Notes 8.5 beta 2 on Mac - First Impressions
Tags: Notes
If you need to download the software, you can do it here.
The installation was easy as always. After the start I received an error:
01.09.08 12:28:59 [0x0-0x3f03f].com.ibm.lotus.Notes[423] 2008/09/01 12:28:59.122 SEVERE CWPCA8515E: Application failed to open: ::class.method=com.ibm.rcp.portal.app.ui.internal.serviceImpl.DoInternalUIService.showServerErrorDialog() ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm.rcp.portal.app.ui
But after clicking OK it seemed like everything was working. At first I recognized happily that all the language related problems in the UI are gone. Which is really nice because I didn't like to switch my Mac to english just to see everything in Notes in a clear shape. Also that the sidebar "Day-At-A-Glance" plug-in is working again is fine, because it didn't show any values within beta 1. After that I did some additional tests:
(For details look here.)
The design of application B and C was identical. The behavior was the same on the server and with the local replica. I figured out that a new copy of application B would resolve the problem. But it was no workaround for me because I didn't like to create a lot of new copies of applications and local replicas around all my clients.
After all I tried the good old (and as a former Windows user) well known reboot and tata: eveything works as expected now. The error on client start is there as before but so far I didn't receive any new error.
Update:
IBM's repsones to the 8.5 Public Beta Forum are fast and valuable:
But nevertheless it would be great if they had listed this in the readme PDF. Because there's only mentioned, that upgrading a Domino server from beta 1 to beta 2 is not supported.
If you need to download the software, you can do it here.
The installation was easy as always. After the start I received an error:
01.09.08 12:28:59 [0x0-0x3f03f].com.ibm.lotus.Notes[423] 2008/09/01 12:28:59.122 SEVERE CWPCA8515E: Application failed to open: ::class.method=com.ibm.rcp.portal.app.ui.internal.serviceImpl.DoInternalUIService.showServerErrorDialog() ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm.rcp.portal.app.ui
But after clicking OK it seemed like everything was working. At first I recognized happily that all the language related problems in the UI are gone. Which is really nice because I didn't like to switch my Mac to english just to see everything in Notes in a clear shape. Also that the sidebar "Day-At-A-Glance" plug-in is working again is fine, because it didn't show any values within beta 1. After that I did some additional tests:
- Mail file - check
- Calender - check
- Application A - FAIL
- Application B - FAIL
- Application C - check
(For details look here.)
The design of application B and C was identical. The behavior was the same on the server and with the local replica. I figured out that a new copy of application B would resolve the problem. But it was no workaround for me because I didn't like to create a lot of new copies of applications and local replicas around all my clients.
After all I tried the good old (and as a former Windows user) well known reboot and tata: eveything works as expected now. The error on client start is there as before but so far I didn't receive any new error.
Update:
IBM's repsones to the 8.5 Public Beta Forum are fast and valuable:
This is caused from upgrading between beta 1 and beta 2. The recommendation is to first uninstall beta 1 and then install beta 2. Alternately, a workaround if you do upgrade directly is to reboot, however upgrade is not supported in beta 2 and additional issues may be encountered.
Thanks!
Sarah
But nevertheless it would be great if they had listed this in the readme PDF. Because there's only mentioned, that upgrading a Domino server from beta 1 to beta 2 is not supported.
