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Domino Designer / : Allow lotus script to create full text index on a remote database

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:28:20 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Tags: Lotusscript full-text index
Idea:

At the moment the NotesDatabase class contains a method to create a new Full-Text Index, but only for a Local database, not for remote databases.

Getting access to the current Full-Text Index settings for a NotesDatabase object beyond a boolean that tells me if the db is indexed or not would also be helpfull

re: Allow lotus script to create full text index on a remote database

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:52:19 +0000

Author: Morten Clausen
Comment: That is absolutely correct. Why this hasn't been included from the start is a brain fart of major proportions... :-)

Domino Server / Other: Allow adminp/router task to do their work on restricted servers

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:13:21 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Tags: server_restricted
Idea:

When you put a server into restricted mode ('set config Server_Restricted=1' or 2), I noticed that for example adminp accelerated create replica requests and mail routing fail towards the restricted server does no longer work (R7.0.2 FP2).

How about adding another value to the Server_Restricted parameter that only locks out users but will let regular server processes continue to function properly?

Notes Client / Other: Provide Script/API methods to control replication settings

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:45 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Tags: replication settings lotusscript c-api
Idea:

At the moment it is not possible to enable a database for scheduled replication or to control the 'Receive documents from server' and 'Send documents to server' flags on the basics tab of the replication settings dialog, using either Lotusscript or even C-API (at least none that I know of).

One way that might work (I'll find out today) would be manipulating the hidden $sitemaplist field found in the location documents of the personal address book (names.nsf) but that's not documented/supported and I prefer a cleaner way to manipulate these settings.

re: Provide Script/API methods to control replication settings

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:08:59 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Comment: And before I forget, the 47th byte in the fixed length section controls the 'Enabled for scheduled replication', 'Receive documents from server' and 'Send documents to server' flags on the basics tab of the replication settings dialog

re: Provide Script/API methods to control replication settings

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:03:35 +0000

Author: Rob Goudvis
Comment: Another feature I would like to control via LS or the C-API is checking and setting the checkboxes on the replicator page. Indeed this information is stored in a $sitemaplist field. And yes it is not documented, though I am busy decyphering it!

re: Provide Script/API methods to control replication settings

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:04:16 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Comment: apart from decyphering it, how would you go about modifying this field?

some basic stuff I noticed when I looked at it shows that for each replicator page entry there is a structure which consists of a section with a fixed length (72 bytes) and a section of variable length.

The third byte of the fixed sections shows how long the variable length section is.
This section contains things like database title, filepath and replica id.

re: Provide Script/API methods to control replication settings

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:10:42 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Comment: enabled for scheduled replication(1) + send documents to server(2) + receive documents from server(4)

re: Allow lotus script to create full text index on a remote database

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:43:57 +0000

Author: Giulio C
Comment: Updating local db's is probably the safest bet. Allowing updates on the server, well, that's like giving a kid a gun isn't it ?

But I would support a controlled way to programmatically control the FT index on the server to. But probably have some kind of idiot-proofing in place so if some clown tries to keep running the indexer everytime a document is saved the server can ignore the request if it's going to stress out the CPU.

Domino Server / Security: ID Vault should support CA process

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:24:26 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Tags: ID Vault CA process certifier certificate
Idea:

Currently when creating an ID vault you don't have the option to use the CA process to generate the certifier trust, instead you need to use the certifier id file.

This is all nice and dandy until you've decided to perform a certifier key roll over of a certifier in the CA, which will make the original certifier id file pretty much worthless.

One reason to perform the key roll over once a certifier is imported into the CA process is for security reasons, because over the years chances are that old certifier id's gotten around quite a bit.

Unfortunately for now the ID vault is not an option if you have moved your certifiers to the CA process and performed the key roll over, unless there is a way to export the certifier's new key to a certifier id file.

re: ID Vault should support CA process

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:04:14 +0000

Author: Dag Kvello
Comment: I hit that wall last week. I was stumped that the ID-vault doesn't play nice with CA (or Share Login for that matter)..
So far it Not Ready for Production...

re: Provide Script/API methods to control replication settings

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:35:38 +0000

Author: Rob Goudvis
Comment: @2 (a late reaction) it will mean that you need to build the whole structure bit by bit. By the way, I stopped my work on this, because I was assigned to a different customer.

Domino Designer / : Add the option to enable/disable a database for DAOS to the NotesDatabase.CompactWithOptions method

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:04:23 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Tags: DAOS Lotusscript Compact NotesDatabase
Idea:

Instead of having to resort to issuing console commands to get the job done (load compact -daos on|off db.nsf)

Domino Administrator / Other: Add an opton to the administration client to NOT create accelerated create replica requests

Tue, 11 May 2010 16:51:07 +0000

Author: Ninke Westra
Tags: adminp accelerated create replica administration client
Idea:

When you select a number of databases in the administration client and select Create Replica to create new replicas on another server the administration client / adminp will generate Accelerated Create Replica requests if possible.

Unfortunately if you select a large number of (large) databases this will pretty much mean that most other administration requests, (like password changes, will not be executed until all replicas have been created and populated.

At the moment we're preparing a move of 7k users to a new server environment and to allow other requests to be processed within a reasonable time we're issuing create replica requests in batches of about 100 db's which is time consuming.

I would like to see either an option in the administration client where you can choose if accelerated requests should be generated or perhaps a notes.ini setting for either the client or server(s) to disable this feature.

re: Allow lotus script to create full text index on a remote database

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:30:50 +0000

Author: Brent Quick
Comment: I had a situation where I needed to create multiple (local) identical FTI's and did a button in an email to call an agent in the DB to create the FTI. I am not sure but couldn't you simply connect to the replica on the "remote" system and kick off the FTI build the same way?

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