Salvador Jose  8 Septiembre 2010 13:07:08

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Salvador Jose  2 Septiembre 2010 13:18:59

The time budgets for next year is approaching and the CFO wanted to meet the needs of the Domino server for the next year. Will we need more disk, more memory or whatever? What is the growth rate of the Domino servers? What is the use of mailboxes for the users? I have to confess that I was not prepared for such attack questions from the chief financial officer. So my quick response was "I will check and give you a response ASAP, bye".

So, get 2 work.  Mmmmmm, which Domino database will you use for such kind of questions? I use Predictor. What? Predictor or "notes Predictor", better said, Activity Trends or activity.nsf. I call Predictor because this database application has the ability to show me the domino disk grow and predict the future requeriments for disks usage and avoid improvisations and outages . Better said, Predictor will check if your Domino server is pregnanted by the users activities. Let's see an easy step by step guide.

How to set up and use Predictor

Step 1. Check if you are an entitled Administrator

Open IBM Domino Administrator -> Server -> Analysis -> Analyze -> Activity...
If you see the image below, you are not an entitled admin !



You are a young admin and have never used Predictor. Don't worry. Predictor (Activity Trends) is documented in your Domino Administrator help. Search for "Activity Trends" or read this article. We will show you how your Domino server can will give you an automatic Predictor free sample.Predictor is a product release 1.0 dated from 2001 and its physhical name is activity.nsf. You can obtain a lot of activity trends from Predictor.

Step 2. Use Predictor and check the results

You are now an entitled Domino Administrator.



Open the Predictor database activity.nsf. It will show you a lof of information and trends.



Open Server Trends and goto to Database Summary tab. Now, you are a bit nervous...Predictor will tell you if your Domino server is pregnant.

Step 3. Analyze the results





Ooooohhhhh. Your Domino server is pregnant. Congratulations !! Your server disks are growing and growing and they are increasingly overweight.



Predictor showed me on the screen a 537.149.099 bytes / day growth rate. That's 512 Mbytes per day or 3,584 Mbytes per week or 14,336 Mbytes per month. Predictor is fantastic !! So, for this Domino server we have 14 Gb growth reate per month and a predicted growth rate of 14 Gb x 12 months = 168 Gb. So, now, with Predictor (Analysis Trends) I am a ready Domino admin to response to the CFO questions. Even, I can explain the busiest hours of the users (tab Histograms)





Step 5 Looking for a solution

Ok. Our Domino server is pregnant. Abort the Domino server is a suicide. Migrating to a Exchange server is worse medicine. There are other drugs available in the market: Connections, Quickr, Sametime, Sharepoint, ... But suddenly, the Predictor screen after the word "Pregnant" started to flash another word: DAOS. It's under investigation!

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Martín Ortega Novella  1 Septiembre 2010 16:35:39

 

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Salvador Jose  1 Septiembre 2010 11:17:57

Cuando estás subscrito a mucho software de IBM / Lotus / Tivoli / Websphere / Cognos / DB2 .... a veces encontrar algo en el sitio de descargas Passport Advantage puede ser algo complicado. Yo no encontraba la nueva versión 8.5.2 de Lotus Traveler y cuando estaba a punto de abrir una solicitud de servicio se me ocurrió buscar por el part number CZJ11EN y.... voilà. Esta guía la he clonado del blog de Stuart McIntyre que gracias a su entrada me ha ayudado a localizar Traveler. Cuando salgan las versiones internacionales de Notes/Domino 8.5.2 actualizaremos esta entrada. Espero que os pueda ser útil para filtrar las búsquedas.


IBM Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License 8.5.2 for Multiplatform English eAssembly (CRC50EN)
IBM Lotus Domino Messaging Client Access License 8.5.2 Multiplatform English eAssembly (CRC5CEN)
IBM Lotus Domino Messaging and Collaboration Express 8.5.2 for Multiplatform English eAssembly (CRC6DEN)
IBM Lotus Domino Server 8.5.2 for Multiplatform English eAssembly (CRC5PEN)
IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.2 for LotusLive Notes English eAssembly (CRCB4EN)
IBM Lotus Sametime Entry 8.5.2 for Domino 8.5.2 Multiplatform Multilingual eAssembly (CRC94ML)


IBM Lotus Notes Client 8.5.2 for Windows English (CZIF3EN)
IBM Lotus Notes Client 8.5.2 for MAC English (CZIF6EN)
IBM Lotus Notes Client 8.5.2 for Linux (Debian Install) English (CZIF5EN)
IBM Lotus Notes Client 8.5.2 for Linux (RPM Install) English (CZIF4EN)  

IBM Lotus Notes, Domino Designer and Admin 8.5.2 for Windows XP and Vista 32 Bit English (CZIF0EN)  

IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 32 bit for Windows English (CZIP9EN)
IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 64 bit for Windows English (CZIQ0EN)
IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 32 bit Linux for xSeries English (CZIQ2EN)
IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 64 bit for AIX English (CZIQ1EN)  
IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 for IBM i English (CZIQ5EN)  

IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.2 for Windows English (CZJ11EN)
IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.2 for Linux English (CZJM6EN)




Thanks Stuart  ;)

Por otra parte, habréis leído en la blogosfera amarilla que algunos clientes están experimentando incidencias con el correo smtp saliente de Domino 8.5.2 Se ha anunciado que el parche o solución estará disponible el próximo miércoles 8 de septiembre en Fix Central, o sea, la semana que viene. Además esta actualización será incluida en el próximo Fix Pack 1 de Notes/Domino 8.5.2.

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Albert Buendia  31 Agosto 2010 18:28:05

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