Wednesday Feb 03, 2010

In the midst of all the recent news about Oracle and Sun, I'd like to mention that the Messaging Server Administration Guide is now completely converted and ported to wikis.sun.com. We've created three ways to access this information:

  1. Alphabetically, by page name.
  2. Traditional book view, with the same chapter ordering that you are used to from docs.sun.com.
  3. Printable version, enabling you to generate a PDF version. (See below for instructions on generating a PDF version.)

Going forward, please use this wiki version. The original document on docs.sun.com will no longer be updated. Note that these wiki versions also contain new product information since the introduction of Messaging Server 7, which the docs.sun.com version does not contain.

 To print a wiki guide in PDF format:

  1. Log in to the Communications Suite wiki and navigate to Printable Docs.
    If you have never logged in before, see How to Contribute to the Communications Suite Wiki.
  2. Select one of the printable guides in the list.
  3. Click Tools in the upper right corner of the page.
  4. Click Export to PDF.
  5. Choose to display or save the file.


Tuesday Jan 19, 2010

The Communications Suite 7 VMware image is a simple and portable method for demonstrating Communications Suite 7 features without the overhead of installation and configuration. This VMware image is intended only for demonstration or evaluation purposes and not for production use.

To download the Communications Suite 7 VMware image, go to: https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=VICOMMS-007-99H9@CDS-CDS_SMI

You can also view the Communications Suite 7 VMware tutorial:

More information is available here: http://wikis.sun.com/display/CommSuite/Using+the+Sun+Java+Communications+Suite+VMware+Image

Friday Jan 08, 2010

Looks like the Sun GDD program has posted a new version of the useful dbhang script (version 3.8). Download it here.

If you aren't aware, dbhang collects all parts of the Sun Java System Messaging Server environment that are useful for debugging, such as log files, database, information platform information, and others.

Hat tip BigAdmin

Read about your options in dealing with 32-bit AS/AV plug-ins and Communications Suite 7, which is now a native 64-bit application:

Communications Suite 7 32-bit Anti-Spam and Virus Plug-ins

Friday Dec 18, 2009

EC laying into Freddie King's "Cryin' Christmas Tears." Merry Xmas y'all.

Wednesday Dec 16, 2009

Recently, as I've been converting the Messaging Server Administration Guide from the docs.sun.com version to the wikis.sun.com version, I found that it was easy to put together a "traditional" book view of the information, with a minimum of extra work. Basically, wikis.sun.com  enables you to link to "pages" of information in any number of ways. So creating--or in this case, recreating--the view of the information by "chapter" just entailed creating a new wiki page and links to the converted information.

So, for those of you who are used to the way we ordered the information in the Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide, you'll probably find this view of the information on wikis.sun.com  very helpful.

 Note: I am still converting a few remaining chapters, which is why you'll see the small warning image next to a few chapter names.

Reminder: Going forward, we are updating just the wikis version, so it's a good idea to start referencing it more and more often.


Friday Dec 04, 2009

Today's installment, one of the three Kings--perhaps my favorite--Freddie King, performing "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" on the 60's TV show out of Dallas, TX, "The Beat."



It always ticked me off that right in the middle of an empassioned solo, the show's MC, "Boss Hoss," saunters on stage and kills the tune.

Wednesday Dec 02, 2009

Reminder: If all you want are the Technical FAQs for Communications Suite, we've collected them here. And are continuously adding to them, so you might want to check back from time to time for new content.

Indeed, since these FAQs are on our documentation wiki, you can add to this collection yourself, to help out the community. Many of you already have.

Friday Nov 20, 2009

How 'bout some funky soul for today's FBB, with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings:

Thursday Nov 19, 2009

We've updated the Single Host Deployment Example for Communications Suite 7. This example describes how to install the entire Sun Java Communications Suite 7 software "stack" on one computer for a functioning deployment. This document is intended for any evaluator, system administrator, or installation technician who wants to install and evaluate the services delivered by these components.

This example describes how to install and configure the following components:

  • Sun Java System Messaging Server 7 Update 3
  • Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3
  • Sun Java System Calendar Server 7
  • Sun Java System Instant Messaging 8 Update 2
  • Sun Java System Directory Server 6.3.1
  • GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Patch 2 with HADB support
  • Delegated Administrator 7
  • Sun Convergence 1 Update 3
  • Sun Java Indexing and Search Service 1
Give the example a whirl.

Friday Nov 13, 2009

Good summary here for Convergence and setting mail quotas.

daBrain is up to it again, this time detailing his installation of the complete Communications Suite 7 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Have a read, it's an enlightening experience.

Big Joe Williams and his nine-string guitar doing "Baby Please Don't Go."

 


Some more info on Joe and his guitar:

He played with picks both on his thumb and index finger, plus his guitar was very heavily modified. Williams added a rudimentary electric pick-up, whose wires coiled all over the top of his guitar. He also added three extra strings, creating unison pairs for the first, second and fourth strings. His guitar was usually tuned to Open G, like such: (D2 G2 D3D3 G3 B3B3 D4D4), with a capo placed on the second fret to set the tuning to the key of A. During the 1920s and 1930s, Big Joe had gradually added these extra strings in order to keep other guitar players from being able to play his guitar. In his later years, he would also occasionally use a 12-string guitar with all strings tuned in unison to Open G. It is little known that Big Joe sometimes tuned a six-string guitar to an interesting modification of Open G. In this modified tuning, the bass D string (D2) was replaced with a .08 gauge string and tuned to G4. The resulting tuning was (G4 G2 D3 G3 B3 D4), with the G4 string being used as a melody string by Big Joe. This tuning was used exclusively for slide playing

Wednesday Nov 11, 2009

Just a heads up, in case you get the following messaging when trying to access a page on the Communications Suite wiki:

Controlled Access Area

You cannot view this page

Page level restrictions have been applied that limit access to this page.

Though this message sounds like we are control freaks, it's just to alert you the page is not publicly available. In general, we want our Wiki documentation to be as open and available as possible. But in some cases, where we are working on updating or improving documentation, we will restrict access until that work is done.

As always, if any readers are looking for information that you cannot find, or if you have any Comms documentation-related questions, feel free to drop us a line and we'll do our best to help you out.


Monday Nov 09, 2009

Doc Exchange reports on the proof. Men, you need to listen to the Chairman more:

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