Engage 2022 - panagenda Workshop - 100 new things in Notes, Nomad Web & MarvelClient

Make Your Data Work For You
100 new things in
Notes, Nomad Web & MarvelClient
May 23, 2022

Florian Vogler
@panvof
CEO
panagenda
Christoph Adler
@cadler80
Senior Consultant
panagenda
Join the conversation using #dominoforever @Engageug & @panagenda
Speakers

Agenda
1. Welcome! And Introduction
2. Tips and What’s New Shower Warmup
3. Nomad Web
4. Notes Client Upgrades

About panagenda
• Founded 2007, privately owned and funded – 15 years next month (yay!)
• HQ in Vienna (Austria)
• Offices in The Netherlands, Germany, USA
• panagendians work from 28 different locations
• 14 million licenses in over 70 countries
• HCL Business and Development Partner
• Microsoft Gold Partner

panagenda: Flagship Product Portfolio
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HCL Notes
Client Management
MarvelClient
HCL Domino
Server Monitoring
GreenLight
HCL Domino
Application Analytics
iDNA for
Applications
(also log.nsf and Mail)
Microsoft Teams/365
End to End Monitoring
and more
OfficeExpert

MarvelClient Basic for Rich Clients
MarvelClient: A short refresher
• Notes Client Management Solution
– for Windows, Citrix/VDI, Mac, HCL Nomad (Mobile) and Nomad Web
– for Basic, Standard and HCAA
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Automate
Roaming Realtime Eclipse Mail
FREE: MarvelClient (Basic) for HCL Nomad Mobile
FREE

panagenda and HCL
2021 (12/2020: Notes 12.0)
• 01 Notes 11.0.1FP2IF1 Mac64 and WinBasic, Nomad 1.0.11
• 02 IBM Notes 10.0.1FP6IF2 Mac64 and WinBasic
• 03 Nomad 1.0.12
• 04 Notes 11.0.1FP3 and HCAA 3.0.4
• 05 Notes 11.0.1FP3IF1 Mac64, Notes 12.0, Nomad 1.0.12, Nomad Web 1.0
• 07 IBM Notes 10.0.1FP7
• 08 Nomad 1.0.15
• 09 Nomad Web 1.0.1
• 10 Notes 11.0.1FP4, Nomad 1.0.16 and HCAA 3.0.5
• 12 Notes 11.0.1FP4 IF1 Mac64, Notes 12.0.1 (DP!), Nomad 1.0.17 and Nomad Web 1.0.2
2022
• 01 Nomad 1.0.18
• 03 Notes 11.0.1FP5, Nomad 1.0.20, Nomad Web 1.0.3 and HCAA 3.0.6
• 04 Notes 12.0.1FP1 and Notes 11.0.1FP5IF1 Mac64
In progress
• IBM Notes 10.0.1FP8, Notes 11.0.1FP6, Notes 12.0.2, Nomad x.x, Nomad Web 1.0.4/1.0.5
7

panagenda and HCL
2021 (12/2020: Notes 12.0)
• 03 Nomad 1.0.12
• 08 Nomad 1.0.15
2022
• 01 Nomad 1.0.18
In progress
• IBM Notes 10.0.1FP8, Notes 11.0.1FP6, Notes 12.0.2, Nomad x.x, Nomad Web 1.0.4/1.0.5
8

panagenda and HCL
2021 (12/2020: Notes 12.0)
• 03 Nomad 1.0.12
• 08 Nomad 1.0.15
2022
• 01 Nomad 1.0.18
In progress
• IBM Notes 10.0.1FP8, Notes 11.0.1FP6, Notes 12.0.2, Nomad 1.0.x, Nomad Web 1.0.4
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MarvelClient
12 Templates (24)
38 DLLs (Windows+Mac; 39)
+Nomad and Nomad Web
2 Eclipse Plugins
46 Updates for MCUpgrade
+1 SecurityInsider
+2 AutoMover
+6 iDNA Applications

News & Tips Shower Warmup
(Mostly Notes 12.0.1)

News & Tips
• Hat tip:
https://dominopeople.ie/101-new-features-of-domino-12/
→ Go visit for Domino, too!
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News & Tips #1: ODS55
• Increase total size of summary fields per document
64K → 16MB
– Load compact –c –LargeSummary on <database>
– Don’t forget: local replicas!
• Increase number of maximum possible ACL entries
950 → 64K
– Also requires NSF_ENABLE_LARGE_ACL=1
on BOTH clients and servers!
– Don’t forget local replicas BEFORE enabling!
– Beware of (ODS) downgrades!
12

