IBM Lotus Quickr for WebSphere Portal Restore Utility

New on the Catalog this month

The Quickr Restore Utility (or QRU) is a web app utility aimed at supporting Quickr Library Backup and Restore strategies.

QRU is installed as a standalone J2EE application onto the WAS server1 application server of an existing Quickr server and from there it can be used to Navigate and restore files from Quickr database backups and Quickr serialized backups (output from Quickr backup function through
Manage Places).

Once a backup location is identified and a library selected, the user will be presented with a tree representation of that library and can then select individual documents to download.

https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp?action=editDocument&documentId=1E9AB3B029ED897985257761006C7C5F

IBM Residency Announcement - Developing Customized Components for Lotus Notes, Sametime, and Symphony, LO-0W01-R01

Do you have experience developing customized components for Lotus Notes, Sametime, and Symphony? Are you interested in showing how to make the most of those powerful add-on capabilities within our Lotus collaboration environment? Would you like to contribute your knowledge to a new wiki deliverable project? If so, we want you to join our virtual team.

By participating in this residency you will gain hands-on, practical experience in working with Lotus Expeditor, Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime and Lotus Symphony. You will also interact remotely with other highly skilled residents, and members of the Lotus product management and development teams.

The ITSO in conjunction with Lotus is conducting this remote residency to create a new deliverable that uses wiki technology. Wikis are a relatively new Web browser-based technology that allows remote collaboration to create a new form of on-line document. You can be a part of this leading-edge effort for a new way of delivering quality technical documentation. Getting involved in this project will give you an opportunity to learn and share tools and techniques about the Lotus design tools, and as with other ITSO residencies, to pass your knowledge to other IBM employees, business partners, and customers. Working alongside and exchanging knowledge with other highly skilled residents and some of the top experts in the IBM Lotus community, you will develop a competitive edge that will serve you well in developing customized components for Lotus Notes, Sametime, and Symphony. In addition, you will get recognition for being an author of this wiki!

Want to know more ? Click here: -

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/residents.nsf/Residencies/LO-0W01-R01?Open

and/or click here: -

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/home?open&page=residencies

for more information on IBM Redbook residencies.

Accessing Quickr Document Libraries using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory

This article has appeared on the WebSphere Portlet Factory Wiki  in the past week or so, and is something that I'm interested in, specifically because I'd like to create a "plugin" for Lotus Notes 8.5.2 and Lotus Symphony 3 on Linux/Mac to allow me to upload and download files to Quickr Document Libraries and, perhaps, eventually to Lotus Connections Files.

No guarantees that I'll get it working, but I'll give it a try ...

Newport (Ymerodaeth State Of Mind)

Now I'm not normally a YouTube junkie, and spend very little time there, apart from the occasional search for SG1 or BSG-related contact, as well as the absolutely excellent Gir2007 channel.

However, I found this via Twitter yesterday, and couldn't help but (a) laugh and (b) share the clip here - warning, it does contain some Anglo-Saxon expletives, which some viewers MAY find offensive.

The BBC have written it up here: -

"...
The Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind) YouTube sensation of the last 24 hours has today become the UK's most-favourited clip on the video-sharing site, and the second most-favourited in the whole world.
..."

"...
Writer Leo Sloley appeared this morning on the BBC Radio Wales morning show with Jamie Owen and Lisa Rogers. You can listen to the interview here.

With his colleagues in the endeavour, Al and MJ, they've encapsulated some of the characteristics of Newport that even the occasional visitor will recognise. Its clever lyrics and its thematic parallel between the glamour of New York in Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' original and the complete lack of glamour of Newport (not to mention its pin-sharp take-off of the video) have made a wickedly effective combination.
..."

IBM Content Templates Catalog and the Admin. installation

Following my previous posts, including this one,  I'm rather keen on the IBM Content Templates Catalog (CTC) , but was getting an exception: -

[xmlaccess]     <status element="[web-app 1_CGAH47L000T950I4B4R9CD00U0 uid=FeedReaderPortlet.webmod]" result="failed">
[xmlaccess]         <message id="EJPXA0025E">com.ibm.wps.command.xml.XmlCommandException: EJPXA0025E: The resource was not found in the portal, either because it does not exist or because you have not specified an identifying attribute in the XML input. [web-app 1_CGAH47L000T950I4B4R9CD00U0 uid=FeedReaderPortlet.webmod]</message>
[xmlaccess]     </status>
[xmlaccess] </request>

[xmlaccess] EJPXB0015E: Server response indicates an error.
[xmlaccess] EJPXB0015E: Server response indicates an error.
Target finished: create-wcm-template-pages

when trying to install it into a newly minted installation of WebSphere Portal / Lotus Web Content Management 6.1.0.4.

