What's new in IBM Lotus Domino 7.0?

The following tables list new features of the Lotus Domino 7.0 server and Domino Administrator client and
where you can find more information about these features.
For information about Lotus Domino Designer 7 and Lotus Notes 7 features, see the topic "What's New" in
Lotus Domino Designer 7 Help and Lotus Notes 7 Help. Or, go to http://www.lotus.com/ldd/doc to download or
view the Help databases.

Server install
New featureDescriptionFor
more information

New InstallShield Multi-Platform
server installer.
Offers a new method for
performing silent server installs
as well as a new option to run
an express setup.
See the topics Using silent
server installation to install
Domino on Windows systems
and Using Domino's express
install.

Server administration
New feature Description For more information

Domino and DB2 on Microsoft
Windows systems and IBM AIX
systems.
Domino 7 with DB2 is released
with Limited Availability, as
such, it is not available for
general usage.
For more information about the
Limited Availability program and
other important information
about this topic, see the URL
http://www.ibm.com/lotus/nsfdb
2.
IBM Lotus Domino can be See the topic Understanding
configured to run with DB2 Domino and DB2.
databases as well as Notes
For information about enabling
databases. You can access and
the Domino and DB2 feature,
view data stored in Notes
see the topic DB2 key for
databases as well as data that
access to Domino 7 with DB2.
is stored in DB2 databases.
When working with your data,
there is no visible difference
between the data stored in a
Notes database and data stored
in a DB2 database.

Domain monitoring
New Feature Description For more information

New Domino Domain Monitoring
(DDM) feature
Domino Domain Monitoring See the topic Domino Domain
(DDM) provides one location in Monitoring.
the Domino Administrator client
that you can use to view the
overall status of multiple
servers across one or more
domain(s), and then use the
information provided by DDM to
quickly resolve problems. DDM
uses configurable probes to
gather information across
multiple servers. DDM then
consolidates and reports that
information on specially-
designated collection servers in
a Notes output database
(DDM.NSF).

Server monitoring
New Feature
The Run Program notification
method now provides the option
to pass event parameters.
New event handler notification
method sends a console
command to the server.
New event handler notification
method sends a Java Controller
command.
Server monitoring tasks
Description For more information
The Run Program notification See the topics Passing event
method also provides the parameters using the Run
option to pass event Program notification method
parameters. You can specify and Event handler notification
which parameters to pass when methods.
the program runs. Optionally,
you can specify switches for the
parameters. You must have full
remote console access in the
Server document to issue LOAD
commands.
Sends a console command, or See the topic Event handler
commands, to the server notification methods.
according to the Event Handler
that was configured. You can
specify the server console
commands to be run. Any
console command can be used
with an event handler. You can
also use this option to run a
console script.
Sends Java server controller See the topics Setting,
commands based on an event. modifying or deleting the Java
The commands that can be server controller user's ID
sent to the controller are restart properties and Creating a
Domino, start Domino, and Connection document for use
shutdown Domino. You specify with a Java controller
the server and the Java command.
controller command. Your
username (short name) and
Internet password are used by
the event task to access the
Java controller.
New task Description For more information

Shutdown Monitor This task ensures that Domino See the topic Monitoring server
terminates when requested to shutdown.
do so, that is, the server does
not hang while attempting to
shut down.

Process Monitor This task monitors the See the topic Monitoring
processes that should be processes running in the
running as part of the Domino Domino server environment.
server environment.

Fault Analyzer task
Fault Analyzer is a server add-in
task that processes all new
crashes as they are delivered to
the Automatic Data Collection
mail-in database.
Note This task works with
Domino's diagnostic data
collection tool.
See the topics, Collecting
diagnostic information after a
server or client crash and
Enabling the Fault Analyzer task
on the server.

Writing status bar history to a You can enable logging of See the topic Writing status bar
log file status bar messages to the history to a log file.
local log file, LOG.NSF, or to an
external file that you designate.

User administration
New Feature
Open Mail File button accessible
from an open Person document
and from the People view of the
Domino Administrator.
New client installation options
and examples using transform
files
Multiple Notes client users can
use the same directory at the
same time.
Directories
Description
Use the new Open Mail File
button to open the selected
user's mail file.
Customizing client installations
has been expanded to include
information on using transform
files during scriptable setups
and also includes new
examples of how to use
transform files.
Multiple Notes client users can
log on and use the same data
directory at the same time.
Domino creates an autosave
database with a unique name
for each user to make the data
directory available to multiple
users.
For more information
See the topic Opening a user's
mail file.
See the topics Applying a
transform to a silent installation
and Examples -- Applying
scriptable setup using a
transform file during Notes
client installation.
See the topic Allowing multiple
users to use the same data
directory
New Feature Description For more information

Alias dereferencing You can control the extent to See the topic Configuring alias
which alias dereferencing dereferencing in a Directory
occurs when searching a Assistance document for a
remote LDAP directory. remote LDAP directory.