News & Tips #2: AD password synchronization
• Beneficial for e.g., Nomad Mobile,
as well as users who cannot connect to an AD domain controller
• Best Practice recommendation
over AD pw synchronization: → Federated Login
13

News & Tips #3: New Java Runtime Environment
• OpenJDK 1.8(.0_282) 2021
• OpenJ9, OMR, JCL, IANA time zone
→ https://www.slideshare.net/JulianRobichaux/connect2017-dev1550-why-
java-8-or-whats-a-lambda
14

News & Tips #4: Entitlement Tracking
• entitlementtrack.ntf → entitlementtrack.ncf
• Calculates one
highest access
per user
→ panagenda
SecurityInsider
• Watch out for
- Default - and
*/Certifier
• May be requested
by HCL Support
15

News & Tips #5: MarvelClient Essentials Integration
16

News & Tips #6: Outgoing Mail Limits
• Mail Settings
Policy
17

News & Tips #7: Partial Replication
• notes.ini:networkSpeedInMbps=# – e.g.:
networkSpeedInMbps=8
(=8 MegaBytesPerSecond)
• Supported on Windows and Mac
• Not recommended
– You might end up with clients never doing full replication!
– Also highly problematic during initial setups
18

News & Tips #8: View Actions for Mail Messages
• Usability “improvement”/CHANGE!
• notes.ini:ShowAllActionsInActionBar=0|1|2
Default is 0(!) = hover only!
– Set to 1 to show BOTH
– Set to 2 to not show on hover
19

News & Tips #9: Improved rendering of HTML buttons
20

News & Tips #10: Another HTML button option
• notes.ini:DontFilterPositionStyling=1 (Defaults to 0)
• Not recommended due to resulting security vulnerability
e.g., invisible “facebook like” on top of button
21

News & Tips #11: Search improvements
• /instance/com.ibm.rcp.search.ui/
com.ibm.rcp.search.engines.yahoo.YahooWebLink.item.visible=false
22

News & Tips #12: New Inbox default settings
• Usability “improvement”/CHANGE!
• Group by Date is ENABLED (BOOOH! Apologies)
• Show Beginning of Message is ENABLED (YAY!)
23

News & Tips #13: Install improvements
• Pre-installed Dictionaries (YAY!)
• Cascaded installer (OUCH, OUCH, OUCH)
• Reduced footprint of install kits (HUH?)
24

News & Tips #14: New Workspace/Desktop Look
• Plus:
Visual
improvements
in mail template
for
Calendar entry
and Mail form
25

Document Properties
News & Tips #15: Advanced Document Properties!

News & Tips #15: Advanced Document Properties!
• We all know the good old Document Properties Dialog:
27

What happened then?
10/2018
IBM Notes 10
12/2018
IBM Notes 10.0.1
12/2019
HCL Notes 11
03/2020
HCL Notes 11.0.1
05/2021
HCL Notes 12
12/2021
HCL Notes 12.0.1

Live Demo

Administration
There are several notes.ini variables that can be set to change the behavior of the Advanced Document
Properties plugin:

News & Tips #16 to 19: More panagenda plugins!
• Visit us at the booth if you want one, some or all of them
• #16: panagenda Tabzilla
• #17: panagenda Timezone Helper
• #18: panagenda Preference Tree Plugin
• #19: panagenda Icon Embiggenator (preview)
47

News & Tips #20: (MC)SupportHelper
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News & Tips #21: MC & Nomad Web NEXT (1.0.4)
• Envision a large IBM like disclaimer here
• Realtime Restrict (if licensed) will work on Nomad Web, too!
– This allows you to prevent Nomad Web users from accessing, replicating, or deleting
specific databases either locally or on a server
• Select MarvelClient actions can
run in the background after the client has started
• GeoLocation Condition fixed (also for Windows, Mac and Nomad Mobile)
– Requires mc:geo_data_enabled=1 (defaults to 0)
– Also requires location services to be enabled on OS, and possibly App level
49

News & Tips #22: Copy Formatting of selected Text
• Select Text and click on
• Any text you select thereafter will be reformatted
• Turns off (in most cases) automatically after selecting other text
50

News & Tips #23: Right Click to copy URL Link
51

News & Tips #24: Screen resolution dependent hiding
• Hiding view columns or form fields depending on resolution:
– Form > onSize event > @Command([RelayoutWindow])
– View > onSize event > @Command([RelayoutWindow])
– View Column hide formula:
@ResolutionWidth<NumberOfPixels
– Form field hide formula:
@ResolutionHeight<NumberOfPixels
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Nomad Web
News & Tips #25 to #749: Nomad Web

The Path to HCL Nomad Web
!=
Nomad (mobile) Nomad Web
Official name
“HCL Nomad for web browser”

The Path to HCL Nomad Web
+ + +

The Path to HCL Nomad Web (cont.)