Again, I'd performed a slimmed-down administration installation, which proved to be the problem.

The CTC installer was looking for the IBM Feed Reader Portlet, which wasn't installed.

I installed wp.bp.feedreader.war from /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/installableApps/ and was able to successfully install the CTC.

I'm now seeing: -

[xmlaccess]     <status element="[portletinstance 5_LH0ANTS30O0V70I4JD9BIR3KF6]" result="warning">
[xmlaccess]         <message id="EJPXA0202W">com.ibm.wps.command.xml.XmlCommandException: EJPXA0202W: The user with the userid uid=wp1admin,o=defaultWIMFileBasedRealm could not be found. The resource [portletinstance 5_LH0ANTS30O0V70I4JD9BIR3KF6] will be not created. [portletinstance 5_LH0ANTS30O0V70I4JD9BIR3KF6]</message>
[xmlaccess]     </status>

but that may be a herring rouge ...

"The specified product version is not supported: version=6.1.0.27" seen whilst attempting to upgrade to WebSphere Portal 6.1.0.4

I was seeing these exceptions: -

Failed to perform extraction.

Exception: WUPD0248E: Fix pack update failure: The processing of fix pack WP_PTF_6104, component wp.ptf.preconfig failed.  See the log file /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/version/log/20100719_160024_WP_PTF_6104_wp.ptf.preconfig_install.log for processing details.

and

2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: StdErr:
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: Adding ENTITY for wp.oob.full_cfg
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: StdErr: BUILD FAILED
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: Adding ENTITY for wp.oob.full.fp_cfg
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: StdErr: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/installer/wp.config/config/includes/preconfig_wp_ptf_6104.xml:24: The following error occurred while executing this line:
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: Adding ENTITY for wp.ap.managewebservices.fp_cfg
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: StdErr: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/installer/wp.config/config/includes/preconfig_wp_ptf_6104.xml:384: The following error occurred while executing this line:
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: Adding ENTITY for wp.ai.io.impl.catalog_cfg
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: StdErr: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/installer/wp.config/config/includes/upgrade_health_check.xml:29: The following error occurred while executing this line:
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: Adding ENTITY for wp.bp.exchange2003.fp_cfg
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: StdErr: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/installer/wp.config/config/includes/upgrade_health_check.xml:118: The specified product version is not supported: version=6.1.0.27
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: Adding ENTITY for dpi-st-portal
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: StdErr:
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: Adding ENTITY for dpi-server-list
2010-07-19T16:06:44+01:00 Result: StdErr: Total time: 11 seconds

whilst trying to install the latest 6.1.0.4 fixpack onto an installation of WebSphere Portal Server / Lotus Web Content Management 6.1.0.3. I'd previously seen the same exception last week, on another VM, but hadn't had a chance to dig into it further.

Sadly, I'd seen the messages but hadn't really read the messages :-)

When I read into it more fully, the significance of "the specified product version is not supported: version=6.1.0.27" became more relevant; WebSphere Portal 6.1.0.3 ships with, and installs by default, WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.27, whereas 6.1.0.4 requires WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.29, as per: -

WebSphere Portal Express V6.1.0.4 and V6.1.5.1 hardware and software requirements - Linux on x86

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27018305

Once I installed the .29 fixpacks: -

6.1.0-WS-WAS-LinuxX32-FP0000029.pak
6.1.0-WS-WASSDK-LinuxX32-FP0000029.pak

I was able to successfully install the 6.1.0.4 fixpack.

Can you say "Muppet" ? I bet you can ......

One Note Database = OND - This might just save your life one day ( well, kinda )

One of my Hursley chums, John, was trying to open a database file in Lotus Notes 8. The file had been sent to him in the One Note Database (OND) format, which hasn't been core to Lotus Notes for a year or two.

Thankfully, John was able to open it, after a small amount of effort, and wanted to share his pain :-)

1. Detach the OND file (called ENCAP2.OND) to your machine.

2. Switch to the Notes workspace.

3. For the .OND file, add the database icon to the workspace.

      a. Select File - Database - Open.
      b. Choose the ENCAP2.OND file and then click Bookmark.
      c. Add it to a folder tabs on your workspace.

4. Turn the ENCAP2.OND file into a Notes database by adding the .NSF extension.

      a. From the menu, select File - Database - New copy.
      b. Change the extension of the new file from .OND to .NSF.

5. Replace the design of the new file, ENCAP2.NSF, with the mail template. :

      a. From the menu, select File - Database - Replace Design.
      b. Choose Mail  and then click Replace.

6. Open the database and change to the All Documents view.

Easy when you know how .....

PS When I first saw the letters "OND", I thought they read "OMD" and started thinking about that great electropop band from the 1980s ........