Domino UNID The Domino 7 LDAP Service See the topic dominoUNID
supports Universal Notes IDs operational attribute.
(UNID) through 32-character
values of the dominoUNID
operational attribute, which
allows advanced LDAP
applications to uniquely identify
documents in the Domino
Directory even when the
directory object's
FullName/ListName (LDAP DN),
ShortName (LDAP uid), or other
normally identifying field values
change.

Change detection Domino 7 can detect if entries See the topic Special
in certain LDAP directories have considerations for change
changed, allowing Domino detection.
subsystems to flush stale
search results and conduct
another search for current LDAP
information. Domino 7 also
takes advantage of LDAP
servers that support certain
change detection mechanisms.

Policies
New Feature
Documentation now contains
information about using policies
to assign NOTES.INI settings to
Notes client users or to Location
documents.
New mail policy settings
document
Instant messaging setup within
the Notes application plug-in can
be done using the desktop
policy settings document.
New client policy lock down
feature
Description For more information
You can use a desktop policy See the topic Using policies to
settings document to add or set assign NOTES.INI or Location
NOTES.INI variables for Notes document settings to Notes
client users. This is an easy way client users.
to assign NOTES.INI variables to
all Notes client users, or to a
specific subset of Notes client
users, at one time. You can also
use desktop policy settings
documents to set field values in
Location documents for users.
Mail policies provide a See the topic Creating a mail
mechanism for setting and policies settings document.
enforcing client
settings/preferences for Mail
and C&S. Mail policies can be
used to manage and distribute
message disclaimers, in
particular, to push the correct
disclaimer for a given mail user
down to the client.
Use the Domino policies feature See the topics Notes
to designate how instant application plug-in and policies
messaging services, within the and Creating a desktop policy
Notes application plug-in, are settings document.
provided to your users. The
Notes application plug-in for
the IBM Workplace Client
Technology, rich edition, lets
Notes users work with Notes
applications in the Workplace
rich client just as they would in
the Notes 7 client.
Use policy lock-down to specify See the topic Client policy lock-
which policy settings can be down.
modified by end users. The
lock-down feature provides a
central location from which you
can set and lock down user
settings. Client policy lock-
down is especially useful for
implementing company
procedures and increasing
security.
Messaging
New feature
New private whitelists feature
New private blacklist feature
New DNS whitelist feature
New stop processing action
available for mail server rules
Description For more information
Use Domino's private whitelist See the topic Enabling private
filters to specify exceptions to whitelist filters for SMTP
blacklist filters, that is, to connections.
specify the hosts and/or
domains to exclude from
blacklist processing. Hosts that
are specified in private
whitelists are exempt from
blacklist checks. Whitelisted
hosts bypass blacklist filter
checks but there are other
controls which may prevent the
message from being accepted.
Members of the private
whitelist are still subjected to
connection, relay, sender, and
recipient controls.
Use private blacklists to specify See the topic Enabling private
hosts and/or domains blacklist filters for SMTP
responsible for sending connections
unnecessary, unwanted mail to
your Internet domain. For
consistency, Domino's private
blacklists follow the model
currently used by existing anit-
spam functionality.
Use DNS whitelist filters as a See the topic Enabling DNS
means to help identify whitelist filters for SMTP
legitimate email. connections.
The stop processing action See the topic Setting server
stops the processing of all rules mail rules .
that follow the rule containing
the stop processing action. You
can use the stop processing
action alone, that is, as the only
action in a mail rule, or you can
use it with another action in a
rule, and it can also be in one
rule that is in a series of rules.
New message disclaimers Message disclaimers are See the topic Setting up and
notices -- usually short text using message disclaimers.
blocks -- that are added to
email messages. They are often
used by organizations in an
attempt to protect the
organization's legal interests.

Networks
New Feature Description For more information

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPV6) IPV6 is designed to replace See the topic IPv6 and Lotus
supported in Domino 7.0, beta 2 IPV4. IPV6 fixes a number of Domino.
problems that exist in IPV4,
Also see the Release Notes.
primarily the shortage of IPV4
addresses.

