Uh Clem's Admin World

I've been doing Notes for over 16 years now, mostly on the admin/architecture side, but also some development.   I find myself spending so much time thinking about high level stuff that I am humbled when I learn (or re-learn) about a basic concept.

So I am excited to see that Mike Kinder has started a new blog yesterday teaching the fundamentals of Notes/Domino to whoever wants to listen.  I hope to use his blog to reacquaint myself with the basics.  It's also a perfect supplemental resource for those new to Notes/Domino.

So go check out his blog and see if you seasoned Notes learn a thing or two, and let your helpdesk folks and new admins or developers know about it.

The new version of the Sametime for Blackberry app (officially called "Blackberry Instant Messaging for Lotus Sametime" ) came out earlier this month.  When I downloaded it I noticed the download page had a warning that this version (V2.2) ONLY supported Blackberry devices with the 4.7x device software.  You still had to use V2.1x for any devices using 4.6x or earlier device software.

So I tried to install both versions on the BES for wireless deployment.  If you have ever tried this you will quickly learn that the BES doesn't like this.  You get a message something like "Multiple Instances of the Application Were Found".  Fortunately RIM tech support had a work around.  You can find it in this KB article (KB15901).  Essentially it has you create a second share where you can put the second version.  The workaround is very straight forward.

I'm still trying to figure out why RIM would release a new version that was not compatible with older device software knowing the limitation of BES where you can easily install 2 versions of the same app.  Maybe this if fixed in later versions of BES (I'm on 4.1.6).