Tivoli Directory integrator installed with no execute permissions

I've just finished installing TDI as root.  When I try to apply the FP6 update, I see the following:

server1:/opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin # ./applyUpdates.sh -update /opt/software/TDI/FP6/7.1.0-TIV-TDI-FP0006/TDI-7.1-FP0006.zip
Cannot run /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/jvm/jre/bin/jre/bin/java

 I checked permissions for /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/jvm/jre/bin/java and it does not have execute permissions:

server1:/opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin # ll /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/jvm/jre/bin/java
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58848 Dec 15  2009 /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/jvm/jre/bin/java

So I made the file executable:

server1:/opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin # chmod +x /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/jvm/jre/bin/java
server1:/opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin # ll /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/jvm/jre/bin/java
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 58848 Dec 15  2009 /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/jvm/jre/bin/java

 Then I checked permissions in /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin and it also did not have executable permission on the files there:

server1:/opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin # ll
total 92
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 21 16:16 amc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3568 Jul 21 16:19 applyUpdates.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root   52 May 11  2010 backupDir.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1424 May 11  2010 collect.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1186 May 11  2010 createstash.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root   29 May 11  2010 defaultSolDir.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root   25 May 11  2010 dirlist.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  259 May 11  2010 filelist.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root   36 May 11  2010 javaHome.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1092 May 11  2010 logcmd.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  885 May 11  2010 servicemgr.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1500 May 11  2010 setDefaultSolDir.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1973 May 11  2010 setISCHome.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3203 May 11  2010 setupCmdLine.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 6276 May 11  2010 tdiBackup.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root   55 May 11  2010 tdiISCHome.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1534 May 11  2010 tdiSetBackupDir.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1706 May 11  2010 tdiSetJavaHome.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 6018 May 11  2010 tdiVerifyInstall.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2281 May 11  2010 tdimiggbl
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2507 Jul 21 16:30 tdisrvctl

 So I had to change everyone to +x:

server1:/opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin # chmod +x *.sh
server1:/opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin # ll
total 92
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 21 16:16 amc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3568 Jul 21 16:19 applyUpdates.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root   52 May 11  2010 backupDir.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1424 May 11  2010 collect.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1186 May 11  2010 createstash.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root   29 May 11  2010 defaultSolDir.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root   25 May 11  2010 dirlist.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  259 May 11  2010 filelist.txt
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root   36 May 11  2010 javaHome.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1092 May 11  2010 logcmd.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root  885 May 11  2010 servicemgr.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1500 May 11  2010 setDefaultSolDir.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1973 May 11  2010 setISCHome.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 3203 May 11  2010 setupCmdLine.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 6276 May 11  2010 tdiBackup.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root   55 May 11  2010 tdiISCHome.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1534 May 11  2010 tdiSetBackupDir.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1706 May 11  2010 tdiSetJavaHome.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 6018 May 11  2010 tdiVerifyInstall.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2281 May 11  2010 tdimiggbl
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2507 Jul 21 16:30 tdisrvctl

 I extracted both CZ9MNML.tar as root, and ftp'd 7.1.0-TIV-TDI-FP0006.zip also as root:

server1:/opt/software/TDI/FP6 # ll
total 39888
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40794346 Jul 11 20:24 7.1.0-TIV-TDI-FP0006.zip
However, apparently the install succeeded:

server1:/opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1/bin # ./applyUpdates.sh -queryreg
Information from .registry file in: /opt/IBM/TDI/V7.1
Edition: Identity
Level: 7.1.0.6
License: None

Fixes Applied
=-=-=-=-=-=-=
TDI-7.1-FP0006(7.1.0.0)

Components Installed
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
BASE
   -TDI-7.1-FP0006
SERVER
   -TDI-7.1-FP0006
CE
   -TDI-7.1-FP0006
JAVADOCS
EXAMPLES
   -TDI-7.1-FP0006
EMBEDDED WEB PLATFORM
AMC
   Deferred: false
  

Resolution

The filesystem /tmp, where the installer extracts the installer, had NOEXEC set in /etc/fstab.  This would breat the execute permissions required:

server1:/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin # cat /etc/fstab
/dev/vg_root/lv_tmp  /tmp                 ext3       acl,user_xattr,noexec,nodev        1 2

To fix this, there are two options:

1. Edit /etc/fstab and remove noexec.   Then, execute mount -o remount /tmp; or

2. Set the IATEMPDIR variable to a directory where root has execute permission: export IATEMPDIR=/root/tmp/

I used option 2, and it resolved the issue.

