My External Memory http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/ en-us Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:01:47 -0500 Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:01:47 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/02092010090147AMEWEKMP.htm Tech Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/02092010090147AMEWEKMP.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/02092010090147AMEWEKMP.htm

-WEEKLY -
schedule Fixup, updall, and compact


-MONTHLY-
Review server stats for performance and availability (statrep.nsf for this review)
Run a cluster analysis if cluster servers.


--SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE - server services unavailable

Stop mail routing, and any other unneeded services.
Tell SMTP Quit
route all
Tell Router Quit
Tell HTTP Quit
Tell IMAP Quit
Traveler, etc.

When server down, rename log.nsf, mail.box, delete busytime.nsf

Run maintenance commands (nfixup, ncompact, etc. for running command line on Windows while server down)
nfixup names -f -J -v -l
nfixup admin4 -f -J -v -l
ncompact names -c -i -K -F
ncompact admin4 -c -i -K -F
nfixup -F -J
nupdall -R -X
ncompact -c -i

Defrag drives if Windows machine
Start/Restart server and ensure all tasks (router, http, etc.) are running.  Copy any unrouted mail from renamed mail.box to new mail.box

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I usually keep these templates on a separate thumb drive and just navigate out of Notes Data to access them.  It's been a pain, but nothing worth spending any time thinking about.   It occurred to me that on all my servers that I simply map the external san drives as a subdirectory under NotesData when I need more space for something.   Regular old shortcuts don't do the trick in Windows, but maybe you could map a drive to a subdirectory.  I've been running windows for years and never even bothered to try.  Lo and behold, you can and it's fairly pain free.

1.  Create a new subdirectory on your computer under your NotesData directory.

2.  Right-click on My Computer and select Manage from the menu.

3.  Click Disk Management on the left under the Storage category.

4.  Right-Click the drive you want to map to the directory you previously created and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.  A box should open, and then you click the Add button.

5.  Select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder, and use the Browse button to navigate to your folder.

6.  Click OK when needed to navigate out of the dialog boxes.  Verify  in Windows Explorer that the contents of your thumb drive now show up in your new NotesData subdirectory. ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/01122010090355AMEWEKP2.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01122010090355AMEWEKP2.htm?opendocument&comments Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:55:51 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01062010095551AMEWELPG.htm Tech Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01062010095551AMEWELPG.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01062010095551AMEWELPG.htm
1.  Use Multi-user client install as default unless unique situation requires the users to switch ID and maintain the rest of the desktop

2.  Seamless setup on first startup.   Include the redesign of the mail file with desktop policy.

3.  User ID fetched from ID Vault

4.  If migration step needed, use startup utility with script.

5.  User settings and data populated through roaming user.  Makes easer to manage core config, and restore data after workstation failures.

6.  Notes settings driven through Domino policies.


]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/01062010095551AMEWELPG.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01062010095551AMEWELPG.htm?opendocument&comments Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:51:58 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01062010095158AMEWELM3.htm Tech Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01062010095158AMEWELM3.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01062010095158AMEWELM3.htm Notes to self...

Show status:  Cluster Resources

turn off resource:  i.e.:  Cluster iPrint offline, or Cluster iFolder offline

Cluster iPrint online, etc.


To turn off and restart:
cluster leave
cluster join


For that pesky ifolder, a quick restart script:

------------------

#!/bin/bash
echo "Stop Apache"
rcapache2 stop
echo "Remove temp files"

rm -rf /tmp/.wapi
rm -rf /tmp/mod_mono_server*
rm -rf /tmp/wwwrun-temp-aspnet-0/

killall mono
killall simias

sleep 10
echo "Starting Apache"
rcapache2 start

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In Moto's defense, I can sync my Notes contacts with it's address book.  Pretty slick in fact... when the software want's to recognize my phone.  It's buggy as hell, and has never worked acceptably on MS NT, XP, or Vista, through my V400, V600, or A1200 motorolas.  Then getting all that to my WP address book?  Don't even bother, I've had enough of tinkering with that.  I've had it working, but don't remember how.



In my quest to be more productive, I think I'll be moving to an Android based phone.  I love my A1200, it makes great calls and the clamshell design is superior to those candy bar phones.  I really have no complaints.  If only it had wifi, and I could get away from the crippled motorola linux.