The documentation now Provides detailed information See the topic Changing a
contains instructions for describing issues and problems server's IP address.
changing a server's IP address. that can be associated with
changing a server's IP address.

Security
New Feature
128-bit encryption
User name mapping in the SSO
LTPA token
Custom password policies
User and server key rollover
Upgrade
Description For more information
Domino 7 supports larger Notes See the topic Using 128-bit ID
document encryption key sizes file encryption.
than in previous versions, and
users have the option of using
a stronger key to encrypt them.
Domino administrators can now See the topic Configuring user
map the user name that name mapping in the SSO LTPA
appears in a Domino-created token.
LTPA token to the name
expected by WebSphere, to
ensure that the name is
recognized in a mixed Domino
and WebSphere environment
where Domino and WebSphere
do not share the same
directory.
Information protection and data See the topic Custom password
privacy laws include specific policies.
requirements for the selection
of secure passwords for identity
verification. The new feature
enables administrators to
enforce password requirements
that will fit almost any set of
corporate or government
security requirements.
Key rollover is the process used See the topic User and server
to update the set of Notes key rollover.
public and private keys that is
stored in user and server ID
files. Triggers for key rollover
can be configured in policies
and in the Server document (for
the server ID).
New Feature
Smart Upgrade kit recognition
Smart Upgrade server cluster
failover to another server
Smart Upgrade failover from
Shared drive path kit to
Attachment kit.
New Smart Upgrade fields added The desktop policy settings
to the desktop policy settings document now has a Smart
document.
Smart Upgrade Tracking reports
Description For more information
Smart Upgrade can determine See the topic Adding update
whether to install a Notes client kits to the Lotus Notes Smart
only kit or All clients kit for Upgrade database.
each particular user.
Smart Upgrade server failover See the topic Smart Upgrade
is available with clustered server failover to another
servers. When the Notes client clustered server
user logs on, the user's home
server's Configuration Settings
document is checked to access
the link to the Smart Upgrade
database. If the server
containing the Smart Upgrade
database is not available,
Smart Upgrade searches, by
database replica ID and
database name, for a replica
server within the cluster and
tries to open the database on a
replica server. If it locates and
opens the database, that Smart
Upgrade database on that
replica server is used.
The Smart Upgrade process See the topic Adding update
checks whether a "Full Path Kit" kits to the Lotus Notes Smart
is available. If the Full Path Kit Upgrade database.
is available, it is used; if it is not
available, the attachment kit is
used.
See the topic Creating a
desktop policy settings
Upgrade tab that contains the document.
Smart Upgrade settings. Fields
are now available to enforce
Smart Upgrade Tracking.
The Smart Upgrade Tracking See the topic Smart Upgrade
Reports database is a Tracking Reports database.
repository for storing Smart
Upgrade Tracking Reports that
contain detail information
about the status of the
attempts to run Smart Upgrade
on Notes clients in your
domain.
Server commands
New Command Description For more information

DB2 server commands Domino server console See the topic Domino and DB2
commands for use with Domino server commands.
and DB2 provide you with
information about your Domino
and DB2 configuration.

Show Schedule - DDM The argument, -DDM, has been See the topic Show Schedule.
added to the Show Schedule
server command. Show
Schedule -DDM shows the
Domino Domain Monitoring
(DDM) probes that are
scheduled to run.

Sucache refresh Forces a dynamic reloading of See the topic Sucache refresh.
the Smart Upgrade
configuration information,
displays the state of the
Domino server's Smart Upgrade
cache information, and displays
Smart Upgrade statistics
gathered when the Domino
server was restarted.

Sucache show Displays the current state of See the topic Sucache show.
the Domino server's Smart
Upgrade cache as well as some
statistics gathered since the
Domino server was restarted.

Administration Process Requests

New Request Description For more information

Modify DB2 Access Connection
Administration request
generated when you choose
"Edit DB2 Access Connection"
from the Tools panel in the
Domino Administrator client.
See the topics Modify DB2
Access Connection and Editing
the DB2 Access server
Connection document.

Set DB2 password in server's ID
file
Administration request
generated when you choose
the Set Server's DB2 ID menu
item to modify the password
and user name that the Domino
server uses to communicate
with the DB2 server.
See the topics Set DB2
password in server's ID file and
Setting, modifying or deleting
the Domino server user's DB2
ID properties.