Tudo o que você sempre quis saber sobre NSD (e agora tem à quem perguntar!)

A IBM/Lotus, seguindo com sua excelente iniciativa do time que dá suporte à América Latina baseado em Austin, Texas convida todos os interessados para participar de uma conferência em português para sobre NSD - Notes System Diagnostics:

Você está interessado em aprender mais sobre o uso do NSD para analisar seu ambiente IBM® Lotus® Domino? Você sabia que o suporte técnico da Lotus pede esse arquivo quando você tem um problema de crash ou performance no seu servidor? Você percebe que o arquivo é gerado quando o Domino ou Notes caem. Você sabe que você pode gerar um NSD manualmente? Quer saber mais sobre o conteúdo desse arquivo? Se sua resposta é sim, participe da apresentação:

Essa apresentação será feita em Português e será seguida de uma sessão de perguntas e respostas.

* O que é NSD?
* Sessões mais importantes do NSD
* Como analisar o NSD
* Boas praticas para solução de problemas
* Entrando em contato com o Suporte Técnico da Lotus

As informações necessárias para participar da conferencia é o seu nome e o nome da empresa.

Reunião: IBM Lotus Domino Tech Exchange webcast: NSD for Administrators (presented in Portuguese) [NSD para Administradores (apresentado em português)]
Quando?: Terça-feira, 29 de abril de 2008 das 11:00AM até às 12:30PM (Brasília)
Duração: 1.5 horas


Webcast (video)

1. Before the conference, test your web browser using Unyte Meeting System Check - taking care to click the option "Particpant Only".
2. Click Log-in at the following URL: http://www.webdialogs.com/join
3. Type the Conference ID: 812632
   Type the requested fields in the Meeting Login.
   Click LOG IN

Telefone: 0800-891-4391 (gratuíto do Brasil)
Código/Senha: 2923466
Título: NSD Para Administradores (NSD for Administrators)

Submitted to IdeaJam: In Files tab, "Copy selected database location to clipboard"

When working in the "Files" tab of the Domino Administrator client, there should be an option to right-click on a database and "Copy database location to clipboard" to be able to paste it in a console command if necessary.

Link: Files tab should have a "copy database location to clipboard" to paste it into a console command.

It's *THAT* time of the year, again...

Yes, for those in North America (or in my case, who administer servers in the Northern Hemisphere), Daylight Savings Time is creeping up on us again.

To be better prepared, IBM will be hosting this coming February 27 a second Notes/Domino Open Mic Session this month to discuss all things DST:

IBM will host an Open Mic conference call with Lotus Development and Support Engineers to answer your questions about DST issues in Lotus Notes/Domino® on Wednesday, February 27, 2008.
Title: Notes and Domino: Daylight Saving Time
Date: February 27, 2008
Time: 10:00 am Eastern US time

Questions can be posted in advance of the call as a response to the Invitation to Notes/Domino DST Open Mic call in the Notes/Domino 8 forum.

DST in the United States is scheduled to start on March 9 and end on November 2.

Link: Notes/Domino Open Mic special session for upcoming Daylight Saving Time transition

Additional resources:

Notes/Domino Open Mic conference call: Impact of Daylight Saving Time changes
Knowledge Collection: Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Notes/Domino

Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.1.5 on Domino 8.0 webcast Q&A

Just attended a webcast today on the new Service Pack 5 to Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.1, which will be adding support for Domino 8.0. It was good to hear Valerie Wang from RIM talk about the new features, and as every Product Manager will do, she did not commit to any release dates, but said "it's a matter of weeks, not months." Hmm... doesn't that sound familiar? ;-)

So anyways, BES 4.1.5 now will add support for Windows 2003 64-bit. This led me to a few questions which Valerie answered in the Q&A session after her presentation:

1. Will BES 4.1.5 support Lotus Domino 8.0.1 on Windows 2003 Server 64-bit?
   No. BES 4.1.5 will only support 32-bit Domino 8.0 and 7.0.3. Support for Lotus Domino 8.0.1 will come in a future service pack.
   
