As I blogged in the past, I've been really
pleased with my Windows Home Server
(WHS), I use it for so many things, it backs up all my machines, it runs
a Domino Server that replicates key databases from other servers, it runs
uTorrent, it's my media server, it's my iPad music server, you get the
idea, this little box not much bigger than a Bible does a lot of things.
Recently it has been having issues though, the system drive had started
to return errors writing to disk C, constantly logging bad sector failures
etc. Now if this was a data disk that wouldn't be so bad as I could just
remove it and replace it, but the C drive is the WHS system disk.
Now you can replace the system disk
with a new one, and Microsoft provides a WHS system recovery disk, which
basically creates a fresh install on a new system disk, whilst still keeping
all the data nice and safe on those disks, but here's the problem, see
I installed all those other apps on the WHS box, Domino, uTorrent, various
WHS plugins etc. Well if I just put in a new disk and run the system
recovery I need to install and configure all those applications again,
which would be a major pain in the arse. There's been lots written
on this on the web, with lots of amazement that Microsoft missed something
so basic. You may think you can just use something like disk cloning
software and be all set, but it isn't quite that simple, various registry
settings reference offsets, disk unique IDs and device names etc. that
make it a little more complicated. Fortunately the web comes to the
rescue again, and someone has posted complete steps on how you can clone
the WHS System Drive which can be found here How to successfully clone and upgrade a WHS system drive.
So using a couple of SATA USB adapters, I successfully followed these
instructions and now have a new system disk in the WHS, twice the size,
and my Domino server and all the apps are happily running.
Hopefully, the new version of WHS that
is planned by Microsoft will address this.
Is IBM going to dump the old Notes.net forums?
Fri, Feb 10th 2012 7:10a Carl Tyler I heard it a few times at Lotusphere from
different development groups, "ask your questions on stackoverflow"
I've not really heard any reason given for this to be the new location
of where to ask questions. But it does make me wonder, are the Notes.net
forums going to get booted and replaced by stackoverflow? If they
do, I hope it works better than the move to wikis from redbook type documentation.
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The IBM sametime proxy example 7, embeded chat option not working for you?
Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 9:20a Carl Tyler So this is a pretty simple issue to see,
and a simple issue to resolve, but you could easily take hours trying to
figure it out. The IBM Sametime Proxy SDK ships with an example for embedding
a Sametime chat window in a web page (Example 7), many of you (me included)
may try this and find that indeed the chat is embedded, but as soon as
the other user responds, it opens up a new chat window. Anyway, the
solution is simple, use the Canonical name for the user in the HTML. This
video expl [read] Keywords: ibm
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The Sametime 8.5.x Proxy Server, Web Client, and RESTful APIs — An Introduction
Fri, Jan 27th 2012 2:40p Carl Tyler I forgot to post this whilst I was at Lotusphere
The View published a new article I wrote on the Sametime 8.5.x proxy. It's
an introduction article that can get you started with development.
Discover the Sametime
8.5.x Proxy server and its new client for browsers and iPhone. Learn what
the Proxy server does, how it works, and the ways that you can add Sametime
presence to Web sites using the powerful APIs exposed in the server’s
Browser Client toolkit.
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I will shortly be looking for sponsors...
Wed, Jan 25th 2012 5:10p Carl Tyler Rather foolishly or rather smartly, I have
not yet decided, late last year I agreed to take part in the 2012
Big Bloggers Dander for Dosh (not sure it was called big last
year, perhaps they added that for me?), anyway, I signed up and I will
be taking part in the week prior to UKLUG
Why should this concern you? Well
during the year I'm going to be trying to hit you up for sponsor money,
all those people that I've ever helped free of charge with a Sametime question,
it's going to [read] Keywords: sametime
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Lotusphere 2012 - How I see things
Tue, Jan 24th 2012 1:46p Carl Tyler Overall the feedback I have been hearing
from people around Lotusphere 2012 has been very positive, they liked the
OGS and felt very positive afterwards. What I personally took from
the OGS was this, having no panels will score you big points with the attendees,
saying Notes or Domino will get you the largest cheers in the OGS. Mike
Rhodin's speech basically bored me to tears, it's the same sentences as
his section at every other Lotusphere, just in a slightly different order,
if you [read] Keywords: connections
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Lotusphere Slides and Videos
Mon, Jan 23rd 2012 9:50a Carl Tyler I am back from Lotusphere into the sub
zero New England temperatures, as I promised during my Lotusphere Session
BP209, I have posted the slides and demonstration content on the Epilio
website. You can find the slides and the demonstration file details
here:
http://www.epilio.com/web/lotusphere2012.htm
If you did attend the session, please
be sure to complete your evaluation. These help me a great deal in
deciding content for future events. For those of you that got up
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Lotusphere Videos
Sun, Jan 15th 2012 9:30p Carl Tyler As with last year, I'm doing video snippets
of folks that are willing to give them. Posted 3 from today, I've
even created a little intro collection.
If you're at Lotusphere and you're willing
to provide your expectations or impressions so far, please feel free
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Where I'll be at Lotusphere and space on my dance card.
Mon, Jan 9th 2012 11:40a Carl Tyler Yes I will be going to the ball. Ooops,
I mean Lotusphere. I will be presenting a single session (why do
all that extra work of additional sessions), and have quite a few meetings
and social engagements planned. I still have room on my dance card
however, so if you'd like to meet to discuss Unified Comms solutions or
opportunities ie opportunities for my company to work with you, or maybe
you just want a free general advice chit chat, shoot me an email at ctylerls@epilio.com
and we ca [read] Keywords: ibm
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