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Change Sametime 8.5.x Meeting server port
Aug 16th
By default the Sametime 8.5.x Meeting server listens to port 9080 or above. If you’re not using the Sametime Proxy server which listens to port 80 and forwards requests to correct port you can easily change the default Sametime Meeting server port to 80 (or anything else).
Here’s how:
1. Open the Sametime administrative websphere console
(Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere > Application Server Network Deployment V7.0 > Profiles > stSTMDMProfile1)
2. Navigate to Servers > Server Types > WebSphere Application Servers.
3. Go to STMeetingServer
4. Under Communications, expand Ports and click on Details
5. Select WC_defaulthost and change it to whatever port you like, then click on save and restart the meeting server service.
Can’t ping host name when connected via VPN
Aug 11th
Hello everyone,
Not sure if anyone else has experienced this but a customer reported that when they VPN’ed to their office they couldn’t ping a server unless the FQDN (ie: server.domain.local) was used. The customer wanted to reach a server by simply using the host name, exactly as he would when he’s at the office.
Luckily, this is an easy fix. Option 015 DNS Domain name which needs to be specified within DHCP.
So, if your internal domain is mydomain.local just put that domain name in option 015 within DHCP, under the scope options.
Lotus Quickr connector v8.5
Aug 10th
With IBM’s latest release of Lotus Quickr 8.5 the connector finally support 64-bit without any modification to the MSI. Please note the conector itself remains a 32-bit application.
For the full compatibility list please see this link:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27018725
Lotus Domino 8.5.1 Fix Pack 4 released
Aug 5th
Fix Pack 4 is out!
Download it from here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg24025721#FP4
Release notes are here:
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/R5FixList.nsf/0/61f6dc55689d10b18525774d0055319a?OpenDocument
BES 5 for Lotus Domino doesn’t see new users
Jul 24th
Hi everyone,
Just ran into that issue when I was configuring a BES 5.0.2 server for a customer. Even though the names.nsf replicated to the BES server it still didn’t see my newly created user. To fix this I had to refresh the user list within the BES 5.0.2 administrative console (BAS) — here’s how:
1. Open the BAS (ie: https://you.besserver.com/webconsole/app)
2. Under ‘ Servers and components ‘ expand ‘ BlackBerry Solution topology ‘
3. Navigate to Blackberry Domain -> Component View -> E-Mail
4. Make sure everything is correct under ‘ Domino Server name ‘ and ‘ Address book name ‘
5. Click on ‘ Refresh available user list from company directory ‘
Are 2.4GHz baby monitors dangerous?
Jul 14th
This has been on my mind for a while and didn’t really know where to express myself, so I figured this would be the best place — here goes..
Seeing we have a 10month old baby girl and using a 2.4GHz video baby monitor I’ve been asking myself that exact question.
The monitor was positioned, from her birth up until today, around 3ft from her mounted on the wall. Today I moved it to the opposite wall, which is about 11ft away. To be honest it still doesn’t sit well and I’m thinking about getting rid of it; perhaps I’ll just buy a 900MHz video monitor.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading and simply cannot come to a conclusion. There doesn’t seem to be enough data out there as this technology is fairly new. Just because something is sold at a big chain doesn’t mean it’s OK.
Look at cigarettes, they’re everywhere. Think about when everyone used to smoke, and it was even allowed on airplanes — now you can barely smoke outside a public building.
What do I think you ask. I believe they’re dangerous, period. I don’t want to find out 5-10 years from now that people who used to use 2.4GHz+ (or DECT) baby monitors have increased the chances of (insert one of many diseases here) in their children — would you?
Just to add, please keep your babies away from cell phones, and for the love stop buying your kids cell phone. A child’s skull doesn’t fully develop before they’re 21 years old and will absorb an unsafe amount of radiation. Unfortunately I feel we’re going to have a epidemic on our hands in a few years which is caused by cell phones. I recall reading somewhere it’s going to be around 2030. Makes me really sad that our desire to advance technologically is going to hurt some of us.
Ok, I’m done. It’s late, I’m tired and I’ve already made countless corrections. 
Additional reading
http://www.emfacts.com/papers/rncnirp_children.pdf
http://www.emfacts.com/papers/dect.pdf
Please feel free to comment. I’d really like to know what you think.
New theme
Jun 22nd
Well I’ve been using the default WordPress theme for quite some time and honestly, it’s been making me a little sick. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice, clean and simple, but it’s just not for me.
Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think of this new theme!
Installing VMLite plug-in on Winodws 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Jun 22nd
Ran into something interesting which allows me to take snapshots of the integrate Windows XP mode when using Windows 7 called VMLite. It’s based on Sun’s (Oracle now) VirtualBox v3.1.8 (support for the latest 3.2.x is promised for the end of June 2010).
Although when I tried to run the VMlite wizard I received this error:
VMLite.exe – Entry Point Not Found
The procedure entry point RTMemCacheDestroy could not be located in the dynamic link library VBoxRT.dll.
To resolve this issue copy the file VBoxRT.dll from “C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox” and put it in “C:\Program Files\VMLite\VMLite Workstation” — easy enough?
Issue upgrading Lotus Notes 8.5 to 8.5.1
Jun 22nd
If you’re trying to upgrade the Lotus Notes 8.5 client to 8.5.1 and receive the following error, “Cannot upgrade AllClient installation to Notes client. The upgrade you are attempting is not supported”, simply edit the notes.ini and change the InstallType=2 to InstallType=6.