2. Is BES 4.1.5 64-bit enabled?
   No, it still runs as a 32-bit app. Work is being done to port BES to 64-bit, but nothing is ready to be discussed in public yet. Valerie mentioned that if ISVs/Customers/anyone would like to get further details on this, then this can be discussed individually via a signed NDA.
3. How many simultaneous users will BES 4.1.5 support on 64-bit Windows 2003 Server?
   RIM is still estimating around 2,000 users/BES server, but work is being done to improve performance further.

Blackberry Enterprise Server Scalability
Also another good tip on Blackberry Enterprise Server scalability given by the folks at RIM:

• To increase scalability, decrease the amount of mail servers your BES talks to - the more mail servers you point your BES servers to, the less it will scale.
  
• Keep your BES server as close to your mail servers as possible - try to keep your corporate/headquarter mail servers on the same datacenter as your BES server. The fewer network hops, the better.

Interesting to hear Valerie mention how few people at Lotusphere were aware of these 2 performance/scalability tips.

The PDF slides from the webcast are available for download.

Service Pack 2 do Windows Server 2003 afeta negativamente servidores Lotus Domino e Sametime

A IBM publicou recentemente o technote 1295167 - Domino and Sametime performance issues traced to Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack. Se você está observando problemas de performance com seus servidores Domino ou Sametime após aplicar o Service Pack 2 do Windows 2003, siga as instruções contidas no technote para solucionar esse problema:

The following will resolve the problem:

1. Disable SNP features in accordance with Microsoft's instructions. Note that Registry edits may be required. See Microsoft article 912222 for details.

2. Ensure that the server's NIC does not enable TCP off-loading (which may be labeled "TCO", "TCP Chimney Offload," or "TCP Checksum Offload.")

3. The following Windows Registry Key can be Disabled to turn off the Chimney Offload feature:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip
\Parameters\EnableTCPChimney

via Notes from Lotus Support.

¿Hablas Español? IBM Lotus Domino Tech Exchange webcast: NSD para Administradores (in Spanish)

IBM Lotus is holding this coming Wednesday, February 21 another IBM Lotus Domino Tech Exchange webcast, pero ahora en español:

Le invitamos a participar en una sesión SIN COSTO de transferencia de conocimiento presentada en castellano por el grupo de Soporte Técnico Lotus para Latinoamérica (LATAM)
Content
¿Está interesado en conocer más sobre el uso de NSD para analizar su ambiente de Lotus Domino/Notes? Ha envíado los archivos NSD*.log a Soporte Técnico cuando hay problemas de rendimiento o caídas. Ha visto que un NSD*.log se crea automáticamente y también sabe cómo generarlos manualmente. ¿Está interesado en su contenido? Si así es, por favor únase a la conferencia:
La presentación será en español, seguida de preguntas y respuestas

• ¿Qué es el NSD?
• Secciones principales en un NSD
• ¿Cómo analizar NSDs?
• Mejores prácticas: Solución de problemas.
• Contactando a soporte técnico Lotus.

Día: 21 de Febrero de 2008
Hora: 9:30 AM hora central de EEUU (CST), (10:30 AM EST, 7:30 AM PST)
Duración: 1.5 horas

Great to see IBM/Lotus reaching out to its Latin American customers in its native languages, as well as spanish speakers worldwide. Really looking forward to additional webcasts em português from the LATAM team that is based out of Austin.

Link: IBM Lotus Domino Tech Exchange webcast: NSD para Administradores

Everything you wanted to know about policies...

