This document summarizes a presentation about various admin hacks and tips for IBM Notes and Domino users. The presentation covers topics like limiting user choices to reduce problems, changing path locations like the temporary folder, running a local server console, improving the standard Rooms and Resources template, and useful agents and links. The presentation provides specific instructions and options for customizing Notes installations and databases to improve performance, usability and manageability.

1. ADMIN HACKS FOR USERS
(AND YOUR) SANITY
Keith Brooks CEO, B2BWhisperer
@lotusevangelist keith@b2bwhisperer.com
Blog: http://blog.vanessabrooks.com
June 12, 2019

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KEITH BROOKS
 Ex Lotus EMEA
 IBM Champion for 7 years
 IBM RedbooksThought Leader
 Lazy Administrator that has
presented at Social
Connections, Lotusphere,Think,
Connect, Connected, Engage,
SUTOL,TheView Admin and
now NCUG
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TOPICS FORTODAY
Choices and their Outcomes
Changing Path Locations
Running a Local Server Console
Hacking the RnR (Rooms and Resources)Template
Agents
Links to Know

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CHOICES LEADTO ISSUES
Remove their choices, you have less problems
Location Documents?
Most users only need 1, remove the rest at setup
Notes Ports?
OnlyTCPIP
ID Files?
Don’t confuse them with backups or anything

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CHANGING PATH LOCATIONS

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CHANGING PATH LOCATIONS
Change theTemporary Folder
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21175587
Add the Notes.ini variable "NOTES_TEMPDIR" to specify the
NotesTemporary directory
The "NOTES_TEMPDIR" value must reference the full path to the
temporary directory.The value must point to a "temp" directory
(e.g., Notes_tempdir=C:temp; not Notes_tempdir=C:test)
 Notes also appends its own folder to the end of the path, so it will
end up being something like C:testtempNotesFCEE85

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CHANGING NOTES.INI LOCATION
Windows service Edit –Want notes.ini someplace else?
1. Change properties to:
C:LotusNotesnotes.exe "=C:LotusNotesnotes.ini“
2. Next change the service startup code, Star-Run “regedit”
3. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServices.
4. Find the service you want to redirect, locate
the ImagePath subkey and change that value.
5. Copy the notes.ini to the new location and delete the old one

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R8.5.3 MOVINGTHE FTI (FULLTEXT INDEX)
We have the FTBasePath=d:full_text option placed in the
Notes.ini on the server
You will need to restart the server for the setting to take effect.
No more running out of disk space because of indices
Nor performance issues
You need 2.5x the size of your largest file for temporary space so
server side tasks can all run properly.
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKTMJ_10.0.1/admin/admn_moving_views_out_of_databases.html

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R10 SEPARATINGVIEWS FROMTHE NSF
 Enable transactional logging in the Server document in the Domino directory.
 Add NIFNSFEnable=1Copy into notes.ini setting on the IBM Domino server, then restart the server:
 Optional:The .NDX files are stored in the Domino data directory, by default.To specify a different
location, add the following notes.ini setting: NIFBasePath=pathCopy
 To use this feature, databases must be ODS version 51 or higher.To upgrade all databases to at
least this version, add one of the following notes.in settings:
 CREATE_R9_DATABASES=1Copy or CREATE_R85_DATABASES=1Copy
 Enable the feature on specific databases:
 To enable separate view indexes on an existing database, run the following compact command on the
server: load compact -c -nifnsf on xxxxx.nsf Copy
 To enable separate view indexes on all databases created in the future, add the following notes.ini
setting:CREATE_NIFNSF_DATABASES=1Copy
 Restart the server.
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKTMJ_10.0.1/admin/admn_moving_views_out_of_databases.html

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UPGRADING / MIGRATINGTO NOTES R10
SmartUpgrade for older clients not on R9 is your non-
manual way to upgrade the clients
Panagenda’s Marvel Client Essentials (FREE)is the best
way to go if on R9.
Now will upgrade you to 10.0.1 Fix Pack 2
https://www.panagenda.com/essentials/
Also Marvel Client ($) itself can help upgrade Sametime
and so many other things you should talk to them about
a site license for your servers

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NEED A SERVER CONSOLE?
Old trick but still works!
Click File -> Preferences ->Toolbar -> Customize
Click on New and select Button
Under 'Button caption text', type a name (Rconsole)
Click on Command & Functions button to select Commands
SelectAdminRemoteConsole and click on Paste button
Click on OK and then click SaveToolbar and click on OK.

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ROOMS AND RESOURCES DATABASE
The form could use an update of new fields for when making a reservation:
 Transportation required/options (Bus,Taxi, Uber,Van, Handicapped)
 Food Services (How many people, hot/cold, dietary options, quantities,
offsite/onsite)
 OnTime has extended their awesome calendaring product with a Catering
option!
 Map location orWaze Link option lookups when required
 Location Options, instead of a blank line (Building name/#, floor)

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OOTB RESOURCESTEMPLATE
Has not changed since last century (R4/5)
Not very user, or Administrator, friendly
Not HTTP accessible
 Not yet available in Connections Cloud
(On “short” list to get done…)

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OOTB RESOURCETEMPLATE AGENTS
Only Agent that a user can use is Upgrade
None of the IBMTechnotes Lotusscript fixes
have ever been added to the RnR template!
HCL is here, please let them know we need an
update

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PRACTICAL RESOURCE ADDITIONS
 Conflicts view added (Technotes)
 DST added for specific country/asset issues
 Export Reservations because AAs need help
 Tradeshows, you are not limited to your offices, careful of
Time Zones!
 Multiple views of Information (BY…)
 Resources by Location is very helpful
 Suggest you edit the columns in the views to allow sorting
Download my RnRTemplate with all of this built in from my server at
http://keithbrooks.com/download/isbg_rnr_use.ntf

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RESOURCE AGENTS ADDED
 Update Resource Owner
 Delete Bad Profile Document
 Export to Excel
 Find the bad profile with Notes Collector
 Fix Room
 Force Delete
 Update Resource Name
 And there are more out there, these are just the ones I use frequently
Download my RnRTemplate with all of this built in from my server at
http://keithbrooks.com/download/isbg_rnr_use.ntf

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LINKSYOU NEED!
 The Lotus Sandbox,TreasureTrove of scripts, database templates and History
 http://domquery.info/samples/sandbox.nsf/
 The Nifty 50Templates (R3/R4 era)
 https://www.wissel.net/blog/2009/02/the-nifty-fifty-unearthed.html
 Speed up your Clients
 https://tinkertry.com/speed-up-lotus-notes-8-5-3-or-ibm-notes-9-social-edition-under-
windows-7-8-81-or-linux
 All-in-oneAdminTool for agent-based troubleshooting & problem solving
 https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21459332
 The OOO (Out of Office) DiagnosticTool
 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21296389
 Download my RnRTemplate with all of theViews andAgents included
http://keithbrooks.com/download/isbg_rnr_use.ntf

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REVIEWTOPICS
Choices and their Outcomes
Changing Path Locations
Running a Local Server Console
Hacking the RnR (Rooms and Resources)Template
Agents
Links to Know

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THANKYOU
Keith Brooks CEO, B2B Whisperer
@lotusevangelist keith@b2bwhisperer.com
Blog: http://blog.vanessabrooks.com