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DAOS, Antivirus & "File is in use by another program"

Kenio Carvalho — Mon, 8 Mar 2010 20:11:48 -0200

From TN1381280

After DAOS has been enabled on a Domino server, if the virus scanner has not been configured properly to avoid .NLO files, "File is in use" errors may occur.

The virus scanner should be configured to prevent processing the. NLO files in the DAOS repository. This can be accomplished either by specifying that the scanner skip files with an .NLO suffix, or by specifying that the DAOS base directory (and all subdirectories) should be skipped by the scans.

Instead of scanning the .NLO files directly, the attachments should be scanned via the Domino server by an application, such as an add-in program, that works through the Domino API.

Domino and Security Person

Kenio Carvalho — Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:30:00 -0200

Last week I had a meeting with security personnel from a client, the meeting was about the safety of Notes & Domino environment deployed in the company. For the photo below you can see that meetings with the security staff are always tense and full of questions.

Semana passada eu tive uma reuni�o com o pessoal de seguran�a de um cliente, a reuni�o era sobre a seguran�a do ambiente Domino & Notes implantado na empresa.
Pela foto abaixo pode-se ver que reuni�es com o pessoal de seguran�a s�o sempre tensas e cheias de questionamentos.

iNotes and Windows 7

Kenio Carvalho — Tue, 2 Mar 2010 21:43:41 -0200

If you want iNotes working with Windows 7 you need the hotfix 304.2CHF1 available on FixCentral

ID Vault Security

Kenio Carvalho — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0200

An ID vault provides several layers of security.

Protection against the use of an unauthorized vault A user ID can be uploaded to a vault only if a parent certifier of the user ID has issued a Vault Trust Certificate to the vault. This prevents a rogue administrator from creating an unauthorized vault and uploading ID files into it.
Protection against unauthorized downloads of IDs ID downloads from a vault are password-protected. If ten incorrect consecutive passwords are specified during one day in an attempt to download an ID file from a vault to a client, downloads are disabled for that ID for the day. To download the ID that day, the password must be reset on it. For additional protection, administrators can require authorization for all ID downloads.
Protection against unauthorized password resets A person requires a Password Reset Certicate issued by a parent certifier of a user ID to reset the password on the ID through the Domino Administratator. A custom password reset application, for example, one that enables users to reset their own passwords, requires a Password Reset Certificate issued to the identity under which the application runs and to each server on which it is deployed.
Protection against unauthorized access to the vault contents The Notes ID vault server's ID file is integral to the protection of the vault's contents. It is extremely important to protect the vault server's ID file from unauthorized access.
Protection against unauthorized access to data transmitted over the network All ID vault transactions between clients and servers are encrypted.

DAOS Best Pratices

Kenio Carvalho — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:18:43 -0200

From the domino wiki

When it comes to configuring the Domino Attachment and Object Service (DAOS), you may be asking yourself - and us in turn - what's the right way to set it up? For example, is there an optimum “Minimum Size” setting? Should the repository go under the data directory or on its own drive? What's the best “Deferred Deletion Interval” in relation to my backup and restore schedule? This guide, and the documents it references, attempts to answer these questions of individual, site-specific configuration in general terms with guidelines for adapting and modifying them based on measurements made against your particular environment.

Remove recent contacts from local names

Kenio Carvalho — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:50:22 -0200

LotusScript button to remove individual names that have been cached in $users view of local address book. This script is from TN 139749

Sub Click(Source As Button)
Dim sess As New NotesSession
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim view As NotesView
Dim doc As NotesDocument
Dim contact As String
Dim tempInternetAddress As String
Dim tempMailAddress As String
Dim result As Integer
Dim confirmResult As Integer

' Getting local names.nsf
Set db = sess.GetDatabase("","names.nsf",False)
If db Is Nothing Then
Messagebox "Unable to find local name.nsf. Exiting..."
Exit Sub
End If
' Getting recent contacts view
Set view = db.GetView("RecentCollaborators")

contact = ""
' Prompting user for name
contact = Lcase(Cstr(Inputbox("Please input an internet address Notes adress, examples:" + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + "user@org.com or User/Org")))
If contact = "" Then
Messagebox "You must enter in a value. Exiting..."
Exit Sub
End If