..and hoped there was some training available? Well, IBM has heard your prayers and released a "collection of documents designed to help administrators better understand how to create, configure and troubleshoot Lotus® Domino® policies.":

Title: Self-Training: Domino Archive policy settings documents
Doc #: 7010310
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27010310

Title: Self-Training: Domino Desktop policy settings documents
Doc #: 7010351
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27010351

Title: Self-Training: Domino Mail policy settings documents
Doc #: 7010352
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27010352

Title: Self-Training: Troubleshooting Domino policies and settings documents
Doc #: 7010353
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27010353

Title: Self-Training: Registration policy settings documents
Doc #: 7010354
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27010354

Title: Self-Training: Domino Security policy settings documents
Doc #: 7010355
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27010355

Title: Self-Training: Advanced settings for Domino policies
Doc #: 7010356
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27010356

Be sure to check those out, the videos are a great source of training!

Lotus Domino 8 Server Fast Restart

Para servidores Lotus Domino 8 rodando em IBM AIX e Sun Solaris, o novo release do Lotus Domino 8 tem uma nova funcionalidade chamada Fast Server Restart (também conhecida como Fast Fault Recovery) que permite que quando uma instância de Domino "abende" (ou "crasheie"...rs... ) , enquanto o NSD roda para coletar os dados de diagnóstico, uma nova instancia do servidor é executado:

What is Server Fast Restart?
When a Domino outage occurs, Fast Restart allows a new Domino instance to start while NSD diagnostics are being run on the initial Domino server instance. When diagnostics are completed the initial Domino server instance is automatically terminated. In the current release, Server Fast Restart is only available on AIX and Solaris versions of the Domino server.

How does Server Fast Restart work?
All files and connections in use by the initial Domino instance are closed but processes and shared memory remain active until NSD diagnostics are completed. The new instance will be started by a Server Fast Restart process called faultmon.

Link: Technote 1266170 - Information on Domino Server Fast Restart

New features in IBM Lotus Domino 8

The following list represents an overview of the new features that are available in IBM Lotus Domino 8. For more comprehensive information about new features, please refer to the Documentation Updates chapter of these release notes.

Notes Client support

• Improved user registration
• Better single log-on integration
• Mail thread support
• Recall message support
• Support for administration of Windows navigation and management themes
• Notes client version view in the Domino Directory

Messaging

• SMTP Sender Authentication
• Reverse-path setting for forwarded messages
• Error limit before a connection is terminated - Specify the number of protocol errors that can be returned for a session before the session connection is terminated
• Reject ambiguous names that are retuned during directory lookups
• Deny mail to group names returned during directory lookups
• Router group expansion
• Transfer and Delivery Delay reports
• Convert TNEF file attachments to Notes file attachments
• Support Mail Threads when sending/receiving internet mail
• Enable SMTP outbound authentication to relay hosts

Domino and DB2**

• Enhanced management of Domino Master DB2 Account (Domino server user account)
• Move Container feature in UI
• SQL updates/inserts/deletes are transactional
• DB2 Query view setting row limits is supported
• DAV/QV design elements supported in a non-DB2 environment
• Domino and DB2 enabled on Linux platform
• HTTP access for QueryView
• New DB2 Group server commands
• Recreate links to DB2 enabled Notes databases tool
• Compacting DB2 groups

Domino Web Access support

• Domino administrators can enable Domino Web Access security settings via policies using a Security Policy Settings document. For additional information, see the release note "Using Security Policy Settings"
• Domino Web Access will have a new look and feel when viewed in a portal, when the URL includes the &client=wps argument.

Administration

• Improved throughput of critical administration process requests
• Domino Portal Integration Wizard for Domino Extended Product Portlets
• Integrated Administration Frame in Domino Administration Client for embedding External Administration Interfaces (such as portal)
• DDM improvements (modular correction actions, event clearing, etc.)
• DDM probe for monitoring LDAP requests
• DDM WebSphere Services probe
• DDM Administration probe type and Automatic Report Closing probe subtype
• DDM Common Actions button on Events document
• A new "updatesite.ntf" template which implements a complete, bona-fide Eclipse Update Site
• Integration with Tivoli Enterprise console1
• Performance and other improvements to server task monitoring
• New options in Administration Preferences UI
• Web enablement improvements to Domino Directory and Administration Process databases
• Policies -- How to apply setting
• Policies - Activities policy settings document
• Policies - IBM Lotus Productivity Tools settings document
• Policies - Window Naviigation settings in desktop policy settings document
• Policies - Policy managment of Inbox cleanup on desktop policy settings document
• Server command - Tell adminp process restart
• Option to synchronize unread marks when creating replicas
• Allow diagnostic data to be sent to IBM**

