In this 6-minute podcast, IBMers Andrew Freed, Mike Gering, and Stephen Schmidt, talk about virtual appliances, the Open Virtualization Standard, and the Eclipse-based OVF Tookit.

This is a new whitepaper from Kathleen B Murray describing search forms and how to use them, including information on the search syntax supported, ACLs, and custom fields.

Andre Guirard asks if DXL Exporter should give an error and refuse to export design elements if (a) the user has less than Designer access, and/or (b) the design of the application is hidden then provides us with his answer.

Keith Brooks found an interesting quirk during his upgrade to Sametime 8.0.2. He assures us, ghostly services under Windows can be brought back to life.

Version 2.8 of the Lotus Notes Diagnostic tool is now available for download. This handy tool helps you analyze server crashes and performance issues.

Anthony Holmes lists five scenarios where the Notes Shared Login can be used with both Windows and Sametime logins and how to make them work.

Volker Weber discovered the recent change-over at LotusLive left data on the servers. But, since he’s a "new person" under the new version he can’t edit the old records.

Franziska Tanner offers a shortened version of the problem. You really, really need to get the hotfixes for a couple of SPRs, and apply them, BEFORE you start the upgrade. Otherwise, bad things will happen.

Stuart McIntyre says LotusLive has had a make-over and is now back in business. You can get a 30-day trial of this online collaboration tool.

This month’s Sys Admin tips have been posted to LotusUserGroup.org. Tips include: "Editing Attachments Received in 8.5 via SMTP" and "Unable to Open Replica of Personal NAB on Server in Notes 8.5 Standard".