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Client Management
ClientGenie Analyzer:
Free audit tool for your
Notes client environment
Uli Krause & Olaf Boerner
August 22, 2013
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About: Ulrich Krause
Administrator/Developer since 1993
Senior Software Architect at BCC
OpenNTF Contributor
OpenNTF Board of Directors
Blog http://www.eknori.de
IBM Champion 2011/2012/2013
Notes Forum http://www.atnotes.de
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About Olaf Boerner
CEO and founder of BCC
Working with Lotus Notes
since Version 3 in 1993
Working with large enterprise customers as
Senior Architect
1. To reduce Total cost of Ownership of Notes/Domino
2. To secure and optimize IBM Domino infrastructures
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BCC helps you to …
reduce the Total Cost of Ownership
increase system and process security
automate your Notes/Domino administration
manage consolidation and migration projects
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How IBM is auditing Notes Clients?
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Analyzing Notes Client: Standard
Notes Client is providing some information via
AdminP request during login
AdminP is adding information to personal
document
• Lotus Notes Client Version / Build
• Lotus Notes Platform
• Notes client machine name
View >by Client Version
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Screenshot: View & person document
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Why do you need more detailed
Information ?
Ensure standards
Implement changes
Prevent problems
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Ensure standards:
Everybody using Notes Client 8.5.3 FP3 ?
Using which Windows Version?
Installed in Standard Program directory ?
Using same notes data directory ?
Notes.ini is located in notes data ?
Cache.ndk is locted in c:/temp ?
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Implement changes:
Typical Changes: • Upgrading Notes Client to new version
• Exchanging Hardware -> User receives a new laptop
• Browser as your new standard mail client
• Server consolidation (Move 4 to 1)
Typical questions • What local databases does your user have ?
• Size of notes data directory ?
• Where is the notes.ini file ?
• Who has database links to SRV 1-4 on his desktop
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Notes Client Management Cycle
Lotus Policies
Scripting
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ClientGenie Analyzer
provides a free solution
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ClientGenie Analyzer Edition: Short Introduction
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ClientGenie Analyzer Workflow
User is starting Notes Client
ClientGenie is loaded automatically in the
background
ClientGenie collects
information during Notes Client Session
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ClientGenie Analyzer Workflow
No User Interaction
No User Impact
Central Management
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Demo
Uli Krause
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What information can be collected?
Hardware •Computer Type
•Bios,
•Harddisk
•CPU, RAM
OS •Version
•Computername
•OS Username
Notes Client
•Version, Type
•Program path
•Data path
Notes.ini entries
pNAB
• Location
• Connection
•Policies
Local Databases
• Filesnames
• Size
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Analyze with Views
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Available Database Views
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Available Database Views
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ClientGenie Dashboard
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Analyze with Dashboard
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Typical Customer Use Cases
Olaf Boerner
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UC: Standardize notes data path
Ensure that all users are using the same
standard data paths
Why ?
• Upgrade local databases
• Change single user to multi user
• Ensure that changes will apply to users
You also might be interested to
• Check directory size
• List all files in your local directory
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BP: Monitor notes.ini entries
You want to set Notes.ini entries
• Desktop Policy
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BP: Monitor notes.ini entries
Monitoring Notes.ini entries
• ClientGenie will report all notes.ini entries
• Notes.ini entries will be sorted in a view
Check which Notes users / clients has which
notes.ini entries
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Best practices: Policy Management
Policies are mandatory for using ID Vault and
applying security settings
How it works ? • Create Policy and Setting Documents in Domino
Directory
• Assign to user (Explicit, Organizational)
• User is authenticating with Domino server
• Notes Client is “downloading” policy setting and
creating documents in pnab (hidden view ($Policies)
• Notes client is assigning settings regarding policies
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Best practices: Policy Management
Troubleshooting ?
20% of all clients do not have current policies in
their local NAB
(My personal experience)
ClientGenie Analyzer can help
• Collecting policy document in local NAB
• Store in central inventory
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Analyze policy documents
All policy documents in local nab will be written
to person‘s inventory document
Check created and last modification date
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How to install ClientGenie ?
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ClientGenie Server Installation
Domino Server:
• 2 Databases
• ClientGenie Configuration
• ClientGenie Inventory
Databases can be copied to any server
Databases can replicate to servers in different
locations
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ClientGenie Client Installation
Add clientgenie.dll to notes.ini:
EXTMGR_ADDINS=clientgenie.dll
Clientgenie.dll must be copied to every machine
• Program directory
• Notes data directory
• Options • Software distribution tools like SMS, NetInstall ...
• Copy script during windows network login
• ClientGenie installation mail or PostOpen Script
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How to add extmgr_addin entry
Desktop Settings
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Get you free ClientGenie Analyzer
Edition:
www.clientgenie.com/analyzer
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