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We recently upgraded our two primary Domino servers to Domino 8.5.1 FP1 IF1.  All and all things have been stable, but we have had a few HTTP related crashes.  So off to Fix Central we went.  We attempted to install dwaf_v8.5.1.1_304.2CHF1. 

Instructions in the hotfix indicate that you should install the following:

dwabl.jar  in the following directories:

Windows:            <domino program directory>\jvm\lib\ext

Solaris/Linux/AIX :  <domino program directory>\jvm\lib\ext

Well the first problem we discovered was that the fixpack did not include that jar.  It included dlt.jar.

Secondly, there is no dlt.jar in the \jvm\lib\ext directory.

Upon contacting Lotus Support they told us that a new DWA Hotfix set had just become available but was not on Fix Central yet!  (Imagine my surprise!).

When we explained that the jar file was not found in the directory, they recommended reinstalling 8.5.1.  Given that these are productions servers, that option was certainly out of the question.

We then did some digging around and found that the dlt.jar along with the dwabl.jar are located in the

<domino program directory>\ndext directory.

We have subsequently sent this information on to Lotus Support.  So if you are in the process of installing patches, it’s good to read the readme files thoroughly and know that you might need to do some file searches to locate a file rather than rely on the directory information included with the fix.

Postscript:  There appears that there may be an issue with the location of the jar files as placed by the 8.5.1 install.  We're currently working with Lotus Support to identify this.