Java

• Java console enhancements, for example, auto-connecting multiple, recently connected servers at startup
• Support Same Java Runtime

Replication

• Streaming cluster replication

Security

• AES cipher support for SSL. Domino 8 introduces the ability to configure the Domino server to use the TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA and TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA ciphers for SSL, as defined in RFC 3268.
• Use of xACLS to protect Internet password fields in the Domino directory

Web Server

• User-defined attributes can now be added to the tag generated by the web engine. If the field $$HTMLFrontMatter is present on a form, its contents will be placed in the generated HTML, ahead of the tag, and the web server will not generate anything there automatically. The expected use of this feature is to supply a custom declaration for the generated HTML.
• Note that as with other of these special fields, it is the application designer's responsibility to insure that the field is not visible on the form and that it does not allow POSTing of that field.
• The content of the field is not used by the web server in any other way - it has no other effect on the generated HTML other than as described above. For example, suppling a doctype of HTML 4.01 STRICT will not cause the web engine to generate strict HTML. The content of the field is not validated in any way.
• Limitation of thecurrent implementation: the special field is not recognized in custom response forms..
• Users can now specify a custom declaration on a per form basis. If the field $$HTMLTagAttributes is present on a form, its contents is placed in the attribute list of the tag. Note that as with other of these special fields, it is the application designer's responsibility to insure that the field is not visible on the form and that it does not allow POSTing of that field.
• The content of the field is not used by the web server in any other way - it has no other effect on the generated HTML other than as described above. The content of the field is not validated in any way.
• Limitation of current implementation: the special field is not recognized in custom response forms.

Footnotes
** These features are not available for the System i platform in the current release.

Sametime 7.5.1 Cumulative Fix 1 (CF1)

A IBM lançou hoje o Cumulative Fix 1 (CF1) para clientes e servidores Lotus Sametime 7.5.1:

About Sametime 7.5.1 CF1
Readme for IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Cumulative Fix 1
Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 CF1 Fix List
IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 CF1 downloads:

Download package

Download RELEASE DATE LANGUAGE SIZE(Bytes) Download Options Sametime Server 7.5.1 CF1 i5/OS 07/25/2007 Language Independent 60182528 HTTP Sametime Server 7.5.1 CF1 Windows 07/25/2007 Language Independent 71576576 HTTP Sametime Server 7.5.1 CF1 AIX Linux 07/25/2007 Language Independent 157358080 HTTP Sametime Connect 7.5.1 CF1 Windows 07/25/2007 Language Independent 209912832 HTTP Sametime Connect 7.5.1 CF1 Linux ML 07/25/2007 Language Independent 121395200 HTTP Sametime Connect 7.5.1 CF1 Mac OS X 07/25/2007 Language Independent 108318720 HTTP

System Administrator Appreciation Day :-)

Today is the System Administrator Appreciation Day! Nominate your friendly sys admin for System Administrator of the Year.... or.. he'll read your email ;-)

Recommended fixes to apply after IBM Lotus Quickr installation

IBM has released two fixes for Lotus Quickr 8.0 which should be installed after you've finished the initial install. Read all about it in Technote 1264829 - Recommended fixes to apply after IBM Lotus Quickr installation.

June 2007 NSD Update Build 2708 (W32 & UNIX) released

IBM released on June 16 build 2708 of NSD.

