This hopefully is the first of many
posts on Portal server for Domino guys…  Feedback would be great.

Ok, you know nothing about Websphere
Portal Server… but know Domino/Sametime.  That is where I am beginning
these little SNTT posts.  They are totally open to correction or (hopefully)
productive comments.  First things first – what files do I need to
download and install the product?

Well, there are many many many CD’s
that you can get to do this.  If you have access to download the files
(i.e. a BP or Passport customer), you need the following:

• C93LQML.zip
• C93LWML.exe
• C93LRML.exe
• C93LSML.zip
• C93M4ML.zip
• C93LUML.zip

Now these files have to be expanded
into a directory structure to make the install go smoothly, as opposed
to being asked to supply directories during the install.  The following
batch file (using unzip.exe) will unpack the files into the correct places
to get you started:

"unzip C93LQML.zip -d e:\WPS6\W-Setup

unzip C93LWML.exe -d e:\WPS6\W-1

unzip C93LRML.exe -d e:\WPS6\W-2

unzip C93LSML.zip -d e:\WPS6\W-3

unzip C93M4ML.zip -d e:\WPS6\W-4

unzip C93LUML.zip -d e:\WPS6\W-5"

The structure should look like the following:

Next post is on preparing the OS for
the install.

 A man is walking home alone late
one foggy night…

Trying out the alpha copy of the V3 Blogsphere template. Looks nice so far, with some great features. If you notice any problems, drop me a line.

Working on this product at the moment and finding it very problematic.  It seems to use the Windows Performance Monitor bolt on (part of a custom domino install) to get its stats.  The main issue lies with the configuration of the product with domino.. as it seems to not "see" the domino server unless you really muck around with your build.  Has anyone done any work on this product in the past?  Any comments on this in production?

Considering turning this into a SNTT post in the next few weeks as many people/sites do not understand the newer Server Availability Index and TransInfoRange setting.  In order to get useful results from SAI recently on new servers, I had to raise the TransInfoRange setting as high as 25.  If you have it configured, have you ever had to configure it with that value?

Well its been an interesting few weeks.
 Mostly on the road so very little time for this site.  I’m sitting
in a propeller plane en route to Edinburgh to get a connect to Dublin later
this evening… For those that want to know where have I been.  

Look at a map of the UK.  

Now look up at Scotland….

Now look at the very VERY top of Scotland
(i.e. next stop Iceland).

There I was…  Nice people, lovely
place, no WLANS…

Normal abnormalities will continue when
I get home.  Hopefully meeting Warren and Kitty for a beer in Edinburgh
airport later this evening for a pint and a catch-up.

This event looks very very good.  Hoping
to make it there myself.  For further information, click on the image
below:

Chris,
Carl
and I did a podcast on ST7.5 a few weeks ago (my first).  It is available from iTunes or on Chris’ site.

I have been asked this a few times over the past few weeks, so thought it was worth a post.  When you use Remote Desktop software, you are in fact running Terminal services, so therefore log on to the server and run your specific login.  This in turn loads a profile for you and does not show you the interface of any programs being run directly by the Windows server (i.e. Domino).  If you want to use Remote Desktop to gain access to the domino server console, do the following:

Click on START/RUN

Type in

mstsc /v:servername /console

Servername=name of windows server or IP address.

Login and bingo – you can see it now.

This is good – and will come in useful
(taken from release notes)

When you address a mail message, Notes
can now look into the server address book first, instead of the user’s
personal address book.  To use this feature, choose ‘Server then Local’
in the "Mail addressing" field shown below.  Note that this
field is only visible if your mail file location is set to "Local".
 IBM is investigating having this feature available for Server-based
mail files in a future release.