Ok, I'll admit, I've had it 3 years and I want a Droid.   I'm not completely sold I NEED a new device.  I'm still feeling a bit burned from my Palm T3 that has sat in a drawer for five years now that didn't live up to expectations.

Regardless,  the first thing I needed to do was start organizing my Address book.  For that, I found 'Zindus', a google and Thunderbird contact sync tool.  You just add it as a plugin to Thunderbird, and start adding and syncing all your gmail addresses.  It's a mess, but I'm getting there.
]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/01052010125730PMEWEQ92.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/01052010125730PMEWEQ92.htm?opendocument&comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:55:44 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12222009125544PMEWEQ7V.htm Open Records Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12222009125544PMEWEQ7V.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12222009125544PMEWEQ7V.htm
The ability to archive all mail traffic with mail journaling is a very powerful tool that can be used either by a private company to monitor mail, or perhaps a government agency that is required to keep all mail for Open Records purposes.  In addition, it's a lot easier to go through mail journals from a document production standpoint if you're involved in a lawsuit, than it is to go through hundreds of individual user mailboxes.  This assumes of course that your organization has determined that it's best interest is to maintain this documentation, and you have some kind of document retention and disposition schedule in place.

As you probably know, by default the journaling process encrypts the body and recipient fields in the mail documents when journaling, and can only be accessed with the proper user id that contains the encryption key.  While this is great for super tight security, it's a bit overkill for many situations where  you need to search across multiple archives, and a tight control of the mail journal ACL would suffice.  The following procedure is an overview of what I've done in my organizations, but you'll need to weigh the pro's and con's and determine if it would be appropriate in your situation.

1) You will need to set this up on a server that isn't mission critical if possible.  Your mail archives and their corresponding indexes will take up a whole lot of space, and you might want to consider some expandable storage.  Security may be an issue and you may prefer to put this on a server that only certain administrative folks have access.  In addition, with hundreds of mail archives you probably don't want this on your production mail server as they consistency checks on a restart could take an uncomfortable amount of time (See the 'Fast Restart' IBM Technote as it may help if you can't run another server).

2) If your just setting up journaling, or modifying a current environment, the first order of business is to ensure you are archiving all mail, and that the fields are not encrypted so that the server can index those fields for Full Text search queries.


Exclude fields from encryption that you will want to search.




Set up your mail rule to journal all messages.
See your Administration help for specifics.






3) After journaling is set up the way you want it, you'll need to update your journaling template, and then unencrypt all your old mail archives so that the server can index them.
- Replace the design of your mail journal db with the custom template you can download below  that is based on the R8 journaling template.   Make sure that  you select the properties "List in db Catalog", and "Include in multi-db indexing".


4) Copy all your mail journals to a subdirectory in your Notes Data directory (for organizational purposes) and the run the designer process on the server console to update them (load design).



5) Log in with your Journaling ID that has the authority to read the mail documents (has the encryption key), and one at a time go through the databases and unencrypt the docs by clicking the 'Process Encrypted' view, selecting all the documents and clicking the 'Unencrypt' button (as shown in the picture below).





This is tedious and will take some time.  I suggest doing this on a secondary workstation as it will be tied up while the agent works.  In one instance, I had over 200 databases to process, and it took me a week and a half of off and on attention to it to get this done.

Note:  I suspect there should be a way to give your server ID the encryption key from your Journaling ID, however I was unable to find anything in the Notes Help databases.  It would sure save some time by eliminating the task of processing all the documents.

6) Under domino administrator, select all the journaling databases and modify the ACL (Access Control Level) to include the current server, as well as any relevant employees that need to Read this database.

7) Run the domain index process.

8) You should now be able to go into catalog.nsf, and if you are an authorized user, click on Domain Search and run a multi-db query on all of your mail journals.  Pretty slick huh?    Except that now you'll notice that as fast as a multi-db search is, you can't search by specific fields (ie From, or Sender), and the results are not in any useful order.  Additionally, you can't grab the results and throw them into another container/mailbox for production purposes.  The multi-db domain search is still very handy for getting just a few narrow results, but for advanced needs we now need to build on it and actually do something with our search results.

->Part Two: Advanced Actions Coming Soon...

Download custom template     ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/12222009125544PMEWEQ7V.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12222009125544PMEWEQ7V.htm?opendocument&comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:35:57 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12222009123557PMEWEPTK.htm Lotus Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12222009123557PMEWEPTK.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12222009123557PMEWEPTK.htm
From the admin client, verify the desired databases to be indexed have the properties 'List in Database Catalog', and 'Include in multi-database indexing' selected.

