'Tuner Blog

Greetings!  Another month, another set of rules to unleash.  I'm shooting for 'FTOTM' to be the release date for rule sets.  If you check for updates, you'll see that this month I got in just under the wire - but the new stuff is indeed there.  I've changed the template database title to include the release date in YYYY.MM.DD format, so it now reads "Domino Configuration Tuner (2009.06.02)" to help determine which template release you have on a given machine.  Before I cover the new rules we're releasing, I want to take a moment to thank some folks who have been indispensable in my getting this stuff out on a somewhat regular basis: Chad Scott, Liam Harpur and Rob Gearhart have all provided some excellent research which has enabled rule creation to pick up the pace.  Thanks for all of your help!  Here are the notes.ini settings used for the new rules this release:

• NLCACHE_VERSION - which sets the version of NameLookup cache to be used.
• INOTESDISABLEXPAGECMD - which will disable XPages on the server (we recommend it generally not be used.)
• DEBUG_DISABLE_DIRMAN_REFRESH - which disables the server side database cache (another one we recommend against.)
• DEBUG_FIXUP_RESET_ACL - which can be used to help administrators fix corrupt database ACLs.  It should only be used temporarily and as needed.
• DEBUG_ENABLE_UPDATE_FIX - which should only be present when SERVER_NAME_LOOKUP_NO_UPDATE is set to 1 in the server's notes.ini.  Both settings are required to suppress unnecessary view updating in the Domino Directory.

I've seen some feedback in the forums and in comments - I'll be working on incorporating suggestions and feedback into the upcoming rule set releases.  Please continue to provide feedback - we want to make this tool as useful (and correct) as possible.  If there are areas that you feel aren't well represented, let me know.  Especially appreciated are any success stories you can share, and - as always - why you did/didn't implement suggestions provided.  Enjoy!