Domino 12.0.2 SAML Not Sending User to Originating URL

 Posted on February 22, 2023  |  1 min.  |  95 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

Fresh off the press is a new Knowledge Base article at HCL that describes an event where a user authenticating via SAML is not being sent to the originally requested URL after authentication, but is sent to the home URL for the site. This affects new or upgraded Domino 12.0.2 servers. The cause for this is the new default setting for samesite=strict that is added to the relay state cookie. The notes. [Read More]
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I'll be presenting at the HCL Factory Tour Milan

 Posted on November 10, 2022  |  1 min.  |  55 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

HCL Factory Tour Milan

I’m excited to be presenting next week at the HCL Factory Tour in Milan. My session is on upgrading to HCL Domino 12. This has been a popular topic among our Lab Services customers, so we’re glad to share some of our experiences with customers.

If you’re attending, I look forward to seeing you there!

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Domino Actually Does Need To Be Restarted Regularly

 Posted on January 10, 2022  |  1 min.  |  136 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

For those of us that have run Domino for a long time, one of our bragging points has been that Domino can run for a long time without needing a restart. This was especially true if we were running on System i/iSeries/AS400. Windows servers seemed less likely to have long times between restarts. Well, apparently this isn’t a great idea according to a new Defect Article from HCL Support. If Domino is running for about 248 days, the creation date of Domino documents can be incorrect if a copy-style compact or server restart isn’t performed. [Read More]
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Domino Transaction Logs and Drives with 4k Sectors

 Posted on December 3, 2020  |  2 min.  |  349 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

I’m working with a client moving their on-premises data center to Azure. We’re getting the first Domino servers configured there to test performance. I’m not an Azure expert, so the client is also working with someone who is. And while configuring the new servers for transaction logging, we came across and issue that neither had seen before. Azure uses 4k sector sizes on its drives by default and while that is working fine for the drives running the Domino progream and storing the Domino data, when we went to enable transaction logging, Domino crashed as the log files were being generated, just as the last file was being created. [Read More]
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Domino V11 TLS Cipher Configuration

 Posted on January 9, 2020  |  2 min.  |  302 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

More on HCL Domino V11 - this time on the updated (finally!) configuration of TLS ciphers for your internet protocols! I know - you couldn’t wait for this exciting new feature as you really enjoy maintaining notes.ini parameters! This means the the ol’ SSLCipherSpec isn’t needed any longer as we can use the Internet Site doc to configure the ciphers now. But there is some work that needs to be done as you upgrade your existing servers to the new release. [Read More]
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Domino V11 New Web Authentication Options

 Posted on January 7, 2020  |  2 min.  |  237 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

I have upgraded my lab server to Domino V11 and have started checking some of the new features out. First up, the new option to authenticate web users with their Notes ID passwords from the ID Vault. This is a really nice feature that is working as designed. This basicall allows you to not use the Internet password field for users that have their IDs in the vault, so that’s one less place you have to maintain a password - nice! [Read More]
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Domino V11 and Connections 6.5 Global Launch Video

 Posted on December 4, 2019  |  1 min.  |  66 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

HCL Domino Earlier today, HCL had a global launch event for Domino v11 and Connections 6.5 in Tokyo. For those that couldn’t attend, there is now a video posted on YouTube that replays the event

Check it out. I was still asleep (Pacific time zone) when it happened, so I’ll be looking at it and will have some comments.

Congrats to HCL on the new release and products!

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Observations on Upgrading to v10.0.1 - Domino, Traveler, Verse on Prem

 Posted on December 21, 2018  |  1 min.  |  154 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

I spent a little time this morning upgrading a Domino server from 10.0 to 10.0.1. Upgrading Domino, Traveler and Verse on Prem took about 15 minutes. Got to love those simple upgrades. Only wish some other products were that simple. That isn’t to say there wasn’t any issue. This was a Windows box and when the Domino service started, it failed with an error. Event viewer said the error number was 7024, but didn’t offer any help at all. [Read More]
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IBM Notes and Domino 9.0.1 Feature Pack 9 available

 Posted on August 18, 2017  |  3 min.  |  636 words  |  Ted Hardenburgh

Looks like IBM Domino and IBM Notes 9.0.1 Feature Pack 9 are available for download from Fix Central Link to all Domino downloads Link to all Notes downloads Here’s a quick hit of new features available in each: Domino: The documentation in Knowledgebase will be updated with these new features to coincide with the ship date of 9.0.1 FP9 Enhancement Request To Be Able To Increase The Amgr Queue Beyond 100 (SPR #RSTNA4SL7C APARID: LO87242) The Agent Manager’s Eligible queue is now able to change from the lowest value possible at 100, to 255 which is the highest value possible via an INI AMGRMaxQueue. [Read More]
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