At the domino server console type:

tell domidx q

Navigate to the domino data directory and delete ftdomain.di directory.

From the Admin client, delete the catalog.nsf from the files view.


Restart the Domino Server.  If your catalog isn't already set to run in your Notes.ini, type:

load catalog

To speed things up, you can go into the server document, change 'Server Tasks -> Domain Indexer ->Repeat Interval of' to a shorter indexing interval.  You can verify with Show Schedule at the console.

Note that the domain indexing process can take a considerable amount of time to create, and the server will be taxed heavily.  You may need to temporarily stop any server tasks that aren't critical until finished.

You can verify the database is indexed by going to the admin client, opening catalog.nsf and moinitoring the domain indexer status.  When everything has indexed, don't forget to go back into the server document and lengthen the indexing interval so as not to unnecessarily use resources, and re-enable any tasks that were temporarily terminated. ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/12222009123557PMEWEPTK.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12222009123557PMEWEPTK.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:10:09 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12172009041009PMEWETZF.htm Lotus Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12172009041009PMEWETZF.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12172009041009PMEWETZF.htm
A corrupted busytime.nsf database can take quite some time to rebuild depending on how big your reservations database is, so look for other problems first.  

- You may have users that no longer exist in your domino directory but have outstanding calendars and reservations.  Resolve these first.  Check the schedule db with:  Tell sched validate

-Additionally, check the RnRmgr with:  tell rnrmgr validate


To recreate busytime.nsf, you can simply shut the server down and delete the file.  Most often however, you can't afford any downtime on that server, so the procedure is to shut down services using it, and delete the file quickly after forcing the server to release the file for a moment.  

- Verify that you have the busytime.NTF template on your server before continuing.  
- Stop the sched, calconn, and rnrmgr tasks
- Navigate to the notes data directory containing your busytime.NSF database.
- Enter dbcache flush into the server console, and then quickly alternate back to the data directory and delete busytime.NSF
- Once successful, load sched, calconn, rnrmgr and busytime.nsf will begin rebuilding.

]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/12172009041009PMEWETZF.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/12172009041009PMEWETZF.htm?opendocument&comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:37:53 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11242009023753PMEWES7R.htm Lotus Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11242009023753PMEWES7R.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11242009023753PMEWES7R.htm Appears Syndication does not have a default ISO type thus throwing the following error


XML Parsing Error: XML declaration not well-formed
Location: http://domino-69.prominic.net/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/3F36F5CACBC314CB802571690058604F
Line Number 1, Column 31:
------------------------------^

[Domino Blog 8.x template]
Note that this is when the RSS option is set to pull from a view, as none of the others worked either. Appears the computed form and value it's referencing doesn't exist.  


It's the computed value after 'encoding', and has the  Formula:  @DbLookup("";"":"";"vConfig"; 1;"config_xmlencoding")

This form (vConfig) does not exist in the DB.  The Form "Config" does.. however the default value for config_xmlencoding appears to be blank.

The Fix
-  Added the value 'ISO-8859-1' to the configuration document, under the Syndication tab, field " XML/Content Encoding:" down towards the bottom.

When replacing the computed value with "ISO-8859-1", it appears to be working.  Have not changed the lookup form value.  This is probably in some documentation somewhere.. but there's no documentation with the template. ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11242009023753PMEWES7R.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11242009023753PMEWES7R.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:25:18 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11192009032518PMEWET5E.htm Airstream Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11192009032518PMEWET5E.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11192009032518PMEWET5E.htm
The idea of a tent sounds a bit uncomfortable considering the cold weather, so I'm now clearing my computer and other peripherals out of the Airstream.

In preparation, we've also:
- Replaced 2 tires ($250)
- Replaced the main front window glass (rock damage - $58)
- Replaced the hot water thermostat (old one wouldn't shut off) ($20)
- Updated the tag ($25)
- Replaced a fuse in the Univolt so all the lights in the front will work (free!)
- Replaced the door hold-open mechanism. ($8)

I'm now questioning my judgment as to why I don't want to stay 30 minutes out of the way,  in a maintenance free hotel room for less than I'm putting into this old girl to get her back on the road. ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11192009032518PMEWET5E.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11192009032518PMEWET5E.htm?opendocument&comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:46:48 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11132009084648AMEWEKCC.htm Tech Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11132009084648AMEWEKCC.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11132009084648AMEWEKCC.htm
Modify (or make) your desktop shortcut with the switch /nomutex to allow work and personal accounts accounts to run at the same time.  

