WebSphere Portlet Factory and Domino Together

It's been a while since I did this from scratch, so I was stumped on Friday when I wasn't able to retrieve a list of Domino databases using the Domino Data Access builder in WebSphere Portlet Factory.

I'm using Domino 8.5 and WebSphere Portlet Factory 6.1.2, and was seeing: -

class com.bowstreet.webapp.engine.WebAppRuntimeException: lotus.domino.NotesException

lotus.domino.NotesException

  Plug-in Provider:   IBM

  Plug-in Name:   WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer UI

  Plug-in ID:   com.bowstreet.designer.ui

  Version:   6.1.2

  

  NotesException: Could not open Notes session

....

  Caused by: org.omg.CORBA.COMM_FAILURE: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect Host: 192.168.137.128 Port: 63148  vmcid: 0x0  minor code: 1  completed: No

I thought I'd already started the DIIOP task, but when I checked using NETSTAT -AON | FIND "LISTENING", I could NOT see anything listening on the default IIOP port of 63148.

I went back to the Domino console, entered the command LOAD DIIOP, and tried again.

This time, it worked OK.

I'd previously checked two other potential setup snafus: -

a) Current Server Document -> Internet Protocol -> HTTP -> Basics -> Host name(s) == needs to be set

b) Current Server Document -> Internet Protocol -> HTTP -> R5 Basics -> Allow HTTP clients to browse databases == Yes

This document on the IBM website was also of help, in reminding me of where I'd gone wrong :-)

It's not just IBMers who moan about PowerPoint ...

Thanks be to Robert for posting this - it made me laugh ( and cringe/sqirm thinking "Hey, I do that..."

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Update Strategy for WebSphere Portal versions 6.0 and 6.1

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Lotus Sametime Deployment at IBM

An interesting article on the Sametime wiki here: -

Sametime is the official instant messaging application used by the IBM Corporation. With approximately 400,000 employees, IBM is the largest user of Sametime in the world. On a daily basis, millions of messages are exchanged by IBMers with their colleagues and with external customers. The deployment services over 480,000 worldwide users, with a peak concurrency rate of 225,000 users per day. All this is handled by three Domino clusters of three Sametime servers each that process approximately six million messages per day.  The three clusters are located at one site in the United States. 

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IBM WebSphere Portal Document Manager migration tool

The IBM WebSphere Portal Document Manager migration tool is a solution
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