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IBM Sametime 9 was launched a few weeks ago.  When i saw this video i  do the upgrade of my embedded Sametime client on Notes 9

The process was very easy, just download the package, shutdown the Notes Client and run the installer.

Just finish the integration between our Sametime 8.5.2 IFR1 and IBM Connections.

This guide is a excellent material to get started. My environment is not the same, but with few modifications, i got Sametime and Connections working together.

On the page 208 the author show hot to display connections photos ins Sametime web client instant messages.

If you have a few users it is easy to fill the PhotoURL field but if you have a lot of users you need the power of Domino Agents and @Functions.

This single line agent do the job (I schedule this agent to run once a day)

FIELD PhotoURL :=”https:///profiles/photo.do?email=“+InternetAddress;

I have several servers with Centos running Domino, Sametime etc. I need to setup Sametime Proxy just to use with IBM Connections and Mobile Devices.

We are a small deployment but need more disk space to setup the Proxy on the same machine of the community server

This command above show the hard drives installed

# ls /dev/sd*
/dev/sda   /dev/sda1  /dev/sda2

After instal a new one i get this

# ls /dev/sd*
/dev/sda   /dev/sda1  /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb

dev/sdb is the new hard disk

Create a new partition

# su –
# fdisk /dev/sdb
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xd1082b01.
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won’t be recoverable.

Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It’s strongly recommended to
        switch off the mode (command ‘c’) and change display units to
        sectors (command ‘u’).

Command (m for help):

Switch off DOS compatible mode and change the units to sectors by entering the c and u commands:

Command (m for help): c
DOS Compatibility flag is not set
Command (m for help): u
Changing display/entry units to sectors

In order to view the current partitions on the disk enter the p command:

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 34.4 GB, 34359738368 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4177 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd1082b01

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Command (m for help): n
Command action
  e   extended
  p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4):

Partition number (1-4): 1
First sector (2048-67108863, default 2048):
Using default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-67108863, default 67108863):
Using default value 67108863

Now that we have specified the partition we need to write it to the disk using the w command:

If we now look at the devices again we will see that the new partition is visible as /dev/sdb1:

# ls /dev/sd*
/dev/sda  /dev/sda1  /dev/sda2  /dev/sdb  /dev/sdb1

Create the file system

# /sbin/mkfs.ext3 -L /proxy /dev/sdb1

Mounting the filesystem

mkdir /stproxy

# mount /dev/sdb1 /stproxy

Configuring Centos 6 to Automatically Mount a Filesystem

Edit /etc/fstab

add the line

LABEL=/proxy           /stproxy               ext3    defaults        1 2

This link helps a lot

A good document on how setup SSO between connections and other IBM products.

Here in Brazil we are known by first name. The Domino Directory only lists people using Last Name, First Name.

I know is not a good idea to change Domino Directory but users are very confused to work with Last Name , First Name.

So i change some views (column name) on the Domino Directory  and change the person name order  to First Name Last Name

For reference you can read the article Personal names around the world

People

DisplayPersonName := @Trim(@Implode(@Trim(@Subset(FirstName; 1) : MiddleInitial:@Subset(LastName; 1)); ”   “));
DisplayName := @If(DisplayPersonName = “”; @Subset(FullName; 1); @Trim(DisplayPersonName:@Name([Abbreviate];AltFullName)));
@Name([Abbreviate]; DisplayName)

$PeopleGroupsFlat

DisplayPersonName := @Trim(@If(Type = “Person”; @Implode(@Trim(@Subset(FirstName; 1) : MiddleInitial : @Subset(LastName; 1)); ”  “); “”):AltFullName);
DisplayName := @If(Type = “Group”; @Subset(ListName; 1); Type=”Server”;ServerName;@If(DisplayPersonName = “”; @Subset(FullName; 1); DisplayPersonName));
@Name([Abbreviate]; DisplayName)