"c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11132009084648AMEWEKCC.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11132009084648AMEWEKCC.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:50 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009043949PMEWEUKY.htm Tech Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009043949PMEWEUKY.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009043949PMEWEUKY.htm

Embed your Google Talk status in your website.

A Google Talk status notification will let visitors to your web page chat with you whenever you're signed in.

Possibilities?  Set up an accounts specific for customer service and display who is online?   Not only do you get online status, but it will launch a direct chat without the user needing a google account.

Go here to build your link:  Google Talk chatback badge




Embed your Skype status in your website

For Skype, Go here to build your button. ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11122009043949PMEWEUKY.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009043949PMEWEUKY.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:44:29 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009104429AMEWEMMU.htm Tech Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009104429AMEWEMMU.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009104429AMEWEMMU.htm

• Regedit
• Scroll to the top to 'my computer'
• Drill down to  'HKEY_CURRENT_USER'  -> 'Software' -> 'Corel'
• Right click on folder 'PrintEngine' and Delete or Rename
• Move to 'WordPerfect', and then the version '12' or X3
• Delete the folder 'Envelope' (or rename)
• Close the registry editor and test the changes

If this procedure fails, next thing to try is remove and reinstall the printer driver.  -Make sure the driver is available before re-installing. ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11122009104429AMEWEMMU.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009104429AMEWEMMU.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:39:00 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103900AMEWEMJF.htm Tech Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103900AMEWEMJF.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103900AMEWEMJF.htm
Change an asset number in a Dell PC.

       1. Boot to the Dell Utility CD.

       2. Choose Quit in the Utility.

       3. The PC will kick you out into DOS.

       4. Go to the csd/tools/bios folder using the "cd /" command.

       5. Inside the folder run "asset209 /sSERVICETAG#". Make sure that there is no space between the /s and the Service Tag #. ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11122009103900AMEWEMJF.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103900AMEWEMJF.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:35:38 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103538AMEWEMGB.htm Lotus Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103538AMEWEMGB.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103538AMEWEMGB.htm

A "Location" document for each user id allows them to switch id and access database quickly.

- Make a copy of  the default "Office" location in the local address book (names.nsf) for each user.
- Rename the location to the user's name
- Update the "internet address" field under the basics tab for that user
- Update the "mail file" field under the Mail tab to point to the user's mail database
- Target the user's ID under the "User ID to switch to" field
- Delete all but specific user location documents (Office, Mobile, etc.) to eliminate confusion when they switch IDs.

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[Note:  last saw this on WP X3]

This situation sometimes occurs when a user has printed from a USB drive or floppy, and then shows up on all subsequent documents.


To resolve for the current document, go into the print dialog box and click on the 'Advanced' tab

Uncheck the box:  Document on Disk


To make permanent for other documents, at the bottom of the print dialog, click the 'Edit Settings' button.
Change the 'Retrieve Properties' to 'Save Current Printer Properties'. ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11122009103258AMEWEMEN.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103258AMEWEMEN.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:30:57 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103057AMEWEMDE.htm Lotus Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103057AMEWEMDE.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103057AMEWEMDE.htm

Normally a simple fixup is required, then compact the database.

Load fixup -N -J databasename
(search for 'fixup options' in admin help for more)

Then compact the database.
normally, load compact -B


For a troublesome db that all else has failed, run:
load compact -c -L -i (compact copy style, allow access, ignore errors) ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11122009103057AMEWEMDE.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009103057AMEWEMDE.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:28:04 -0500 http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009102804AMEWEMBL.htm Lotus Notes Erik Welch http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009102804AMEWEMBL.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009102804AMEWEMBL.htm - Source Unknown | pulled from my old tech notes system and posted here to keep from losing ---
 

