IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7

ALL203
IBM Lotus Notes and

Domino 7
Andrew Pollack
Northern Collaborative Technologies
Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com
Who am I?
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
About this Presentation

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
The Obligatory Commercial

Most of the speakers at this conference are
available to help you!

That’s the real reason we do this If this was
TIVO I could

Real experts guarantee results fast forward…

Catch up with me during the
conference if you want expert help
Now, on with the show...
Major Release
Perspective: What makes this a
“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 Major Release

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
The Lotus Notes 7 Macintosh Story
-- Two slices

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
New Server & Administrative
Features
Lotus Notes and Domino 7 are huge for back end
management
The Lotus Domino 7 Server

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
Three kinds of DB2 Integration

Store Domino Data within DB2

Access Specific Domino Data from DB2

Create a Notes view of DB2 Data

Overview here, Details in “ALL307”
Store Domino Data in DB2

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
Give DB2 Access to Domino Data

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
Creating a DB2 Access View
Use a “Query View” to access DB2
Data

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
Defining a Query View
Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM)

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
The Tivoli Analyzer for Lotus
Domino

Separate installation – worth trying
Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM)

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
Resolution Center Makes
Recommendations
New Mail Processing & Anti-spam
features Private List is
going to do

DNS White Lists well

Provide exceptions to black list use In this army

Private Black Lists

Allow easy to manage customization

Private White Lists

Allow easy to manage override Major Release

Mail Rules use info from White/Black list checks

New Mail Rule to “Stop Processing” further rules

Standard Disclaimers Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com
Combine General DNS Based Lists
with Manual “Private” lists
DNS based Black DNS based white
lists like lists – home grown
“spamcom” or internal DNS
Private Manual list Private Manual list

of additional hosts of hosts to allow
to block though Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com
Combine mail rules to utilize the
results of the white lists and black
lists
Enhancements to Smart Update

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 Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com
LEI Improvements

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
Other New Administrative Features

Mozilla is
supported for
WebAdmin! Editing the server’s
NOTES.INI from a
workstation in Firefox

This means
Firefox as
well!
More New Administrative Features

New Policy Type for Mail & CS

Especially useful for disclaimers
Even More New Administrative
Features

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
Developers get new stuff too!
The Designer Perspective

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
The Designer Perspective – The
REAL News

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.
DB2 Integration in Designer

Two sides of the coin
Access View

Query Views Domino DB2

Data from DB2 Data Query View

Displayed in Notes O
D

DB2 Access Views (DAVs) B
C

Data from Domino

Accessed in DB2

Obeys Domino Security Traditional
Traditional
RDB
RDB
applications
applications
Query Views – Data from DB2
displayed in Notes

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
Use SQL right in the selection
formula
DB2 Access Views – Free the
Domino 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
Creating a DB2 Access View
Like Chocolate & Peanut Butter

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
Standards March Forward – Java
Improvements

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 Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com

Even more Standards – Web
Services Support

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
New Methods & Properties

NotesAdministrationProcess.ApproveHostedOrgSt
orageDeletion

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 Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com
New Formula Language Additions

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
Autosave option in form design

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
New Features in View Design

Shared Columns

At long last!

Actions can be added
to “Right Click”

A long requested
item
Other New Designer Features

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
Updates to the Lotus Notes 7 Client
Microsoft Office Smart Tags

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

Set up Smart Tags in Microsoft
Office
Check both
“Person Name”
“Person (Lotus Notes

Recognizer)”
Cool new Lotus Notes 7 client stuff

“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 now correctly open in the
background
Views don’t lock the client
You’re on a
“Need to
know” basis
Major Release
Lotus Workplace in the Welcome
Page Wizard

Enhanced support for “Lotus Workplace” in the
Welcome Page Wizard
Instant Messaging awareness has
been added almost everywhere

More awareness in the mail client Keep your
eyes open
and stay

Awareness in the address books aware!

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
The Lotus Notes Client – Mail
Updates

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
Follow-Up improvements will really
help

“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
Pre set your one-click follow up
preferences
Domino Web Access

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
ADVISOR LIVE Web Update Page
AdvisorEvents.com/CXX0411p.nsf/w/CXX0411ud
This session WILL have updates
Also available on my site

www.thenorth.com
Got Questions?
I want to hear from you
andrewp@thenorth.com
www.thenorth.com
www.thenorth.com/apblog

Thank you!
Please remember to fill out your evaluation.
I want to hear from you
andrewp@thenorth.com
www.thenorth.com
www.thenorth.com/apblog

IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

ALL203

IBM Lotus Notes and

Now, on with the show...

Private Manual list Private Manual list

Standards are great!

Especially when there

Major Release Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com

Hey, this is just like that

Major Release Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com

“Person (Lotus Notes

This session WILL have updates

Also available on my site

I want to hear from you

Major Release Lotus.AdvisorEvents.com

I want to hear from you

You might also like