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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.

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)

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.

·This will launch the “Lotus Notes Upgrade Services” splash screen. Click Next.

·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:

Once Outlook is set as default Mail client, the Outlook profiles should be populated properly:

·Make sure Express is selected, and click Next.

·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.

·Create a new Archive Profile.

·Specify Name of Archive Profile, Click the Enable button and specify the relative path of .NSF file saved from the Migration process (IMPORTANT!)

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

Once done, click OK button.

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

Click the link to open the Old Emails.

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

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

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

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

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

Friday, 14 November 2014

Add Disclaimer to Mail Signature in IBM SmartCloud Notes (Custom Implementation)

Requirement:

A company disclaimer is required to be added to all the Emails sent across the organization and outside using SmartCloud Notes Client and iNotes.

Challenge:

SmartCloud Notes doesn’t support functionality of Message Disclaimer.

Solution:

This solution is a work around and not really a Cloud based integration.

We’ll be using a LotusScript Agent to modify the Mail Signature for Notes Client, iNotes – Plain Text and iNotes – Rich Text and append the Disclaimer for all users.

Assumption:

The Administrator has access to all the MailFiles in SmartCloud Notes via Template Modification.

Code:

Option Public
Option Declare

Const DISCLAIMER = |
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Disclaimer :
This e-mail and any attachments thereto are intended for the sole use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential and/or proprietary to the ABC Pvt. Ltd. Any use of the information contained herein (including, but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication, or dissemination in any form) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it.
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Sub Initialize
    Dim s As New NotesSession
    Dim docP As NotesDocument
    Dim db As NotesDatabase
    Dim dociNotes As NotesDocument
    Set db = s.CurrentDatabase
    Set docP = db.GetProfileDocument("CalendarProfile")
    Set dociNotes = db.Getprofiledocument("iNotesProfile")
    If docP.SignatureInserted Then 'Avoid repeated insert of signature
        'Plain Text Signature
        docP.Signature_1 = docP.Signature_1(0) & Chr(10) & DISCLAIMER
        'HTML iNotes Signature
        dociNotes.HTMLSignature = dociNotes.HTMLSignature(0) & Chr(10) & DISCLAIMER
        'Notes RichText Signature
        Dim rtItem As New NotesRichTextItem(docP, "Signature_Rich")
        Call rtItem.appendtext(DISCLAIMER)
        docP.SignatureInserted = True
        Call docP.Save(True,False)
        Call dociNotes.save(True, False)
    End If
End Sub

Thursday, 13 December 2012

IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition Public Beta new features and release notes - Documentation and Cookbooks

Primary Link - http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ndsebetaforum.nsf/topicThread.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=C6F8337CA6DCC1FB85257AD300574EF3

Here are links to documentation for the IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition Beta:

IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition Public Beta new features and release notes

IBM Notes Traveler 9.0 Public Beta release notes

IBM iNotes 9.0 Social Edition Public Beta Administrator Guide

Cookbook: Encrypting SAML assertions

Cookbook: Setting up a new Federation on TFIM 2.0

Cookbook: Setting up a new partner on TFIM

Cookbook: Setting up a new federation on TFIM 1.1

Cookbook: Setting up Notes federated login

Cookbook: Setting up ADFS for integrated Windows authentication (IWA)

Cookbook: Setting up new Relying Party Trust for AD FS 2.0

Friday, 13 April 2012

High Availability for Lotus iNotes Installation

High Availability for Lotus iNotes Installation

I am looking for various options available for achieving High Availability with Lotus iNotes installation. The article outlines the options available, work that Domino experts have done and the best option that suits my requirement.

Following available options are possible:

1. ICM (Internet Cluster Manager): ICM only provides initial redirect to correct Domino Web Server. But once user has opened a webpage and server goes down, user has to manually switch the URL to point to the other server or browse the ICM URL again.
http://www-12.lotus.com/ldd/doc/domino_notes/Rnext/help6_admin.nsf/c1f2605b7be6a95985256b870069c0a8/36fd13678096637585256c1d0039a59b?OpenDocument

2. Hardware based Load Balancer

3. Software based Load Balancer:

Following two options are possible with Domino: Websphere Edge Proxy Server and Apache Web Server. In this article, we'll use Apache Web Server for Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer configuration.

It seems like Daniel has already done all the hard work.. He has published a great series on the same topic !! The article is in Spanish, but can easily be translated in English via Google Translate. Please copy the code from Original version only..

http://www.noteros.com/inotes-apache-reverse-proxy/

http://www.noteros.com/inotes-con-reverse-proxy-apache-parte-2/

http://www.noteros.com/inotes-con-reverse-proxy-apache-parte-3/

http://www.noteros.com/inotes-con-reverse-proxy-apache-parte-4/

I setup the following piece of code in httpd.conf:

I setup two Domino Clusters as follows:

Cluster1 - Server1, Server2

Cluster2 - Server3, Server4

<Proxy balancer://Cluster1/>
BalancerMember http://server1.demo.com:80/ route=Server1
BalancerMember http://server2.demo.com:80/ route=Server2
ProxySet lbmethod=byrequests
</Proxy>

<Proxy balancer://Cluster2/>
BalancerMember http://server3.demo.com:80/ route=Server3
BalancerMember http://server4.demo.com:80/ route=Server4
ProxySet lbmethod=byrequests
</Proxy>

ProxyPass / balancer://Cluster1/ stickysession=inotesses nofailover=Off
ProxyPassReverse / http://server1.demo.com/
ProxyPassReverse / http://server2.demo.com/

ProxyPass / balancer://Cluster2/ stickysession=inotesses nofailover=Off
ProxyPassReverse / http://server3.demo.com/
ProxyPassReverse / http://server4.demo.com/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} _clusterses=Cluster1 [NC]
RewriteRule ^/((mail|iNotes|icons|domjava)/.*)$ balancer://Cluster1/$1 [P]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} _clusterses=Cluster2 [NC]
RewriteRule ^/((mail|iNotes|icons|domjava)/.*)$ balancer://Cluster2/$1 [P]

Reference:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/gvkempen/entry/configuring_inotes_reversed_proxy_using_apache_on_ubuntu?lang=en

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/using-apache-as-a-reverse-proxy-and-load-balancer-for-domino-clustered-servers

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/inotes-avail/index.html

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/iNotes_High_Availability_Configuration#Why+prefer+Load+Balancer+to+ICM+solution

http://socialaboration.blogspot.in/2010/09/ubuntu-as-inotes-reverse-proxybalancer.html

Multi-Database Search Plugin: A Must Plugin for Lotus Notes Client:

I have found and installed this wonderful plugin for Lotus Notes Client v8.5 and above..

To install the same goto File -> Application -> New option. Add the downloaded site to Eclipse Local Folder option and it will install the plugin to your Notes Client.

Once installed, configure all the Local Archives, Mail Files in it to search in a single click.

OpenNTF.org - Open Source Community for Lotus Notes Domino

Multi-Database Search Plugin
Owners Bob Balfe Category
Productivity Tools
Contributors Igor Belakovskiy Platform
R 8.5.1
Downloads 745Download latest release Last Release Oct 25, 2010
Rating
(2 ratings)
Project Creation Oct 25, 2010
Status Not active Short URL Not defined
Description Search multiple databases with the normal search user interface In Catalog
No
You can search multiple databases using the search toolbar in the Lotus Notes client.
You can set what databases to search using the Search | Multi DB Search Preferences panel:

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