How to resolve Free Time inaccuracies in Notes/Domino Calendar and Scheduling  Technote (FAQ)   Problem What can an Administrator do to resolve inaccuracies with free time lookups/schedules that may occur in the Calendaring & Scheduling feature of Lotus Notes/Domino? Should the Domino Administrator rebuild the Busytime.nsf on a periodic basis?   Solution Index: I. Start here II. What to do next III. Prepare data for submitting to IBM Lotus Support Note: The Free Time database (Busytime.nsf) does not need to be rebuilt on a regular basis. If the Free Time database is corrupt, the Schedule Manager will abort and log a failure, and free time lookups will return no data or inaccurate data. I. Start Here To troubleshoot inaccurate Free Time start by doing the following: 1. Compare the $BusyName value in the Calendar document against the $Name value in the Resource/Room document or the busytime document for the affected user in the Busytime.nsf or Clubusy.nsf (for clustered environments) database. These entries should be the same, and in canonical format (that is, CN=First Name Last Name/O=Organization Name). They may not match in rare cases when a user (or room or resource) was renamed and the rename did not complete without problems. Check the Administration database (Admin4.nsf) for any errors that may have occurred during a rename. 2. Make sure the StartDate Time and the EndDateTime fields of the Calendar document match up with what displays in the Calendar or the CalendarDateTime field. 2a. The $BusyPriority item value on the Calendar document is used to convey "pencilled-in" versus "busy". A $BusyPriority value of "1" (or missing) is an Appointment and should appear as occupied time in the graphical user interface (GUI). A $BusyPriority value of "2" is a pencilled-in entry and should not appear in the GUI (the GUI does weighting but it has no means of rendering "pencilled-in" versus "busy", so it does not render them). 3. Check the user's Person document for misspellings/typos in the User Name, Mail Server, Mail File, and Domain fields. 4. Check the user's Notes Client preferences to make sure the user name in the field, "This Mail File Belongs To" is correct. While in the mail file, select Actions > Tools > Preferences and switch to the Mail tab, Basics sub-tab. II. What to Do Next If you have checked all items above and they have their correct values then follow the steps below. Note: Before executing the console commands below, please enable console logging. To enable Console logging type the following command: start consolelog From the Domino Console of the Home server of the Mail file or Resource Reservations database type the following commands: 1. Tell Sched Show HIERARCHICALUSERNAME or roomname/sitename This command will look at the Free Time database and display the entries for this person (sorted chronologically), and the data will be placed in the Log.nsf as well as display on the console. There will be 1 line per entry except for the case of repeating meetings which are listed as 2 lines per entry. Schedule Manager will also tell you some information about each entry such as whether it is pencilled in, repeating, etc. You can use this information to match up against entries in the user's actual Calendar. 2. Tell Sched List HIERARCHICALUSERNAME or roomname/site name Issuing this command will display the user's profile information, list when the user is available, and write the data to the log.nsf as well as display it on the console. If the HIERARCHICALUSERNAME is not in the busytime database or not typed correctly then Schedule Manager will log the error "User HIERARCHICALNAME not found in schedule database" instead of any data. 3. Tell Sched Check HIERARCHICALUSERNAME or roomname/sitename This command causes Schedule Manager to check the user's busytime data against their actual Calendar documents. If there are any existing busytime entries that are different than the actual entry in the user's Calendar, the user's busytime will be updated to match the version in the mail file. If the entry does not exist in the mail file then it is removed from the user's busytime record. Entries that do not already exist in the busytime database are not found and added; this command simply makes the current busytime data match the data in the user's mail file. If after running this command the busytime is still not accurate, open the Calendar entry in Edit mode and modify it by either making a fake change to it (for example, press the space bar in the description field) or marking it "pencil in". Run this command again. If you marked the entry as "Pencil In", deselect the "Pencil In" checkbox and run the command again. 4. Tell Sched Validate HIERARCHICALUSERNAME or roomname/sitename This causes Schedule Manager to check if a user is "valid" or not on that server. If the user is valid, Schedule Manager will pick up any Calendar related changes that occur in the user's mail file after the command is run. It will NOT pick up any missing updates up to that point. If Schedule Manger is already monitoring for Calendar entries then the command has no effect. This command is primarily intended to be used in cases where new users, rooms or resources get added to the Domino server but are not immediately reflected in busytime. If a new user is added and they immediately begin using Calendaring & Scheduling (or a new room or resource is created and you need it to be available immediately), you can use this console command after they have been added to the Domino Directory (Name & Address Book, or NAB) and Schedule Manager will begin to monitor their mail file and create a busytime record for them. Schedule Manager repeats its startup scans and database validation at 2AM local time; therefore, any new user, room or resource will automatically be found and added to Busytime.nsf at that point. If after all of the above procedures have been executed and the Free Time system still is not providing accurate results, the Free Time database may need to be re-created. Note: Re-creation of the Free Time database should be conducted during off hours. If the Free Time database needs to be re-created, follow these steps: 1. If possible, map a drive or FTP to the Domino Server's \Data directory. 