Chad Scott

I'm sure you've seen that the DAOS fix bundle 8.5.1 FP1 IF1 was released to Fix Central today. If you are running DAOS, you should strongly consider installing IF1 to address the issues outlined in the Technote. Most DAOS issues we're running into are resolved by one or more of these fixes. If you are experiencing any problems at all with DAOS, then you definitely need to install this fix and reassess the problem afterward.

In response to: Concerns over DAOS Estimator?

The second "Total Duplicate Attachments found" line does precede the accurate statistic that was formerly labeled "Total DAOS Eligible Attachments." I've created SPR CSCT7PKM8R to correct this. The big thing to remember is that the data is still good. Just remember that the second line is the number of DAOS-eligible attachments.

I wrote last week that you can run DAOS Estimator from your client to collect information from the server. Unfortunately, there's a problem with this approach. Estimator will iterate through the server databases without a problem, but it will attempt to open those databases locally. Obviously a client will not have all of the server databases local and in the same relative path, so these database opens will fail with 0x103 (File does not exist). SPR DANG7NPHYJ has been created to request additional functionality that will allow Estimator to open databases on the server instead of trying to open them locally.

Did you know you can run DAOS Estimator from your client machine? To do so, place the appropriate daosest executable in your Notes program directory, and run the following from a command prompt:

> daosest Server/Org!!

This is much safer than running daosest on the server, as problems should be limited to your client and not the server. This also has the benefit of far less administrative overhead, as all servers can be scanned from a single workstation. Note that when running in this fashion, daosest will run with the credentials of the active user ID instead of the server ID, so plan accordingly.

The DAOS development team has published a great best practices guide for DAOS backup and restore. Be sure to check it out.

Heads up on a bug with 2048-bit encryption and DAOS. This problem manifests if you use 2048-bit encryption (not the default) and choose to encrypt NLOs (default). Changing either works around the problem, and a hot fix is available should be available this week if you need both.

The 8.5 InfoCenter has a good overview of basic DAOS troubleshooting tips that can be used to resolve most common DAOS problems. Be sure to check it out.