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Another fixpack released. To update, use the IBM Installation Manger to upgrade. You no longer are required to use the old Eclipse style of update. Installation Manager is much faster and cleaner. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=203&context=SSXKAY&dc=D400&uid=swg24024964&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8〈=enCheck out the release notes here. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
I had a recent event where after a fix pack, the Domino server would not start using Windows service. I could start it using the Domino console, but that would not work as the server would shut down as soon as logged out. I kept getting a cryptic error 2351 (0x92). The simple solution was … Read more
Currently the Rational Team Concert build engine does not include an init.d script for those running build engines on Linux. This is analogous to Windows services and allow the jbe to run automagically at startup. Instead, you must rely on system administrators having the knowledge of how to write these from scratch. Currently there is … Read more
It really amazes me just how simple it is to upgrade Ubuntu Linux. Can you imagine if Windows was really this simple. Everything worked fine after my upgrade BTW. Granted, I am not using this particular installation as much as my other machines. Still. Very nice. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
I’ve just recently completed a server upgrade for a customer where they had a single R5 server and were ready to upgrade. Yes, R5. That version has been out of maintenance now since September 2005. The upgrade was a success, but I’d like to throw out a gotcha or two. In this case we added … Read more
If you are running IHS, there is a much needed fixpack you should install. Several vulnerabilities have been found that allow an attacker to exploit the system or cause a denial of service attack. These vulnerabilities affect the following versions:IBM HTTP Server version 6.0.2IBM HTTP Server version 6.1IBM HTTP Server version 7.0 To correct the … Read more
No matter what version of Team Concert you are using, the following tips will apply. You can monitor the status of each step in your automated build using the following two ANT elements:startBuildActivity, and completeBuildActivity.These two should be treated like bookmarks to an atomic grouping of ANT tasks. For example, in your build file, you … Read more
If you prefer a hosted, cloud based messaging (email) solution for convenience, you need to be aware of the dangers of some of the offerings out there: “Yesterday, it was revealed that 10,000+ Hotmail accounts were compromised and all of the usernames and passwords of these accounts were posted online. It was a major security … Read more
I am listening to the webcast on the release of Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.1. Lots of new features in the release. For one, it has 4 times the fixes of any standard maintenance release. IBM has today announced the launch of long awaited Notes 8.5.1. One of the major themes for this point release is on … Read more
Yes, I know, its hard to get excited about a point release, however, there are some features worth mentioning. In particular is the change in the licensing model for RTC Express-C. It now includes not 3 but 10 (ten) free developer/contributor licenses. It is now also supported on all the databases that are supported by … Read more