' Getting first document in view
Set doc = view.GetFirstDocument

' If the document is of an smtp (internet address) then search the InternetAddress field other wise search the MailAddress (Notes Name) field
If Instr(contact,"@") Then
While Not doc Is Nothing
tempMailAddress = ""
tempInternetAddress = ""
tempInternetAddress = Lcase(doc.InternetAddress(0))
If tempInternetAddress <> "" Then
If Instr(tempInternetAddress,contact) Then
tempMailAddress = doc.MailAddress(0)
result = Messagebox ("Do you want to delete user (" + tempMailAddress + ") with internet address (" + tempInternetAddress + ") or cancel serach?",3 + 32)
If result = 2 Then ' Canceling Search
Exit Sub
Elseif result = 6 Then ' Requesting deletion
confirmResult = Messagebox ("Confirm deletion" , 4)
If confirmResult = 6 Then ' Confirm Deletion
Call doc.Remove(True)
Messagebox "Message deleted. Exiting...."
Exit Sub
End If
Else ' Otherwise continue search
Print "Continuing to search...."
End If
End If
End If
Set doc = view.GetNextDocument(doc)
Wend
Else
Dim tempName As NotesName
Set tempName = sess.CreateName(contact)
contact = Lcase(tempName.Canonical)
While Not doc Is Nothing
tempMailAddress = ""
tempInternetAddress = ""
tempMailAddress = Lcase(doc.MailAddress(0))
If tempMailAddress <> "" Then
If Instr(tempMailAddress,contact) Then
tempInternetAddress = doc.InternetAddress(0)
result = Messagebox ("Do you want to delete user (" + tempMailAddress + ") with internet address (" + tempInternetAddress + ") or cancel serach?",3 + 32)
If result = 2 Then ' Canceling Search
Exit Sub
Elseif result = 6 Then ' Requesting deletion
confirmResult = Messagebox ("Confirm deletion" , 4)
If confirmResult = 6 Then ' Confirm Deletion
Call doc.Remove(True)
Messagebox "Message deleted. Exiting...."
Exit Sub
End If
Else ' Otherwise continue search
Print "Continuing to search...."
End If
End If
End If
Set doc = view.GetNextDocument(doc)
Wend
End If
End Sub

Windows 7 God Mode

Kenio Carvalho — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:45:42 -0200

How to Enable Windows 7 GodMode

I found this tip at www.sitepoint.com

Here’s a neat Windows 7 trick that’s been doing the rounds on the Internet. It enables “GodMode,” a term devised by the Microsoft development team, which provides a single place to access all Windows settings without needing to browse options and folders in the Control Panel.

To use it:
1. Create a new folder.
2. Rename the folder to

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

(note that you can change the “GodMode” text, but the following period and code number are essential).
3. The folder icon will change — double click it to show the GodMode window:

Curso gratuito para iniciantes (Domino Designer)

Kenio Carvalho — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0200

Achei este link ontem no PlanetLotus. O curso � da TLCC.
J� peguei o arquivo e o curso � introdut�rio mesmo, para iniciantes, mas n�o deixa de ser bom.
Vale a pena

Link

What are the Lotus Notes/Lotus Domino naming conventions and standards?

Kenio Carvalho — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:34:06 -0200

What are the Lotus Notes/Lotus Domino naming conventions and standards?

