Friday 10 April 2015

Migration to Cloud Strategies for IBM Connections Mail and IBM Verse Mail Customers

For existing Notes/Domino customer:

Customers need Cloud Hybrid deployment to use the IBM provided tools

  • OPT – Onboarding Planning Tool
  • OTT – Onboarding Transitioning Tool

These tools ensure that data is migrated from On-premise  to Cloud without issues.

 

For new Customer of IBM Verse or IBM Connections Mail (IBM SmartCloud Notes earlier)

  • Server to Server Migration

Use IMAP Sync Tools to migrate all the mailboxes Server to Server

Reference link: http://notessensei.com/blog/2014/01/gmail2notes-in-less-than-300-lines.html

 

For any query related to migration, please feel free to write to me.

Thursday 9 April 2015

Migrating from Outlook to Notes using nupgrade.exe

Installation of Migration Tool:

To use the nupgrade.exe tool, please ensure to select Migration Tools while installing Notes Client.

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Once installed, the nupgrade.exe tool will be available in the Notes Installation directory i.e. where you have selected to install the Notes Client. (By default, it gets installed to C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes directory)

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Steps to use nUpgrade.exe:

·Ensure that both Notes Client and Outlook/Outlook Express are installed and configured on same machine.

·Open a command prompt window and change the directory to Notes Installation directory (eg. c:\Program Files\Lotus\Notes).

·Once there, in the command prompt:

·For Outlook, type: nupgrade 3, and press enter.

·For Outlook Express, type: nupgrade 4, and press enter.


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·This will launch the “Lotus Notes Upgrade Services” splash screen. Click Next.
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·Select the appropriate profile that you created for Outlook and click Next. Make sure that Outlook is set as default client on machine, otherwise, following error might occur:
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Once Outlook is set as default Mail client, the Outlook profiles should be populated properly:
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·Make sure Express is selected, and click Next.
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·This will start the conversion process.

·Email will be saved to the a_PersonalFolders.nsf file and contacts will be inserted into the Personal Address book (names.nsf),

 

Setting up the Migrated Emails as Archive:

·Open the Notes Client and goto Actions -> Archive -> Settings Option in menu.
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·Create a new Archive Profile.
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·Specify Name of Archive Profile, Click the Enable button and specify the relative path of .NSF file saved from the Migration process (IMPORTANT!)

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·Specify the Archive Selection Criteria and set it to "selected by user".

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Once done, click OK button.

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The Archive Mailbox should be available in Notes Client Left Menu now.

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Click the link to open the Old Emails.

Also, use the Advanced Search functionality to search across Mailbox and All Archives in single click !!

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The Search will show results from all different Archives and Mailfile:

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Wednesday 11 March 2015

2015 - ISA ESS Enablement Plan in India

Location - India
Training Mode: Class-room training (Lecture, Show-Tell and Hands-on)
Registrations open for India Business Partners and Customers only.

NORTH - GURGAON
Training location: IBM Silokhera Office, Gurgaon

Topic
Duration
Mode
Audience
Dates
Register
IBM Domino Deployment - Basic
1 day
Hands-on
Admin
11-Mar
IBM Portal Deployment and Administration
2 days
Show-Tell
Admin
17-Mar
18-Mar
IBM  Xpages Development - Advanced
2 days
Hands-on
Dev
24-Mar
25-Mar
IBM xDx and Social Business Value Proposition
0.5 day
Show-Tell
Customers
31-Mar
IBM Connections - Business Value Proposition
0.5 day
Show-Tell
Customers
9-Apr
IBM Connections UI Customization and Application Development Workshop
1 day
Show-Tell
Admin
14-Apr
IBM Domino Deployment - Advanced
1 day
Hands-on
Admin
21-Apr
IBM Sametime Deployment
1 day
Show-Tell
Admin
12-May
IBM Connections Cloud (Social Mail) - Business Value Proposition
1 day
Show-Tell
Admin
14-May
IBM Portal Application Development Workshop
1 day
Hands-on
Admin
26-May

WEST - MUMBAI
Training location: IBM BKC Office, Mumbai

Topic
Duration
Mode
Audience
Dates
Register
IBM Connections - Business Value Proposition
0.5 day
Show-Tell
Customers
10-Mar
IBM Domino Deployment - Advanced
1 day
Hands-on
Admin
13-Mar
IBM Connections Cloud - Business Value Proposition
1 day
Show-Tell
Admin
27-Mar
IBM Portal Application Development Workshop
1 day
Hands-on
Admin
7-Apr
IBM  Xpages Development - Basic
1 day
Hands-on
Dev
30-Apr
IBM Connections Deployment and Administration
2 days
Show-Tell
Admin
5-May
6-May
IBM  Xpages Development - Advanced
2 days
Hands-on
Dev
19-May
20-May
IBM Connections UI Customization and Application Development Workshop
1 day
Show-Tell
Admin
9-Jun


Note*: Limited seats only.. Only confirmed participants will be able to attend the sessions.