If 
                 
                 
                 Set db = dbdir.GetNextDatabase 
         Loop 
         
 End Sub

Training on the Quickr Connector just became a whole lot easier with 8.2

Darren Duke — Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:24:22 -0400

We all know what a complete phaff on it was to add a place to the connectors, well IBM had addressed this in a very nice way. When a place is viewed on the web, simply click the link below:

Quickr 8.2 Upgrade Technote

Darren Duke — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:27:56 -0400

Be sure to review this document before you upgrade. The InfoCenter link contained in the document below seems to be for the gold release.

Technote 1388702 - Planning your upgrade to Lotus Quickr 8.2

Quickr 8.2 for Domino released and available for download

Darren Duke — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:14:36 -0400

For Windows, the AS400 and AIX platforms. It should be on both PPA and the PartnerWorld sites......

Quickr 8.2 due Thursday.....maybe

Darren Duke — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:16:56 -0400

According to Stuart Quickr for Domino 8.2 should be available this Thursday (05/28/2009).

See Stuart's post above for what is in it.....yes, DAOS.