The Path to HCL Nomad Web (cont.)
License requirements
To use HCL Nomad for web browsers, you agree to obtain and
maintain an active subscription and Support for HCL Domino
Complete Collaboration (CCB). Please note, only CCB customers are
entitled to use HCL Nomad for web browsers.

2. How current HCL Notes/Domino
infrastructures looks like

How current HCL Notes/Domino infrastructures looks like
VPN
Internet /
HomeOffice
DMZ Corporate network Corporate network
VPN-Tunnel / Port 1352 (NRPC) Port 1352 (NRPC)
and/or
Passthru
Port 1352 (NRPC)

3. What needs to be changed/added for
HCL Nomad Web

What needs to be changed/added for HCL Nomad Web
Internet /
HomeOffice
DMZ Corporate network Corporate network
Port 443 (WSS) Port 1352
Port 443 (WSS)
Port 1352 (NRPC)

Too complex for you? Vote here!

What are additional benefits of HCL SafeLinx?
HCL SafeLinx can be the single point of contact for *all* your HCL products

Really *all* of your HCL products?

4. More information about HCL SafeLinx
and Nomad Web

HCL SafeLinx and Nomad Web – needed components
RDBMS
(DB2, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle) (Static Web Files) (>=v12 for IDVault / LDAP server)
(Windows or Linux)

More information about HCL SafeLinx and Nomad Web
• SafeLinx is mandatory for Nomad Web and highly
recommended for Nomad (mobile) → security
• SafeLinx and Nomad Web are being updated on a regular
basis (so far → quaterly)
• Using a RDBMS is officially not needed but highly
recommended
• SSO via SAML is supported

More information about HCL SafeLinx and Nomad Web (cont.)
Current available releases
• HCL SafeLinx → 1.3.0
• HCL Nomad Web → 1.0.3
• HCL Domino → 12.0.1 FP1

HCL SafeLinx version 1.3
HCL SafeLinx Release Notes
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&syspar
m_article=KB0097865
What's new in SafeLinx 1.3
• https://help.hcltechsw.com/safelinx/1.3/whatsnew/whats
_new.html

Attention - HCL SafeLinx version 1.3 (cont.)

Interesting articles about SafeLinx & Nomad Web
• Interactive Nomad server configuration documentation
https://help.hcltechsw.com/nomad/docwizard/1.0/index.html
• SafeLinx documentation
https://help.hcltechsw.com/safelinx/1.2/index.html
• Nomad Web documentation
https://help.hcltechsw.com/nomad/1.0_web/nomad_web.html
• Domino documentation
https://help.hcltechsw.com/domino/12.0.0/admin/index.html

Interesting articles about SafeLinx & Nomad Web (cont.)
• Blog: What is HCL Nomad Web by Christoph Adler
https://www.panagenda.com/blog/what-is-hcl-nomad-web/
• Guide: SafeLinx Step by Step Guide by Marc Thomas
https://info.panagenda.com/en/safelinx-for-nomad-step-by-step-
guide
• Video: Nomad for Web Browser and MarvelClient:
A Match Made in Heaven by Thomas Hampel & Christoph Adler
https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/nomad-for-web-
browsers-and-marvelclient-a-match-made-in-heaven/

3. Tips & Tricks on the
Server / Administrator side of things

Official SSL/TLS Certificate needed
• An official SSL/TLS certfifcate is needed to be able to successfully load all
WebAssembly (wasm) modules
• Whitepaper: Installing and Configuring HCL SafeLinx 1.2 for Nomad web
browsers on Windows and Linux
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0094988

Official SSL/TLS Certificate needed (cont.)

Read the SafeLinx system requirements carefully!
• HCL SafeLinx System Requirements

Read the SafeLinx system requirements carefully! (cont.)
• Where to download OpenJDK8?
https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases?version=8

Read the SafeLinx system requirements carefully! (cont.)

HCL Nomad Web - Static Web Files

HCL Nomad Web - Static Web Files (cont.)