2. From the Domino Administrator open the live console. 3. Issue the following commands: Note: These commands are not case sensitive. tell sched q tell CalConn q tell RnRMgr q <---- Note: This command is for the Domino 7.x server only dbcache flush Note: Several "dbcache flush" commands may be required, depending on the OS and the server's load. 4. On the Domino Server's \Data directory locate Busytime.nsf and rename it to something else, such as Busytime.old. Then move Busytime.old out of the \Data directory and from any references to a database or directory link. Note: DO NOT leave the renamed copy in the Domino server's \Data directory hierarchy or you may encounter unexpected results. 5. Issue the following commands: Note: These commands are not case sensitive. load sched load CalConn load RnRMgr <---- Note: This command is for the Domino 7.x server only How To Re-create Clubusy.nsf File (applies to Domino 5.x, 6.x and 7.x Servers only): The Clubusy.nsf file is the Free Time database on a clustered server. To re-create (or restore) the Clubusy.nsf file do the following: Note: This process must be done to all servers in the cluster to avoid the replication of Clubusy. 1. If possible, map a drive or FTP to the Domino Server's \Data directory. 2. From the Domino Administrator client open the live console. 3. Shut down the Sched and Calconn tasks on all clusters and flush the database cache. tell sched q tell CalConn q tell RnRMgr q <---- Note: This command should be run on Domino 7.x Servers only dbcache flush Note: Several "dbcache flush" commands may be required, depending on the OS and the server's load. 4. On the Domino Server's \Data directory locate Clubusy.nsf and rename it to something else, such as Clubusy.old. Then move Clubusy.old out of the \Data directory and from any references to a database or directory link. Note: DO NOT leave the renamed copy in the Domino server's \Data directory hierarchy or you may encounter unexpected results. Important Note: Steps 3 and 4 MUST be done on ALL clustermates BEFORE Step 5 is performed on ANY server. Otherwise, old data may be added back into the Clubusy database invalidating what you are trying to do. If you do not do this correctly, you will have to restart the recreation process for Clubusy.nsf (steps 1 - 4) all over again. 5. Issue the following commands on all clustermates: Note: These commands are not case sensitive. load sched load CalConn load RnRMgr <---- Note: This command should be run on Domino 7.x Servers only III. Prepare Data for Submitting to IBM Lotus Support If the steps above do not resolve the issue, please prepare the following data to be submitted to IBM Lotus Technical Support: Enable debugging for the Schedule Manager Debug_schedule=1 A Note about debugs: 1.. DEBUG_SCHED_ALL is used by the Server / NSF to provide debug information about busytime lookups, etc. This option can be turned on/off via the console and takes immediate effect for Client -> Server command tracing of commands/lookups. This setting is NOT useful for tracking down any Schedule Manager related problems. A server restart is NOT required when you change the value of the Debug_schedule. It will take effect without a restart. 2.. DEBUG_SCHEDULE is used just by the Schedule Manager to provide debugging information about what it is doing (or not doing). In releases prior to Domino 6.0, it was either On or Off (a value of 1 or 0). As of Notes/Domino 6.0 it was changed into "levels" to keep the unnecessary information in the logs at a minimum. The levels are: Debug_Schedule=1      /* Basic debugging messages */ Debug_Schedule=2      /* Busytime cache debugging */ Debug_Schedule=4      /* Admin Caveats, if they want 'em */ Debug_Schedule=8      /* Trace routine entry/exits */ Debug_Schedule=16     /* Scanning dBs for docs to process */ Debug_Schedule=32     /* Detail harvesting/processing related */ Debug_Schedule=32768  /* MSB = "All" or "R5 behavior", verbose */ You can combine the levels together to obtain combinations as desired. For example, you can use DEBUG_SCHEDULE=3 to obtain both "Basic" and "Busytime cache" messages. This option is for tracing busytime information gathering by Schedule Manager only. This setting is NOT useful for tracking down any busytime lookup related problems. Changes to this setting DO require a restart of Schedule Manager in order to take effect. Note: In Domino 7.0 the Rooms and Resources manager also responds to similar debug parameters as the Schedule task. The values are the same, but the INI parameter to enable them is as follows: DEBUG_RNRMGR This debug information should be included for situations on Domino 7.0 Server. Gather the Following Data 1. An operating system (OS) copy of the Busytime.nsf/Clubusy.nsf database. Note that for clustered servers the database is called Clubusy.nsf. 2. An OS copy of the mail file or Resource Reservations database. 3. An OS copy of the Domino Directory. 4. Any logged output that relates to the problem (missing entries, entries that do not belong, etc.). - Debug results - Console log results from the Tell Sched commands in section II. above.