Store DB2 information in Server Administration request See the topic Store DB2
document generated when you enable a information in Server
Domino server to communicate document.
with a DB2 server.

Certify new person key request
Administration request See the topic Certify new
generated when you modify the person key request.
key-related fields on the Notes
Certificate tab of the user's
Person document. This request
can also be generated by the
user initiating the Create New
Public Keys action and choosing
Authentication Protocol on the
User Security panel in the
Notes client.

Certify new server key request
Administration request See the topic Certify new server
generated when you modify key request.
one of the key-related fields on
the Administration tab of the
Server document.

Calendaring and Scheduling

New Feature
Rooms & Resources Manager is
enhanced and is now available
directly to users for scheduling
rooms and resources
Resource Reservations
autoreminder feature
Resource Reservations limit
future reservations feature
Server.Load
Description For more information
Room & Resources Manager See the topic Rooms and
enhancements prevent Resources Manager.
overbooking of rooms and
resources.
The Resource Reservations See the topic Creating Site
autoreminder feature allows Profile and Resource documents
you to specify whether you .
want autoreminders sent to a
meeting chairperson a specified
number of days in advance of
the reservation.
Use the Resource Reservations See the topic Creating Site
limit future reservations feature Profile and Resource documents
to specify how far in advance .
reservations can be created for
single meetings and for
repeating meetings.
New Feature
Server.Load script command
SetReplID
Server.Load script command
DBClose
Server.Load script command
CheckForNewMail
New Workload Data Collection
script
New Workload Data Rollup
Feature
Domino Web Access
Description For more information
The SetReplID command sets See the topic SetReplID
the replica ID based on date command.
and time.
The DBClose command closes See the topic DBClose
the open database. command.
Checks for new mail on the See the topic CheckForNewMail
specified mail database. command.
While a workload runs, the See the topic Workload Data
Workload Data Collection script, Collection and Workload Data
shstat.scr, collects the data Rollup Scripts
that is generated by the
workload. This is a custom
script.
The Workload Data Rollup See the topic Workload Data
feature is adapted from the Collection and Workload Data
NotesBench data rollup feature Rollup Scripts .
and allows test data from a
group of test drivers and a SUT
to be combined into a single
datafile for analysis. When a
workload is complete, the
Workload Data Rollup script
rolls up the performance data
that was collected by the
Workload Data Collection script.
New Feature Description For more information

DWA Configuration settings The DWA tab of the See the topic Editing the
Configuration Settings Configuration Settings
document includes new document for Domino Web
settings to: Access
•Prohibit access to Rooms or
Resources and online
meetings
•Set up Sametime with
Domino Web Access
• Synchronize the user's
online and offline Internet
passwords
•Prohibit access to
attachments

Domino Web Access Redirect Domino Web Access users can See the topic Using Domino
access their mail files using Web Access Redirect to access
Domino Web Access Redirect. mail in Domino Web Access
With Domino Web Access
Redirect, users do not need to
know the name of their mail file
and mail server, they need only
know the name of the Domino
Web Access Redirect server.

Mail usage indicator Domino Web Access provides a See the topic Enabling the mail
mail file usage indicator so that usage indicator
users can view what
percentage of their mail
database is in use. You enable
this feature when registering
users.

Monitor DWA users You can monitor the number of See the topic Monitoring
active Domino Web Access Domino Web Access activity
users on a system and log
Domino Web Access request
information.

Browser Cache Management Use Browser Cache See the topic Using Browser
Management to improve client Cache Management
performance and security of
Domino Web Access sessions
on Internet Explorer. Control
which entries are stored in the
cache and which are removed
when the Domino Web Access
session ends.
Reuse child windows
Sametime configuration
Calendar details
S/MIME support
Customize forms using Domino
Web Access agents
Globally enforce reuse of See the topic Reusing child
windows that are already open, windows
thereby reducing the time it
takes to perform certain
actions.
Many of the NOTES.INI settings See the topic Editing the
required to set up Sametime Configuration Settings
are now Configuration Settings document for Domino Web
document fields. Access
Allow Domino Web Access See the topic Making calendar
users to view detailed details available to all users
information on each time slot
when creating group calendar
entries or meeting invitations.
S/MIME is now supported in See the topic Secure mail for
Domino Web Access. For more Domino Web Access
information about S/MIME
support in Domino
Use agents to process or See the topic Using Domino
manipulate data on forms or Web Access agents
subforms in Domino Web
Access.