$PeopleGroupsHier

DisplayPersonName := @Trim(@If(Type = “Person”; @Implode(@Trim(@Subset(FirstName; 1) : MiddleInitial: @Subset(LastName; 1)); ”  “); “”):@Name([CN];AltFullName));
DisplayName := @If(Type = “Group”; @Subset(ListName; 1); Type=”Server”;ServerName;@If(DisplayPersonName = “”; @Subset(FullName; 1); DisplayPersonName));
@Name([Abbreviate]; DisplayName)

$PeopeGroupsCorpHier

DisplayPersonName := @If(Type = “Person”; @Implode(@Trim(@Subset(FirstName; 1) : MiddleInitial : @Subset(LastName; 1)); ”  “); “”);
DisplayName := @If(Type = “Group”; @Subset(ListName; 1);Type=”Server”;Servername; @If(DisplayPersonName = “”; @Subset(FullName; 1); DisplayPersonName));
AltName:=@If(AltFullName!=””;@True;@False);
@Trim(@If(JobTitle!=””;JobTitle + ” “;””)+ (@Name([Abbreviate]; DisplayName)) + @If(AltName=@True;” (“+@Name([Abbreviate];AltFullName)+”)”;””))

From my inbox today

http://memeburn.com/2013/09/should-microsoft-kill-sharepoint-gartner/

The past week has been very productive and exciting. I worked with two engineers from RedPill which are very famous in the community of ICS and IBM also Champions.
This week I was totally immersed in a process of modernization of Notes/Domino applications that really impressed everybody, as much as for the customer, which has one of the highest Notes/Domino installations in the world.
The numbers are impressive, both in number of users, servers and applications. In a week we have created  200+ Notes  applications that are now available for mobile devices.

Take a look on what RedPill can do for modernizing Notes/Domino applications

Thank you Nathan  Freeman and Peter Presnell for an amazing week working together.

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From TN1648847

How should I start tuning WebSphere portal Server for better performance ?

This tuning guide provides details about the parameters that you can tune to improve portal performance. This guide serves as a very good starting point to start portal tuning process before production usage.

Performance tuning guide for WebSphere portal on IBM i
This document discusses additional performance tuning recommendations that is specific to running WebSphere Portal on the IBM i platform. The focus is more on platform level recommendations unique to the IBM i and are minimally discussed in the above guide.

Monitoring Performance in a WebSphere Portal environment
To tune your WebSphere Portal environment for optimal performance, you need to know what needs tuning. The monitoring methods discussed in this article cover several key areas of WebSphere Portal. They help you to view the true behavior of your WebSphere Portal environment and ultimately identify bottlenecks and potential problems. This article is meant to be an overview of monitoring methods rather than an in-depth look at any specific methods.

IBM WebSphere Portal performance testing and analysis
Finding and fixing performance problems in a production environment is challenging on a number of levels. Optimally, most bottlenecks in the system should be found and fixed before the system is allowed into production. This article explains a tested process that can ensure that, with high probability, most of the significant performance issues are found and addressed before you promote a system to production.

IBM WebSphere portal performance considerations for custom portal code
This article provides general guidance for creating well performing custom code for IBM WebSphere Portal. Custom code does not only refer to portlets (although they are the most common programming model for portals), but also includes code for WebSphere Portal themes and skins.

Performance management tools for IBM WebSphere Portal
This article describes the tools and how they were used to evaluate an IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0 performance and/or problem determination issue during a recent engagement at a customer site.

WebSphere Portal Performance Troubleshooting Guide
This document is intended as a guide for resolving performance problems in IBM WebSphere Portal V5.1 or later.

How to set an appropriate number of Portal Datasource connections in WebSphere Portal
For a given maximum number of Portal WebContainer threads set, what should I set my maximum Portal datasource connections to? This is important parameter and may lead to portal hang if not tuned correctly.

WebSphere Portal Server and Dynacache Replication(DRS) issues
This technote discusses some common issues observed with a WebSphere Portal server cluster having performance, memory issues, and HAManager/DRS exceptions. The cache replication suggestions are also valid for portal version 7.0.x.x.