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IBM Lotus Notes andDomino 7

Andrew Pollack

Northern Collaborative Technologies

Andrew Pollack

• Principal, Northern Collaborative Technologies
• Certified with Lotus Notes since version 2
• IBM Lotus Beacon Award
• Finalist in 1999, Winner in 2003
• Author of NCT Search for Lotus Domino
• Proud member of the The Penumbra Group
• Firefighter – When not driving a keyboard, I drive the big red truck

• This is a ‘fly-by’ of new features
• Focus is on what’s Important about 7
• What IBM says is Important
• What I think is import
• Created in August based on “Milestone 2”
• Updates are likely, and will be posted
• BASED ON BETA – Things WILL change
• Focus on Admin, Designer, & Client
• I try to put the ‘meat’ on the slides

• Most of the speakers at this conference are available to help you!
• That’s the real reason we do this
• Real experts guarantee results
• Catch up with me during the

conference if you want expert help

Now, on with the show...

If this was TIVO I could fast forward…

Major Release

I say so!

• To IBM: No longer the odd man out
• Real Integration with IBM DB2
• Real Integration with Tivoli
• Enhanced Integration with WAS
• The beginning of integration with Workplace
• To Developers: Works & plays better with others
• Much easier to build Java or VS front end tools
• Much better for relational data storage
• Much better Java support
• Integration with new MS Office features

Major Release

• Commitment to Lotus Notes 7 on Macintosh became public in August
• Initial client to be based on 6.5.4 code stream, certified to work with ND7
• Stay tuned to fined out

what this means

• Full featured N7 client

with instant messaging

probably a maintenance

release

Lotus Notes and Domino 7 are huge for back end management

• DB2 Integration
• Well thought through -- it provides the basis for more relational, and more traditional applications
• Performance Enhancements
• Reports of 50% increase in performance on NotesBench using R6Mail and R6iNotes
• Management Enhancements
• ND7 really fleshes out SMTP controls & policy enforcement

• Store Domino Data within DB2
• Access Specific Domino Data from DB2
• Create a Notes view of DB2 Data
• Overview here, Details in “ALL307”

• For Beta 2, Requires DB2 on the Same Box
• Classic NSF or DB2NSF on a per database basis
• Servers Only, clients continue to use NSF files
• Transparent to users
• Mostly transparent to administrators
• Using a DB2NSF does not imply sharing data
• Not presently being represented as a performance gain

• Design Element called a “DB2 Access View”
• Defines data in Domino as a Table to DB2
• Not the same as a Notes View
• No access from Notes Client
• Exception: SQL Views see it as DB2 Data
• Domino Security Is Enforced
• Including Reader Names

• Data may be from a Domino DB2 Access View
• To open the note, you must include the noteid in the SQL select statement
• Query can be dynamic
• Example: @Prompt() popup to determine view content
• Query can “Join” DB2 data
• Join two Domino DB2 Access Views to see data from more than one Domino database in a single view

• Tivoli Autonomic Monitoring Engine (TAME)
• Consolidates reporting across servers
• Works by itself in Domino
• Integrates with Tivoli Enterprise Console
• Supports 3rd Party Plug-ins
• Highly programmable automatic responses

• Separate installation – worth trying

• Individual monitoring probes are tailored to Domino issues
• More than just “Is the server running”
• Example: Report on Agent Manager sessions that run long or use too much memory
• Build your own “probes” that check specific aspects of your custom applications
• Provides likely causes and common solutions to reported problems

Private List is going to do well

In this army

• DNS White Lists
• Provide exceptions to black list use
• Private Black Lists
• Allow easy to manage customization
• Private White Lists
• Allow easy to manage override
• Mail Rules use info from White/Black list checks
• New Mail Rule to “Stop Processing” further rules
• Standard Disclaimers

Major Release

DNS based white lists – home grown or internal DNS

DNS based Black lists like “spamcom”

Private Manual list of additional hosts to block

Private Manual list of hosts to allow though

• Kits are detached in the background
• Shared upgrade kits failover
• Smart Update requests are cluster aware
• Administrator can limit concurrent downloads from a single server
• Notification by mail of status by machine or user

• LEI now supports failover
• processing will switch to cluster peers
• LEI Administrator is IM aware
• Better testing for connections from forms
• Improved scheduling for activities
• Virtual Documents support backend changes
• Behavior controls can be based on dependant process outcome

• Mozilla is supported for WebAdmin!
• This means Firefox as well!