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[recreated here for my quick reference] How to re-create the Busytime.nsf or Clubusy.nsf file on a Domino Server

Technote (FAQ)   Problem The Free Time system in IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Calendaring & Scheduling is designed to be maintenance free and should not have to be re-created; however, in some rare cases it may be necessary for a Domino administrator to re-create the Free Time database (Busytime.nsf), for example, to resolve Free Time issues. This document provides the steps to re-create the Busytime.nsf file or the Clubusy.nsf (the clustered Free Time database). Important Note: It is highly recommended that administrators first follow the troubleshooting script, "How To Help Resolve Free Time Inaccuracies" (#1141060) before attempting to re-create the busytime database.   Solution Note: Re-creation of the Free Time database should be conducted during off hours. In some environments this process could take several hours to complete, and during the process free time lookups will not work for anyone. How To Re-create Busytime.nsf File (applies to Domino 4.5x/4.6x, 5.x and 6.x Servers): The Busytime.nsf file is the Free Time database on a non-clustered server. To rename the Busytime.nsf file do the following: 1. If possible, map a drive or FTP to the Domino Server's \Data directory. 2. From the Domino R5 Administrator open the live console. 3. Issue the following commands: tell sched q tell calconn q tell RnRMgr q <---- Note: This command is for the Domino 7.x server only dbcache flush Note: Several "dbcache flush" commands may be required, depending on the OS and the server's load. 4. On the Domino Server's \Data directory locate Busytime.nsf and rename it to something else, such as Busytime.old. Then move it out of any data or any reference to a database or directory link. DO NOT leave the renamed copy in the Domino server's data directory hierarchy. Note: DO NOT leave the renamed copy in the Domino server's \Data directory hierarchy or you may encounter unexpected results. 5. Issue the following commands: load sched load calconn load RnRMgr <---- Note: This command is for the Domino 7.x server only Note: These commands are not case sensitive. How To Re-create Clubusy.nsf File (applies to Domino 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x Servers only): The Clubusy.nsf file is the Free Time database on a clustered server. To re-create (or restore) the Clubusy database, do the following: Note: This process must be done to all servers in the cluster to avoid the replication of Clubusy. 1. If possible, map a drive or FTP to the Domino Server's \Data directory. 2. From the Domino Administrator client open the live console. 3. Shut down the Sched and Calconn tasks on all clusters and flush the database cache. tell sched q tell calconn q tell RnRMgr q <---- Note: This command is for the Domino 7.x server only dbcache flush Note: Several "dbcache flush" commands may be required, depending on the OS and the server's load. 4. On the Domino Server's \Data directory find the Clubusy.nsf and rename it to something else, such as Clubusy.old. Then move it out of any data or any reference to a database or directory link. Note: DO NOT leave the renamed copy in the Domino server's \Data directory hierarchy or you may encounter unexpected results. Important Note: Steps 3 and 4 MUST be done on ALL clustermates BEFORE Step 5 is performed on ANY server. Otherwise, old data may be added back into the Clubusy database invalidating what you are trying to do. If you do not do this correctly, you will have to restart the recreation process for Clubusy.nsf (steps 1 - 4) all over again. 5. Issue the following commands on all clustermates: Note: These commands are not case sensitive. load sched load CalConn load RnRMgr <---- Note: This command should be run on Domino 7.x Servers only

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This occasionally  happens when the "NewMailSeqNum = " line in Notes.ini gets out of sequence with the server.  Delete the line and restart the Notes client ]]> http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dxcomments/11122009102348AMEWEM8X.htm http://blog.inetfusion.com/A55CF7/technotes.nsf/dx/11122009102348AMEWEM8X.htm?opendocument&comments