Notes.ini Quickr Tip
Category Quickr Notes DominoIn case you don't get my newsletter, here is the notes.ini tip I wrote last week.
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By the time I installed Quickr 8.1, there were a myriad of configuration places, settings, and knobs and dials on the Quickr server. We have notes.ini, qpconfig.xml, the admin screens, server documents, web configuration documents - let's just say it's enough to make your head spin! The good news is that if you're running a single server for standard Quickr activities, using Domino LDAP, there really isn't much to change. But if you have a busy server...
While there isn't room here for a complete server health checklist, I do have a recommendation on the use of notes.ini. This configuration file, as you know, has been with Notes since the days of yore. While it goes largely unmodified in the field, there are actually quite a few Quickr settings in there, and some of them can be addressed in different and better ways. I'm referring specifically to the "ServerTasksAtX" lines. These lines are designed to kick off a specific process or processes at a specific time in the early morning.
Here's my tip - get rid of the qptool tasks that are run this way! Some you don't need, while some are overlapping each other and could be run at a better time. For instance, in Quickr 8.1 the server install added a line (look below the normal location) "ServerTasksAt4=qptool refresh -a,qptool report -policyexecute,qptool register -pts". That's three qptool commands - meaning three Java programs - run simultaneously at 4 AM. Ouch, kill that line!
What to do with these? A much better option resides in the Domino Directory, names.nsf, with Program documents. You can replace all of the qptool notes.ini settings with Program documents with the following benefits:
1. You control the timing. If you want to run a task at 3:12 in the morning, you can
2. Program documents can be enabled and disabled
3. You can decide to run qptool tasks more or less frequently than daily, as your needs dictate
Next time, I'll tell you which other notes.ini settings and server tasks you can safely (and should!) get rid of to speed up the Quickr server. For now - schedule away, and trim down that notes.ini file!
-Rob Novak
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Comments
Very useful information that resolve in any cases many situations.
To know new settins are welcome!
Posted by enzo stanzione At 12:37:30 AM On 08/06/2008 | - Website - |