Here's the fixlist for this build:

SPR	Description	Version Fixed	Comments	Associated TN
SCOS6YVTWL	NSD memory gets corrupted while reading system handle table	7.0.3/8.0
JROU6WDQH8	NSD core files do not contain crashing thread stack	7.0.3/8.0
JROU6YDVRU	Messages indicating "invalid stack frame detected" in NSD logs should not be written by default	7.0.3/8.0	enhancement
RGET6Y8MPL	Change to nsd -p to allow for auto detach from Notes Process	7.0.3/8.0	enhancement
XJXJ6RU5ZA	NSD -p run against Notes process causes system hang	7.0.3/8.0
MSAN6YAC76	NSD is not suspending Domino processes on Windows	7.0.3/8.0
DCOY6ZGN24	NSD "Local Disks" section takes too long when the shares are not "connected"	7.0.3/8.0
ZSAE72LUK9	Crash in memcheck when attempting to map private handles	7.0.3/8.0
OMAI6TDK9F	Error in memcheck due to reading malloc object on Linux (SuSE) platform	7.0.3/8.0
ZSAE6ZYKVD	Error in memcheck while dumping NSF Handle Table - Memcheck takes 2 hours to run on RED HAT, and hangs Domino Server	7.0.3/8.0
ZSAE728PAL	Error in memcheck when attempting to dump NSF Folder pool info	7.0.3/8.0
MSAN73R9LV	NSD should report IPC data time stamps and creator processes	7.0.3/8.0	enhancement
MSAN73R9DN	NSD should report last rebooted time on AIX & Solaris	7.0.3/8.0	enhancement
MSAN73RLGB	NSD fails to report server tasks on 6.54FP2	7.0.3/8.0

Please be sure to check out Technote 4013182 - Updated NSD for Domino releases to download the NSD update specific to the Domino build you're running.

Lotus Domino 8: Como autenticar no servidor relay do seu provedor

Como autenticar no servidor relay do seu provedor a partir do Domino 8 (retirado do Lotus Domino 8 Administrator's Guide do Beta 3):

Enabling SMTP outbound authentication to relay hosts
You can use SMTP sender authentication to ensure that the sender of a message is a legitimate user of an SMTP server. SMTP sender authentication requires an account name and password for the destination SMTP server. The account name you use must be an account on the relay host SMTP server to which a specific IBM® Lotus® Domino(TM) server routes messages. The purpose of SMTP sender authentication is to authenticate the connection between a Domino router and an SMTP server. Use this feature with SMTP servers that do not allow Anonymous connections, or with SMTP servers that allow both authenticated and non-authenticated connections.
To use the SMTP sender authentication feature, enable the feature on the Server Configuration document by specifying that authentication is enabled or required.
1. Make sure you already have a Configuration Settings document for the server(s) to be configured.
2. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.
3. Click Configurations.
4. Select the Configuration Settings document for the mail server or servers you want to administer, and click Edit Configuration.
5. Click the Router/SMTP - Basics tab.
6. In the field "Use authentication when sending messages to the relay host," choose one of these:
Required - Checks whether the server can authenticate. If the server cannot authenticate, no attempt is made to try a non-authenticated session.
Enabled - Checks whether the server can authenticate. If the server cannot authenticate, an attempt is made to try a non-authenticated session.
Disabled - The SMTP Authentication feature is disabled. Authentication is not attempted.
7. Specify the SMTP account name in the Name field, and the SMTP password in the Password field.
8. Click Save and Close.
To ensure the security of the SMTP account name and password, the Server Configuration Document should be encrypted. A server ID must be included in the server's encryption list to allow the server to decrypt the document. For instructions on encrypting the Server Connection document, see the topic "Encrypting documents using secret keys" in the IBM® Lotus® Notes® client help.

Notes.ini: Tudo o que você sempre quis saber, mas não tinha a quem perguntar.

Uma nova seção de documentação da Lotus lista todos os parâmetros de Notes.ini disponíveis, com sintaxe, exemplos, e explicações. Tudo o que você sempre quis saber, mas não tinha pra quem perguntar ;)

Via Dominoblog.com

Novo blog no pedaço: Notes from Lotus Support

O time de suporte técnico da IBM/Lotus lançou no dia 1o de maio seu blog: Notes from Lotus Support.

