As promised earlier in the year, HCL have released Domino 14.5 EAP1 today. Included in this release is several categories of new features Domino Server: General Enhancements Installation Features (headline being autoinstall here). Configuration Features Administration Features Security Features Notes Client: General Enhancements Calendar Improvements Support for Sametime Webchat/PWA Designer You can get it via… Read the full article
Author: Cormac McCarthy
You don’t have to overwrite your Command when pasting into the Domino Console.
While having a look at the HCL Domino Portal ideas portal the other week (plug – if you think these are things you’d like please vote for them) –Change defaults for new Domino servers (and server upgrades) –Adding a user to a group should give access to a database immediately (rather than requiring re-authentication)) I… Read the full article
Notes/Domino 14.0 FP2 is out.
HCL have released multiple fix packs this week. (Traveler 14.0 FP1 and Sametime 12.0.2 FP1 earlier in the week) Today they’ve released Notes/Domino 14.0 FP2. including 2 new (DAOS) features and 65 fixes. It’s a busy time! Cormac McCarthy – Domino People Ltd
Domino 14.5 Early Access Program (EAP) is imminent!
HCL have announced a webinar for September 4th – Get Ready to Explore Exciting New Features Coming in Domino v14.5 From previous experience generally the code drop for the releases come within a day or two of this type of webinar so we can (likely) extrapolate from that the the first EAP1 code drop for… Read the full article
Silent HCL Notes 32 bit to 64 bit upgrade changes
HCL have recently published one of the “gotchas” around upgrading from 32 bit to 64 bit Notes. I came across this again and thought it worth sharing. When upgrading Notes 32 bit to 64 bit via command line/scripting/third party install tool (basically anywhere you’re running silently) the syntax for PROGDIR and DATADIR changes to PROGDIRW64 and… Read the full article
my.hcltechsw.com goes live!
You might have missed the announcement from earlier in the week. HCL this week announced that effectively immediately my.hcltechsw.com is the primary resource for all current and future product downloads. It’s been titled My HCLSoftware (MHS) . I’ve written about this portal since it’s earliest beta and it really is a success story that so… Read the full article
End of Support date for Notes/Domino 11 announced. (June 2025)
Last week HCL announced the end of Support for Domino 11 in June 2025. This follows up on the end of support for Notes/Domino 9 and 10 last month. I don’t think it would take a clairvoyant to predict as HCL have such a regular release cycle now, this will likely become a regular occurrence.… Read the full article
A good reference for Semaphore timeouts
Recently while troubleshooting an issue on a customer site, I can across this Knowledge based article around what the HEX codes when Semaphore messages are thrown in the Domino console. It’s been updated recently and contains information you may need to troubleshoot semaphore issues with a Domino server. I like this type of transparency that… Read the full article
Theo’s last Engage – 2024 Antwerp Recap
So Engage 2024 is finished. The main story from this week is really about Theo (and Hilde!)’s last Engage (as organiser! but I’m sure he will still attend). There were understandably high emotions after Theo’s years of outstanding service. Theo received multiple special gifts and awards including the C3UG North Star award, and a fellowship… Read the full article
Relatively quirky ID Vault error on Traveler.
Recently I came across a problem on a Traveler server. The customer had a pre-existing Traveler server, everything was still working but there was an error in the log (which was also filling up the inbox of admins) “ID failed to authenticate in vault ID for USERNAME ID failed to authenticate in vault SERVERNAME. SERVERNAME… Read the full article
