XPages Bootcamp

I've been to other shows offered by The View, most recently in Boston.  Was a bit of a let down compared to other years but they're generally pretty decent.

http://www.xpagesbootcamp.com/eview/Xpages10.nsf/home?openform

Now to decide which city I should attend...Chicago or DC?  Hockey in DC mid-March looks like the Avalanche or the Wild...not the most appealing couple of games.  Baseball...Oakland is in town for the White Sox in April...and Chicago is Chicago. 

Replica Analyzer is Platform Independent

To clear up a little confusion, this utility is platform independent.  It's a simple NSF database and all code is LotusScript. 

http://www.stevencpitcher.com/2010/12/replica-analyzer.html

Replica Analyzer

I started playing around with replication of Domino directories a few months ago and came up with an iSeries-only program that essentially does wholesale replication of directories.  I received a couple of downloads (thank you, thank you...diaper money for my twin newborn girls), but what I really wanted to create was something platform independent that did a little more.  I went a little overboard but it fits the bill for what I need.

Here's what it does:

• Checks for differences between two replicas on different servers
• Number of documents
• Access Control List
• Full Text Index type and last date it was indexed
• Last Fixup Date
• Quota
• On Disk Structure
• Document compression
• LZ1 compression
• Unread marks
• Transaction logging
• DAOS status
• % Whitespace
• ...and a few others.
• Gives you the option to automatically set options based on the results found
• If your target replica DB quota is different from the source, make the target quota the same as the source, etc.
•  Automatically create new replicas if not found on the target server.  This was the premise of my original tool.  A great feature if you have a whole directory you need replicated.  For example, you have an Archive policy and your archive database gets created on new user registration, however you need to manually create the replica, assign the quota, etc.  This utility is scheduled to run every week so that you can be sure your archive directory is always in sync with the replicated directory on another server.
• Customizable setup document that allows you to pick the servers and directories to poll, and what actions you want to automatically happen based on the results you find.

I'll gladly send anyone who downloaded and paid for my original tool a copy of this new tool.  Hopefully there's interest in this one too.  I searched high and low for a low cost tool like this but found nothing but high dollar enterprise solutions (4 or 5 grand) that really only handle a fraction of the features I'm offering.  All I'm really asking in return is the equivalent cost of a box of diapers.  :)

I'll offer support on a best effort basis.  This application was built on a Domino 8.5.1 FP3 box and works fine. 

Feel free to add to the source code to make it do more for you.  I'll push out any updates by way of a template and discuss the code changes on my blog.  Please read the About document to understand how it works.  Pretty simple though.  In the Setup view, create a document for each source/target server path you want to have queried for replica differences.  The only agent in this application will run on a weekly basis and generate documents in the Default view.  If you want to run the agent manually, feel free to change the agent properties to do so.  If you call it from an action button, beware the time it takes for the agent to complete will increase dramatically. 

Please offer any ideas you'd like to see in the future.  Please let me know of any bugs or oddities and I'll get them fixed asap.