IBM Traveler 9.0.1.16 - A Note On Upgrading
Posted on February 17, 2017
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| Ted Hardenburgh
So IBM Traveler 9.0.1.16 is now available. We’ve been waiting on it to upgrade our internal server that was on an older version, mostly due to the issue that Detlev posted about in December. That is “fixed” in this release, however my experience upgrading revealed that it wasn’t so much fixed as the command that you need to issue to resolve the error was enabled for use.
So, after upgrading Traveler from the .
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IBM Verse On-Premises - some thoughts after using for two weeks
Posted on January 13, 2017
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| Ted Hardenburgh
We installed IBM Verse On-Premises (VOP) the day it was released. See my previous post about the installation (spoiler alert…simple). This post will cover my impressions after having used it for two weeks as my main access point to my company email.
Basic Usage:
Overall, I’m pretty pleased with the VOP 1.0 release. Reading and composing emails are easy and straightforward. When new mail arrives, the browser tab adds a red dot to the Verse icon to let me know there’s something new.
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Initial impressions on IBM Verse On-Premises 1.0
Posted on December 30, 2016
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| Ted Hardenburgh
NOTE: This is a “first impression” post after working with VOP for a few hours. I didn’t participate in the betas, so this is a fresh experience.
So, as has been announced on the interwebs today, IBM Verse On-Premises 1.0 (VOP) was made available for download today. Part number: CNDG8ML
We had some time today, so Chris Whisonant and I installed it and setup the integration with Connections. So Chris did the Domino side and I handled the Connections side.
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IBM Connections 5.5 - Errors in SystemOut.log cleaning up HOMEPAGE database
Posted on December 21, 2016
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| Ted Hardenburgh
Working with a client on IBM Connections 5.5 CR1, they were noticing errors in the SystemOut.log of the InfraCluster around 11pm regularly. Lately, the errors were filling up 1GB of logs for a minute when it occurred.
The “critical” piece of information was the line below:
Error for batch element #1: A parent row cannot be deleted Page 10 of 67 because the relationship "HOMEPAGE.NR_READ_STATUS.FK_READ_STATUS_STR" restricts the deletion.. SQLCODE=-532, SQLSTATE=23504, DRIVER=4.
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File Downloads From Connections Using SPNEGO
Posted on November 3, 2016
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| Ted Hardenburgh
With IBM Connections, there are options to utilize different SSO options. One of the easier is using Windows Integrated Authentication, better known as SPNEGO. This uses the AD domain and the user’s Windows credentials to issue a ticket that can be used to authenticate users against other resources, such as an IBM Connections site.
In some cases, this doesn’t work like it should. One example is if the user gets an email with a link to download a file stored in Connections, but hasn’t yet authenticated with the site.
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Startup Beans and Adding Additional Nodes in Connections
Posted on July 5, 2016
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| Ted Hardenburgh
Last week, working with a customer that had setup a two-node install of Connections 5.5. Getting ready to go live and we noticed an issue in the SystemOut log of the InfraCluster when the server would start or when the search index task would run.
CLFRW0454E: Unable to get indexing information about the current server, the index will not be built for this server. We had followed the instructions for adding the new node, and couldn’t determine why we were seeing this issue.
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IBM Connections 5.5 CR1 and Connections Mail - issue with calendar picker
Posted on June 20, 2016
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After updating a test server with Connections 5.5 CR1, a customer noticed that the calendar picker in Activities would stay open after selecting a Due Date for an activity. This didn’t happen in 5.5 or earlier versions. We opened a PMR with IBM and after some back and forth, according to IBM the issue is related to Connections Mail being enabled on the server. If you don’t have Connections Mail enabled, there’s no issue.
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IBM Cnx 5.5 CR1 and WAS 8.5.5.8 update - something to remember
Posted on June 10, 2016
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| Ted Hardenburgh
I was updating a Connections 5.5 environment to CR1 today and part of the process is updating WebSphere to 8.5.5.8. The installs all went very smoothly untill we went to verify the updates by launching the site. We saw the always generic “We are unable to process your request” message hitting the homepage. Off to the SystemOut.log!
Looking at the logs, I saw a series of SSL Handshake errors and then it hit me - the Java policy files to handle the large SSL key size must have been overwritten.
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IBM Docs Mapping CIFS Drives
Posted on June 3, 2016
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| Ted Hardenburgh
Working on a Docs 2.0 install and came across some strange issues when setting up the servers to map drives to the Windows file share. On some servers, the drives mapped as expected, while others didn’t. No errors were logged in the Windows Event Viewer.
For reference, the documentation from IBM we followed is here. (Note: This is now a link to HCL documentation)
To determine what was going on, I edited the cifsmount.
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DB2 HADR Configuration Reminder
Posted on May 25, 2016
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| Ted Hardenburgh
This one is a reminder for me more than anything:
When setting up DB2 HADR, for IBM Connections, IBM Sametime, or anything, don’t forget to make sure you’ve set the logging for the database before trying to configure the standby database.
It’s easy to do when you’re working with the number of databases that Connections involves and that’s what happened here. We somehow skipped over one of them, even though we were using the DB2 directory as a guide.
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