Notes Browser Clients, Client Upgrades und beste Startzeiten! (SP25) - 42. DNUG

Notes Browser Clients, Client Upgrades und beste Startzeiten!

DNUG – Dortmund, Juni 2015

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Christoph Adler

Technical Account Manager – panagenda

IBM (Lotus) Notes / Domino since 2001

Consulting for projects Administration Migration / Consolidation Client Management Application Management

Since 2012 TAM at panagenda with core competence in Notes Client Management ICS Infrastructure Analysis and Optimizations

Good to know… Frequent traveler Projects with many different companies in different countries Beer or Wine? Beer!

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ChallengeUpgrading to IBM Notes Browser Plugin-in

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Challenge: Upgrading to IBM Notes Browser Plugin-in

General• Different OS versions in 32Bit &| 64Bit• Different Directories: Program &| Data folders• Single &| MultiUser installations (again Directories, Templates in Data Directory, etc.)• Desktop / Laptop / Citrix or other virtual environments• Hardware• Network drives• Harddisk capacity• (Intelligent) package deployment• Design updates + ODS-Upgrade• Notes.ini

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Challenge: Upgrading to IBM Notes Browser Plug-in - continued

IBM Notes Browser Plugin-in specific• Usage of “InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes” not supported & not available

• stub notes.ini• additional files• modified shortcuts• […]

• Activate Browser Plug-in in Mozilla Firefox / Internet Explorer

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Challenge: Upgrading to IBM Notes Browser Plug-in - continued

Current configuration• IBM Notes 9.0.1 Standard + FP2• MultiUser

Target configuration• IBM Notes 9.0.1 Browser Plug-in only + FP3 IF4• MultiUser installation• + pre defined stub notes.ini• + pre activated browser plug-in (addon) Mozilla Firefox

Upgrade process• < 4 minutes (complete uninstall + cleanup + install + configuration)

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What makes your initial IBM Notes Client START fast

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What makes your initial IBM Notes Client START fast

Speeds up starting the IBM Notes client up to 65 %

MOSTLY useful in virtual environments (e. g. Citrix XenApp, vmware, Windows Terminal Server, VDI, etc.)

ONLY usable with an (IBM Notes) Roaming Solution

Eclipse Framework Performance Improvement

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What makes your Notes Client START fast - Continued

Example: Configuration of an IBM Notes 9.0.1 FP3 Client1. With a non-admin user (OS + Notes) run an initial setup of the Notes client.2. Start the Notes client 3 times then wait for 2-3minutes each3. Shutdown the Notes client4. Create the following directory c:\ProgramData\IBM\Notes\Data\Common5. Copy the workspace directory from %LocalAppData%\IBM\Notes\Data to

c:\ProgramData\IBM\Notes\Data\Common6. Delete the following files/directories out of c:\ProgramData\IBM\Notes\Data\Common\workspace

a) UDMb) Logs all but .prov2installc) cache if availabled) .metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.collaboration.*e) .metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.rcp.personality.frameworkf) .metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.rcp.security.auth

7. Change the parameter “jvm.shareclasses.loc=“ in c:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes\framework\rcp\deploy\jvm.propertiesa) from “${rcp.data}/.config/org.eclipse.osgi“b) to “c:/temp“

Eclipse Framework Performance Improvement

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IBM Notes Client Performance boost

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After deleting cache.ndk Keeping / NOT deleting cache.ndk

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panagenda MarvelClient helps!

• Client analysis and optimization

• Reduce helpdesk calls by up to 80%

• Achieve client startup times < 45 seconds

• Roaming, including Citrix, WTS, VDI andConnections Cloud

• Seamless client setups, upgrades and updates

• Seamless cloud onboarding

"panagenda MarvelClient significantlyreduces our cost to manage ourIBM Notes client base, including Citrixand the Notes browser plugin."

MarvelClient Platforms:IBM Notes Basic Client, IBM Notes Standard Client, IBM Notes Browser Plug-in, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Citrix, Microsoft Windows Terminal Server

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Q & A

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Thank you !

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Christoph AdlerTechnical Account Manager

panagenda GmbH – Solutions for Infrastructure Analysis and Optimization

● Donnersbergstr. 1 ● 64646 Heppenheim (Germany)

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