Name	Maximum length	Valid character
Organization Certifier Name	3 to 64 characters (recommended limit is 32 characters if possible)	A - Z, 0 - 9, -. _ ' (dash, period, space, underscore, and apostrophe) See Note below.
Organization Unit Certifier Name	64 characters	A - Z, 0 - 9, -. _ ' (dash, period, space, underscore, and apostrophe) See Note below.
Country Code	0 or 2 characters	A - Z
Password: Organization -------------> OU --------------------------> Server/User -------------->	32 characters at least 12 (recommended) to 32 63 characters	A - Z, 0 - 9, & -. _ ' (ampersand, dash, period, space, underscore, and apostrophe)
Server Name	59 characters	A - Z, 0 - 9, & - ' (ampersand, dash, space, and apostrophe) Using a space is not recommended but if you use one, enter the Server Name in quotes ("") when you enter a command set at the server console. Do not use periods (.) or underscores (_) in Domino Server names because of the current BIND server code 8.1.2. DNS standards demoted underscores in host names.* *See Note below.
Notes Network Name	31 characters Refer to Document #1096391 for additional information.	A - Z, 0 - 9, -, _ (a space is also a valid character)
Notes Port Name	31 characters	A - Z, 0 - 9, -, _
User First Name + User Last Name	Must not be greater than 80 characters	A - Z, 0 - 9, & -. _ ' (ampersand, dash, period, space, underscore, and apostrophe)
User Middle Initial	2 characters	A - Z, 0 - 9, & -. _ ' (ampersand, dash, period, space, underscore, and apostrophe)
Notes Domain Name	31 characters (minimum of 3)	A - Z, 0 - 9, & - _ ' (ampersand, dash, space, underscore, and apostrophe) Do not use periods (.) in a domain name as they are reserved characters.
Server Title		Colon ":", Cannot be used in a server title.

Windows Disk Fragmentation

Kenio Carvalho — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:55:22 -0200

Last Saturday i scheduled an maintenance for one of the our Domino Server. The server performance was not great and the problem was related to I/O.
Using Defraggler the analysis show us that the disk was 98% fragmented. After 3 hours, with Domino out of service, the disk was defragmented and the analysis show us 1% fragmented.
So i see a lot of databases with ODS 43, very old, and then i start a compact -c for all databases.
I ran Defraggler again and the analysis show than 58% of fragmentation, compact -c fragments databases.

Today at OpenNtf there is an article about DominoDefrag, the solution to my problem, i don't have the maintenance window.
DominoDefrag can defrag t databases online, and it works great !

No �ltimo s�bado programamos uma manuten��o em um de nossos servidores devido a problemas de performance, claramente I/O.
O diagn�stico preliminar foi o disco muito fragmentado. Inciamos a desfragmenta��o parando o Domino e usando o programa Defraggler.
O disco estava 98% fragmentado. Ap�s 3 horas de opera��o o disco ficou com 1% fragmentado, nada mal.
Por�m observei que alguns bancos de dados estavam com o ODS na vers�o 43, resolvi ent�o compactar todas as bases para que ficassem com o ODS 48 (R8).
O comando para converter o ODS � compact -c.
At� aqui tudo normal e funcionando. S� que li um artigo em alguns blogs informando que o compact -c desfragmenta o disco.
Olhei novamente o disco e estava fragmentado novamente 59%. Desta vez o problema era pior pois n�o tinha mais janela para manuten��o.
Encontrei ent�o o projeto DominoDefrag no OpenNtf que resolveu o problema desfragmentando o disco com o Domino ativo.

Look at the figures bellow, DominoDefrag works !
Vejam como realmente o DominoDefrag funciona !

Before DominoDefrag
Antes do DominoDefrag

After DominoDefrag
Depois do Domino Defrag.

Crash in LotusScript on 64-bit Domino platforms

Kenio Carvalho — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:37:19 -0200

Ontem iniciamos a instala��o de um ambiente Lotus Domino 64bits utilizando Windows 2008 64bits. A instala��o � tranquila e n�o foge do normal.
A vers�o que estamos utilizando � 8.5.1 FP1 pois s�o servidores novos e fazem parte de um projeto de migra��o Domino 7 -> 8.5.1.
Ontem foi publicado um TN sobre crashes que acontecem no HTPP justamente com este ambiente.

Yesterday i started a setup of an environment Lotus Domino 64bits over Windows 2008 64bits.
The setup is quiet and not run away from normal Domino setup

IBM published a TN about crashes just with this environment. A hotfix is needed

Now you can accept meetings on iPhone using traveler 8.5.1.1

Kenio Carvalho — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:22:54 -0200

If you install the traveler 8.5.1.1 you can accept meetings on iPhone

The fix cam be download using this link

New function for Apple Devices (Optional)

The functions listed here were added in Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.1.1 and are not enabled by default. The Lotus Notes Traveler server administrator must explicitly enable these functions for them to become active. Follow the procedures outlined below to enable.