Editing the server’s NOTES.INI from a workstation in Firefox

• New Policy Type for Mail & CS
• Especially useful for disclaimers

• Client side HTTP compression supported
• Policy Lock Down
• Force clients to accept and use admin policies
• IPv6 is now supported
• Support for 1024-bit RSA and 128-bit RC2 Notes Keys
• LDAP now supports Aliases & UNIDs

• DB2 Integration
• It REALY means new solutions to old problems
• The biggest new thing, to IBM
• Standards march forward
• Native Web Services
• Major step forward toward hybrid applications
• The biggest new developer thing, to Andrew
• Java support enhanced
• XML Parser updated
• A few new design features

• LotusScript is NOT dead
• Fully supports all the new features
• Serious investment has been made
• Web Services element COULD have been Java Only – Its not. This should END speculation about LotusScript’s continued usefulness.

• Two sides of the coin
• Query Views
• Data from DB2
• Displayed in Notes
• DB2 Access Views (DAVs)
• Data from Domino
• Accessed in DB2
• Obeys Domino Security

Access View

DB2

Domino Data

Query View

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Traditional RDB applications

• No pre-built indexes in the NSF
• Possible storage and performance boost for databases that change frequently
• Selection can be changed on the fly per user
• Use @Prompt narrow selection
• Complex SQL can fit different kinds of data into the same view design
• Does this make the Notes client a reporting tool?
• Finally, use @Username to select data

• Distinct Design element
• not just a view type
• Not visible in the client
• except through Query Views
• Defines Lotus Notes “Information” in a Relational Data model
• Enforces Domino Security

• Or Beer and Pretzels -- They go well together
• DAVs from two Notes databases can make up a single Query View – breaking the .NSF barrier!
• If a valid NOTEID from a DAV is selected, the referenced document can be opened from the view

• The JVM is now 1.4.1
• Remote Java Debugging
• Use 3rd party debuggers, like Eclipse
• This is a good thing

Standards are great!

Especially when there are more than one!

Major Release

• Provider only, for now
• New Design Element – works like a web agent
• Creates the WSDL for you
• Creates skeleton code from existing WSDL
• Security options are identical to Agents
• LotusScript is fully supported, as is Java

• NotesAdministrationProcess.ApproveHostedOrgStorageDeletion
• Primarily used by the Admin client
• NotesDatabase.GetModifiedDocuments
• Like notesDatabase.search(@modifed..) but includes design notes as well
• NotesDocumentCollection.UntilTime
• An upper limit (less than) time on which notes to return in a collection
• NotesDOMNode
• NamespaceURI, CreateAttributeNodeNS, CreateElementNodeNS
• GetElementsByTagNameNS, GetAttributeNodeNS, GetAttributeNS
• GetElementsByTagNameNS, RemoveAttributeNS, SetAttributeNodeNS
• SetAttributeNS

• Not many needed – Formula language was vastly improved in ND6
• @PolicyIsFieldLocked
• For use in hide-when formulas, determines if a field is locked
• @Command([DiscoverFolders])
• Pops up the dialog box showing which folders contain the document

• Saves a local copy of the current document periodically in case of crash
• Document is NOT updated to the server at this time
• Used to avoid loss of work when documents are open in edit mode for long periods of time
• Designer option to ENABLE the feature for a form, user option to make use of it

• Shared Columns
• At long last!
• Actions can be added to “Right Click”
• A long requested item

• Java & LotusScript Agent Performance Profiler
• Works on Web Services too
• XML Parser has been updated
• Toggle icon for debugger
• Design element lists show more information, easier to edit

• New Microsoft Office Smart Tags are supported
• Send mail, view contact details, invite contacts to a meeting

Hey, this is just like that “Situational Awareness” they keep talking about

Major Release

Check both

“Person Name”

“Person (Lotus Notes Recognizer)”

• “Close All Window Tabs” menu option
• Save Window State – re-open notes with the same views, documents, and databases open
• Autosave – for those really long documents you’ve been writing

Views don’t lock the client

You’re on a “Need to know” basis

Major Release

• Enhanced support for “Lotus Workplace” in the Welcome Page Wizard

Keep your eyes open and stay aware!

• More awareness in the mail client
• Awareness in the address books
• Awareness in more templates
• Awareness in configuration docs
• Could we be more aware?
• Expect awareness to be pretty much universal by the time this thing is released

Major Release

• Note: Mail Template updates are frequently the last things added to the beta versions. Watch for more as the release gets closer
• “No Subject” warning when sending mail
• Mail can be sorted by subject
• Mail threads can be made visible within

mail documents

• “Quick Follow Up” flags multiple documents without any dialog box
• Preferences for follow up are set in the mail preferences profile action
• Follow Up actions now also on Right Click

• Mozilla based browsers are now supported
• Full S/MIME Support
• Custom stationary is now supported
• Features improved to more closely match Notes Client features
• Single Click “Follow-Up” support has been added
• More forwarding options have been added

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