Lotus Connections: Java exception when deleting an activity etc.

If you experience a Java execption in Lotus Connections stating that you do not have enough rights when deleting an activity, adding a person to an activity or changing an activity to public or back to privat then this might be your solution:

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When you log-on to Activities, it creates a JSESSIONID after successful authentication. From Activities, it calls the Profiles servlet when you deal with users (for example, when you click to view Profile, search for users when adding members), sometimes, it happens that Profiles application’s JESESSIONID overwrites the JSESSIONID of the Activities. When this happens, the logon user tied to JSESSIONID of Activities is un-identified and lost the access rights.

Please use these steps to setup JVM parameters to re-use the JSESSIONID’s between applications (these steps are documented in V1.0.2 information center)….

If you are installing Profiles with either Activities or Blogs or both, and you installed Profiles into a separate WebSphere Application Server profile from Activities and Blogs, but you plan to use the same host name for these features, you must configure the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for Activities and Blogs on each server to reuse the session ID.

To do so, complete the following steps:

From the Integrated Solutions Console for the WebSphere Application Server hosting the features, expand Servers, and then select Application Servers.

Select the Application server hosting the Activities or Blogs feature, and then select Server Infrastructure > Java and Process Management > Process Definition > Java Virtual Machine > Custom Properties > New.

Add a new Custom Property for the JVM to reuse the session ID by entering the following values in the fields:

System Property Name: HttpSessionIdReuse
System Property Value: true

Save your changes.

Repeat these steps for the Application Server of the other feature, either Activities or Blogs, if you are installing both.

Restart WebSphere Application Server.

Sametime awareness not working in Lotus Quickr/Connections

If your preferred browser language is set to German (or another non-English language) you might experience the problem that Sametime awareness is not working in Lotus Connections or Lotus Quickr (J2EE services).

To correct this you need to edit the file “res.js” on your Sametime server. The file resides in the directory (..\domino\html\sametime\stlinks\de (“de” for German, you might need to use the directory for your language)).

Update the line

“var WIN_INVITE_WIDTH=;”

to

“var WIN_INVITE_WIDTH=360;”

Afterwards do not forget to copy the file “res.js” into the STLINKS directory on your Lotus Quickr or Lotus Connections server (you have copied the STLINKS directory before to enable Sametime integration).

After restarting all servers awareness will work correctly.

[Thanks to Hagen Bauer]

Lotus Quickr: Hotfix 2 for Quickr 8.0.0.2 available

On FixCentral there is the new Hotfix 2 for Lotus Quickr 8.0.0.2 (Domino Services) available. It replaces Hotfix 1 so you do not need to install both hotfixes.

If you already had installed Hotfix 1 you just have to replace the files with the newer versions in the ZIP file and copy the additional files to your Quickr server.

Again some files do have the read-only attribut set and you should remove it after copying (this time the files going to the Quickr HTML Common directory are affected which might not be a problem but you never know…)

After restarting the server you have to run the following commands (the same as after installing Hotfix 1):

load qptool upgrade -f -server
load qptool unlock -a
load qptool upgrade -f -a

Afterwards restart the HTTP task and everything should be fine.

Although not mentioned in the fix list subscribing to Quickr feeds with Firefox 2.0 now seems to work correctly. [Update: It does work for team places and wikis but still not for blogs …]

Ausführlicher Artikel über Lotus Quickr

Auf lanline.de ist ein ausführlicher Artikel über IBM Lotus Quickr erschienen, der besonders auch auf die Unterschiede der beiden Varianten “Services für Domino” und “Services für Websphere Portal” eingeht.

Ein paar kleine Anmerkungen noch zu den Aussagen bzgl. der Domino-Variante:

  • Die derzeit an manchen Stellen noch etwas unterschiedliche Benutzerführung wird sich nach und nach angleichen. In der aktuellen Version 8.0.0.2 der Quickr Services für Domino ist das schon teilweise sichtbar (MyPlaces sieht schon fast so aus wie in der Portal-Variante, die “Drag and Drop-Zone” im Browser existiert nun ebenfalls etc.)
  • Das im Artikel angesprochene Verhalten, daß beim Umbenennen eines Files mittels des Explorer-Konnektors das zugehörige Dokument nicht mit umbenannt wird, ist ebenfalls ab 8.0.0.2 korrigiert.
  • Das Thema Versionierung ist in der aktuellen Release bereits als “Technical Preview” vorhanden und wird im nächsten Release voraussichtlich offiziell enthalten sein.

[Danke an Sven Stueven für den Link]

Starting Lotus Notes 8.0 Basic Client

During a discussion with a customer today it turned out that not all users of Lotus Notes 8 know that after installing the Lotus Notes Standard (eclipse) client they also have the Lotus Notes Basic client installed as well.

Although there is no icon automatically generated for the basic client you only need to start the “nlnotes.exe” from the Notes program directory to get the Lotus Notes basic client running.

So you can roll out the standard client on all your workstations even if they do not currently meet the hardware requirements (e.g. not enough RAM etc.). On these workstations you can work with the basic client in the meantime and switch to the standard client later without the need to re-install.

Lotus Quickr (Services for Domino) 8.0.0.2 released

The message comes a little bit late because of my holidays:

Some days ago version 8.0.0.2 of Lotus Quickr (Services for Domino) aka Lotus Quickr version 8.0 fix pack 1 has been released.

Please make sure that you also install the already available hotfix 1 for this new version which is available on FixCentral.

Important: There seems to be some confusion as there are still two different files on FixCentral. One is called “8.0.0.2-Quickr-Domino-HF1” and the other “8.0.0.2-Quickr-HF1-Domino”. You MUST use the file called “8.0.0.2-Quickr-Domino-HF1” which should (among others) contain a file HaikuCommonForms.ntf with a file size of 8192 kB and a file date from November 1st 2007.

The Lotus Quickr Version 8.0.0.2 is currenly for the English version of Quickr only. If you want to use the language packs for Quickr please do not install this fix pack as it is not compatible with the language packs.

Don’t forget to reinstall the Quickr Connectors with the new version delivered with 8.0.0.2 (however the release number of the new connector seems to be 8.0.0.1 …).

Wieder da …

Wir sind seit gestern nachmittag wieder aus unserem Urlaub zurück. Es war sehr erholsam am Scharmützelsee. Das Hotel Arosa ist zu empfehlen und das Wetter hat auch recht gut mitgespielt, so daß wir außer Faulenzen auch noch ein bisschen was unternehmen konnten: Kahnfahren im Spreewald (war aber schon recht kühl, dafür waren wir die einzigen Gäste :-)), einen Ausflug nach Potsdam mit Schloß Sanssouci und einen Ausflug nach Berlin (mit dem Zug in knapp 50 min. vom Nachbarort Fürstenwalde mit einem Tagesticket für 10 EUR incl. freier Fahrt in ganz Berlin … man vergleiche das mal mit den Preisen vom RMV …). Ansonsten haben wir ausgiebig den Saunabereich genutzt und uns gut erholt. Vermutlich wird die Erholung aber nicht lange anhalten, wenn wir morgen wieder arbeiten müssen 🙁

Ein paar Bilder folgen in Kürze…

Die Kürze hat länger gedauert. Aber hier sind sie.