Meeting attendee invitation actions for Apple devices.

When this feature is enabled, attendees to meetings will now receive meeting notices on their Apple device and the mobile user will be able to accept, tentatively accept, or decline the meeting invitation. Using the Settings application on the Apple device, the user can enable or disable meeting notice alerts by selecting the Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings and then changing New Invitation Alerts to On or Off.

Lotusphere Open General Session published

Kenio Carvalho — Wed, 3 Feb 2010 07:52:54 -0200

IBM post the webcast about the Lotusphere OGS 2010.

https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swg-Lotusphere_2010_OGS&S_CMP=swnews210

Lotusphere, a wire and my cell phone.

Kenio Carvalho — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:03:50 -0200

Two weeks ago I went to Lotusphere in Orlando. I forgot that the electrical connections in the U.S. are different from those of Brazil. I did not find an adapter to connect the charger to my cell phone, left me to improvise with a wire and electrical tape.

Duas semanas atr�s eu fui para o Lotusphere em Orlando. Eu esqueci que as conex�es el�tricas nos EUA s�o diferentes das do Brasil.
N�o encontrei um adaptador para ligar o carregador do meu telefone celular, me restou improvisar com um fio e fita isolante.

How to copy all documents and folders from one mail database to another using LotusScript

Kenio Carvalho — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:36:30 -0200

If you want to merge 2 mail dabases you can use this TN

Lotus Knows How much you need to walk to attend Lotusphere

Kenio Carvalho — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:15:00 -0200

Last week I went to Lotusphere 2010. Who has been in the event knows that it is necessary to plan the schedule of activities. The reason is that we have much content to be seen and also much to walk. During the event Instructor Day, I got a pedometer and started counting.
On average I walked 1967 steps per day. Whereas a step has an average of 85 cm, then walked 1.6 Km per day.

Semana passada eu fui ao Lotusphere 2010. Quem j� foi no evento sabe que � necess�rio planejar o calend�rio de atividades. O motivo � que temos muito conte�do para ser visto e tamb�m muito que andar. Durante o evento Instructor Day eu ganhei um ped�metro e iniciei a contagem.
Em m�dia eu andei 1967 passos por dia. Considerando que um passo tem em m�dia 85 cm, ent�o andei 1,6 Km por dia. O que da um total de 8 Km para os 5 dias de evento.

Support for Notes on Windows 7, Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), and RHEL 5.4

Kenio Carvalho — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:57:25 -0600

Support for Notes on Windows 7, Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), and RHEL 5.4

Windows 7, Snow Leopard (on Mac OS X 10.6.2), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Desktop certification testing has been completed for Notes 8.5.1 Fix Pack 1, available now. As part of this release, Notes 32-bit will be supported on Windows 7 64-bit. Download FP1 in this link

Terminou o Lotusphere

Kenio Carvalho — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:28:00 -0600

Ontem terminou o evento. Muitas novidades e muita coisa para estudar para colocar em pr�tica.
N�o tive muito tempo para ficar colocando novidades do evento aqui.
Hoje vou passear por Orlando e conhecer um parque novo. Como eu n�o tenho muita sorte como turista, hoje est� chovendo.

Lotusphere Segundo Dia

Kenio Carvalho — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:12:09 -0600

Fiquei em pr�ticamente dois eventos o BDDay e o Instructor Day. Foi muito bom pois al�m dos contatos feitos, mostraram muita coisa interessante.
Hoje dia 18/10 � a Sess�o de Abertura que � sempre um show.

Lotusphere 2010 Primeiro dia

Kenio Carvalho — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:52:33 -0600

Fiz boa viagem at� Orlando mesmo com o stress da imigra��o (desta vez foi dif�cil) achei estranho o pessoal me perguntar tanta coisa.
S�o 05:30 da manh� aqui em Orlando e est� frio. Ontem foi dia de compras. Orlando est� cheia de brasileiros e algumas coisas n�o consegui encontrar no primeiro dia aqui.
Estou indo para o BDDay hoje e tamb�m irei participar do Instructor Day.
Hoje tem muita palestra legal e como sempre fica a d�vida entre uma e outras tantas.