Colour Coding the Log.nsf

Make Your Domino Logs Easier to Read with Colour Coding

Have you ever tried to scan through a wall of plain black text in search of one critical detail? It’s not fun. Colour coding is a simple yet powerful way to highlight what matters most, helping you spot important information instantly.

We’ve been leaning into this idea across various tools for Domino:

• Domino itself supports colour‑coded console attributes
• Our Notes.ini viewer already colour codes lines of text for clarity.
• And naturally, we built both of these into our Domino Optimizer.

On the back of our Preemptive AI for Domino work, we’ve been exploring more ways to help Administrators identify issues faster. Tools like Events4 and DDM already do a great job, but my colleague Grant asked:  “How about colour coding log.nsf as well?”

So we did just that - Introducing Colour‑Coded Log.nsf

Each line in your log.nsf now displays a colour based on severity. It’s simple, effective, and makes scanning logs dramatically easier.

To enable it, just sign our updated template and replace the existing design of your log.nsf.

Best of all — we’re releasing it for free.

How to Get It

Unfortunately, since HCL hasn’t open‑sourced log.ntf, we can’t simply post the modified template here. Instead:

• Create a new support ticket at preemptive.freshdesk.com.
• Mention you’d like the colour‑coded log.nsf.
• Attach a copy of your current log.ntf (this proves you already have it).
• Once we receive your request, we’ll send you the updated version.

Happy colour coding!

Preemptive AI for Domino Overview

 We've put together some slides to give an overview of this awesome solution.

Do U.S. tariffs apply to HCL Software in the United States?

As I understand it, HCL is an Indian company. The USA recently announced a 50% tariff on Indian goods. Does anyone know if this is affecting HCL Software in the USA?

Don’t worry about feeding log.nsf into a LLM, just use this instead

We spent hours experimenting with feeding log.nsf into various Large Language Models (LLMs) and tweaking prompts to see if it could unlock some game-changing insights. The verdict? It was time-consuming, overly complex, and frankly, didn’t deliver anything that Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM) couldn’t already do better.

DDM is an incredibly powerful tool that’s often underestimated. From what we’ve observed, it’s regularly overlooked. But it’s a workhorse that deserves more attention. 

Save yourself the hassle of wrestling with LLMs for this task—dust off your reading glasses and revisit DDM’s capabilities. You’ll be amazed at what it can do.

For more details, check out the official documentation: HCL Domino Domain Monitoring.

The easiest way to add 10 new AI prompts to Domino and Notes Mail.

Preemptive AI takes Domino IQ to the next level. It provides 10 additional prompts and instructions, which we have built directly into the Notes Mail template and made available to Outlook users as well.

The default instructions include:

Everything is accessible once the mail template or plugin is deployed.

Are you ready for a massive productivity boost? Check out Preemptive AI today.

Our Security Check Application has been updated with information from HCL Domino 14.5, 12.0.2 FP6 and 14.0 FP4.

We are excited to announce that our proprietary security check application is now update with information relating to Domino 14.5, 12.0.2 FP6 and 14.0 FP4. This upgrade makes our application more necessary than ever in maintaining the security and integrity of your Domino server, helping you keep track of any missing security fixes and updates.

As you may know, running old and outdated software can pose a significant cybersecurity risk, as older software versions may contain known vulnerabilities and security weaknesses that cyber attackers can exploit. Our security check application's primary role is to mitigate this risk by making you aware of what you might be missing. 

How does it work?

Simply visit our application, input your Domino server details, and our updated application will check for patches and security fixes. It will then provide a report, signifying which security fixes your current version of Domino is missing.

This security check is built into our Domino Optimizer solution. 

The Domino Optimizer is a culmination of over a decade of optimization work. The product serves as an ultimate 'set and forget' utility for Domino, offering an intuitive user interface for user-friendly operations. The Domino Optimizer is essentially an evolved version of the Defrag. NSF+ utility and encompasses all its key features. Offering a year's license for $US 150 per server, it aims to facilitate superior optimization processes economically. Free trial options are available for users willing to explore its features before committing to the full version click here for more details.

Heads up, HCL Mac Notes 14.5 does not work on the latest macOS Tahoe beta.

HCL is tracking the issue as  SPR#AYAVDHHDH8. They suggested going back to Notes 12.02. I tried that, and it no longer works either. I just get the splash screen, and the spinning wheel of death - bugger.