HCL Nomad Web - Static Web Files on SafeLinx

HCL Nomad Web - Static Web Files on Domino

4. Browser, browser, browser

→ no native PWA support since version 85
Supported Browser → select wisely
Only 64-bit desktop web browsers are supported
• Firefox 83 or higher
• Google Chrome 80 or higher
• Microsoft Edge 85 or higher

Profiling & Cache (cont.)
Browser properties and useful features
• Per browser and profile only one instance of Nomad Web is possible (due to cache)
• In Chrome/Edge/Firefox you can manage multiple profiles
• Every profile can/will have its own Nomad Web instance and contains its own
− Bookmarks
− Accounts & Passwords
− Cache
− …

Browsers & Performance (cont.)
Basic stuff
• Most of the web browsers do have
− performance settings
− an internal task manager
− developer tools to troubleshoot / debug functionality, stability and
performance
• Examples today with Microsoft Edge v101.0.1210.47 (Chromium)
− <shift> + <esc> → task manager
− <f12> → developer tools (console)

Nomad Web – Cold start (configured)

Nomad Web – Initial start (with task manager & console)

Nomad Web in virtual infrastructures
Is it possible and useful to run HCL Nomad Web on VDI / Citrix / VMWare / … ?
• Yes, but think about sizing
− CPU
− Memory
− Browser cache → Windows Roaming profile yes/no ?
→ Plus: stay tuned for what we are working on ☺
• Do not forget “Piloting & Testing”

MarvelClient for Nomad (mobile) & Nomad Web
Analyze Web unlicensed Web + Basic iOS Android
Desktop, Bookmarks ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
notes.ini, User Preferences ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Mailfile Details ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
HCL Notes/Nomad Version and Installation Information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Local Databases / Replicas ✔ ✔ ✔
ECL ✔ ✔ ✔
Server → Client Latency ✔ ✔ ✔
Locations, Connections, Accounts, Certificates ✔ ✔ ✔
OS and Hardware Overview ✔ ✔

MarvelClient for Nomad (mobile) & Nomad Web (cont.)
Configuration Web unlicensed Web + Basic iOS Android
notes.ini and MC Config Variables ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Any .ini, xml, or json File ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
User Preferences ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Up/Download Web unlicensed Web + Basic iOS Android
Upload Data for Analyze ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Smart File Downloader ✔ ✔
File Deployment (platform restrictions may apply) ✔ ✔
Run Web unlicensed Web + Basic iOS Android
Run Agents ✔ ✔ ✔
Run Notes Formulas ✔ ✔ ✔
Run Programs ✔

Migrate Web unlicensed Web + Basic iOS Android
Mass Change to Update Database Links ✔ ✔ ✔
Mass Delete to Remove Database Links ✔ ✔ ✔
Manage Web unlicensed Web + Basic iOS Android
Workspace Pages ✔ ✔ ✔
Desktop Icons ✔ ✔ ✔
Locations ✔ ✔ ✔
Connections ✔ ✔ ✔
ECL ✔ ✔ ✔
Profile Documents ✔ ✔ ✔
Local Replicas * ✔ ✔
** Local replicas are officially available in a future release of HCL Nomad Web

Nomad Specific Web unlicensed Web + Basic iOS Android
Recent Apps ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
App Restrictions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Nomad Location ✔ ✔ ✔
Nomad Web Migration ✔ ✔

Notes Upgrades
News & Tips #750 to infinity: Notes Upgrades

1. Why are we talking about
Notes Upgrades?

1. Stay current with (security) updates
• Current available and supported releases
– HCL Notes 12.0.1 FP1 (April 2022)
• No EOL defined yet
– HCL Notes 11.0.1 FP5 (March 2021)
• No EOL defined yet
– HCL Notes 10.0.1 FP7 (July 2021)
• No EOL defined yet, BUT “Support Update - List of Exceptions Starting 12/31/2021” here:
– HCL Notes 9.0.1 FP10 IF10 (October 2021)
• No EOL defined yet, BUT “Support Update - List of Exceptions Starting 12/31/2021” here:

2. HCL Notes Client
Upgrade Challenges

2. HCL Notes Client – Upgrade Challenges
• Package creation and standardization
– Initial Install == Upgrades
– One package fits it all → Laptops, Desktops, Citrix & VDI
– Include Uninstall → needed in case of re-install
– Command lines and parameters/switches
– Installation order → Client, Language Packs, Fix Packs, Add-Ons, etc.
– Notes Client preparation/optimization (see next slide)
• Package deployment
– Remote workers (with or without VPN)

2. HCL Notes Client – Upgrade Challenges (cont.)
• Execution trigger
– Software deployment solution
– GPO (Group Policy Object)
– Logon script
– Manual start
• Notes Client preparation/optimization
− Windows Services
− jvm.properties file
− ODS
− Stub notes.ini
− Config file

Challenges for HCL Notes deployments/upgrades
• Migration
– Data folder
– SharedData folder
– Program folder
– notes.ini
– …

The Solution
MarvelClient Upgrade (FREE25)

4. Live Demo

Florian Vogler
@panvof
CEO
panagenda
Christoph Adler
@cadler80
Senior Consultant
panagenda
Q & A

Florian Vogler
@panvof
CEO
panagenda
Christoph Adler
@cadler80
Senior Consultant
panagenda
Thank you!

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