Not sure if anyone else has run into that before:

Running the agCleanup agent in the domlog.nsf is raising the following error:

Memory allocation request exceeded 65,000 bytes

While the message is a bit misleading, the cause is quite reasonable once discovered.

In this particular case the entity running the agent did not have access to delete document in the domlog.nsf. This is inherited from the domlog.ntf template for LocalDomainAdmins.
Domino is writing an error line into the agent log for each document it  is attempting to delete.
With the vast number of documents that are to be deleted from the database on a daily basis, the logging field of the agent is reaching the 64K limit.

The solution: Grant deletion rights to the entity running the agent.

My head is buzzing around Lotus Travler, Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 devices. If I would have known how cool this stuff can be I would have started looking into it much earlier!

Anyhow, my recent adventure into setting up IBM Lotus Traveler for a corporate taught me more tricks of the trade than I am able to put into one individual blog entry due to limited amount of time. That’s because there is much more to be discovered!

Tip #1: Install Domino x.509 root certificates for S60 devices:

IBM provides us with the option of secure (HTTPS) communication between the Lotus Traveler client and the Domino Server. No problemo I though, just create a key ring with the root certificate using the Domino Certification authority and issue a certificate for the domino server, import the root certificate to the mobile device and …

But wait, how do I get the certificate to the device? Just moving it over via Bluetooth or file transfer brings up an error: “Messaging: Feature not supported” or “Unable to open. File type not supported”.

Once the solution to this little annoyance has been found it seems to be so easy.  Kaz 911 is explaining how to install (Microsoft) Exchange certificates on S60 devices. The same procedure applies to Domino issued certificates – looks like there is commonality between the two products.

In a Nutshell:

1. Place the certificate file on a web server than can be accessed from the phone browser
2. Define the mime type for the .der extension on your web server as application/x-509-ca-cert
   If you don’t happen to have access to the mime.types file on the Apache server and you are not using Domino you could also just amend the .htaccess file adding  AddType application/x-x509-ca-cert .cer
3. Browse to the file with the phone browser and accept the certificate

I am currently playing around with Lotus Traveler. While the set-up was really straight forward, I am now going into the more nitty gritty detail. And as we know: that’s where the devil lives.

Lesson 1: policies are not applied in the way you would expect after reading the documentation. Check here:

For mail servers release 8.0.1 or later policies are applied via adminp using ‘tell adminp process traveler’. The command ‘tell traveler policy update <username>’ (as described in the documentation) is only applicable for pre 8.0.1 servers.

I am sure there is much more to discover.

IBM recently updated/published a technote Can you disable the Recent Contacts feature using a policy? explaining that this is currently being investigated. While it is true that there currently is no user interface component to disable that feature using a policy you could combine the information published in technote 1267115 and technote 1196837 to still achieve the same.

In adding a new field $PrefDisableDPABProcessing to the desktop setting and populating it with the value of “1″ you effectively disable the recent contact features for all clients whose policy is enforing the desktop setting with the added field. Please follow above technotes for more details.

I guess there is nothing more to add to this than BRILLIANT! Sure, I’ve seen those DXL files before in the IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT directory but never actually bothered opening them. What a mistake.

Thanks for sharing this really valuable topic Vlad!