Lotus Domino console command abbreviations

Today I was searching from a list of Domino server commands, and ran into Technote 1100045 - Domino server console command abbreviations:

Command (Abbreviation)

Broadcast (b)
Dbcache Flush (db f)
Dbcache Show (db s)
Drop (dr)
Exit (e)
Help (he)
Load (l)
Pull (pul)
Push (pus)
Quit (q)
Replicate (rep)
Restart Port (res po)
Restart Server (res se)
Route (ro)
Set Configuration (se c)
Set Secure (se se)
Set Statistics (se st)
Show Allports (sh a)
Show Cluster (sh cl)
Show Configuration (sh co)
Show Directory (sh dir)
Show Diskspace (sh dis)
Show Memory (sh me)
Show Performance (sh pe)
Show Port (sh po)
Show Schedule (sh sc)
Show Server (sh se)
Show Stat (sh st)
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Novo Redbook: Implementing IBM Lotus Domino 7 for i5/OS

A IBM lançou ontem um novo Redbook de Lotus Domino na plataforma i5/OS (antigo AS/400):

This IBM Redbook targets system administrators who plan to implement or upgrade to Domino 7 for IBM i5/OS in their organization.

It provides tips and techniques to help you successfully deploy and administer Domino 7 servers on i5/OS. The primary focus is to explain the installation, configuration, and performance tuning of Domino 7 in this environment. This IBM Redbook also provides information about moving Domino servers to the IBM System i platform and information about backup, recovery, and troubleshooting regarding Domino 7 servers running on i5/OS.

Link: IBM Redbook: Implementing IBM Lotus Domino 7 for i5/OS

Lotus Notes e Domino 6.5.6 disponíveis

Está disponível para download a atualização (Maintenance Release) 6.5.6 do Lotus Notes e Lotus Domino. De acordo com a Lotus, está será a última atualização (fora hotfixes e fixpacks) para a linha (codestream) 6.5 do Lotus Domino.

Historicamente a IBM tem a tradição de suportar os dois últimos codestreams. Recentemente o codestream 6.0.x deixou de ser suportado, e agora a Lotus anuncia a última atualização do codestream 6.5.x, já em preparação para o lançamento do Lotus Notes e Domino 8 que está programado para o final do primeiro semestre de 2007.

Novidades no Lotus Notes e Domino 6.5.6:

Lotus Notes 6.5.6

• Quotas para arquivos de correio são respeitadas em réplicas locais - Anteriormente à versão 6.5.6, um usuário conseguia bular o tamanho de quota definido pelo administrador na sua base de correio se trabalhasse nela localmente em vez da réplica no servidor. Agora na versão 6.5.6, um administrador pode definir através de Policies parâmetros do notes.ini e configurações que guarantem que a definição de tamanho da caixa de correio do usuário seja mantida na réplica local.
• Novo status do Notes Instant Messaging: "Em reunião" - Este status foi introduzido na versão 7.5 do Lotus Sametime. Anterior à versão 6.5.6, quando um usuário do Sametime 7.5 estive com o status online definido para "Em reunião", ele aparecia offline no Notes Instant Messaging. Agora este novo status é refletido corretamente.

Lotus Domino Server 6.5.6

• Suporte para receber objetos TNEF encapsulados ( arquivos winmail.dat) - O Microsoft Outlook e o Microsoft Exchange podem ser configurados para enviar mensagens a outros usuários de Outlook/Exchange encapsulando dados no formato Transport Neutral Encapsulated Format. Quando configurado desta forma, o cliente Outlook envia uma mensagem multipart/mixed MIME, onde o conteúdo Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) é enviado como simples texto na primeira parte da mensagem multipart/mixed MIME. Os dados RTF originais são então encapsulados no objeto TNEF, junto com quaisquer outros dados da mensagem original: anexos, objetos OLE, etc.
  
  Nas versões anteriores ao Lotus Domino Server 6.5.6, quando usuários Notes recebia essa mensagem, era possível ler o contéudo em texto, mas não conseguia acessar nenhum dos arquivos anexos na mensagem original. Agora na versão 6.5.6, o MIME itemizer do servidor reconhece objetos TNEF, extrai os arquivos anexados na mensagem encapsulados no objetto TNEF e os adiciona à mensagem antes de gravá-la no mail.box do router.
• Domino for i5/OS - O servidor Lotus Domino agora é suportando no i5/OS V5R4.

Links:

• Download: IBM Lotus Domino 6.5.6
• Release Notes: IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, Domino Designer 6.5.6
• Fix List: Notes/Domino 6.5.6 Maintenance Release (MR) - Top 20 List