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What's new in Domino 12?
Learn about all of the new features for administrators in HCL Domino® 12.
What's new in 12.0.1?
HCL Domino 12.0.1 introduces the following new features.
Backup and restore enhancements
V12.0.1 provides the following enhancements for backup and restore functionality.

What's new in Domino 12?
Learn about all of the new features for administrators in HCL Domino® 12.
- What's new in 12.0.2?
  HCL Domino 12.0.2 introduces new features and enhancement several areas.
- What's new in 12.0.1?
  HCL Domino 12.0.1 introduces the following new features.
  - Enhancements related to security features
    HCL Domino 12.0.1 provides the following enhancements related to security features.
  - One-touch setup enhancements
    HCL Domino 12.0.1 includes Domino one-touch setup enhancements.
  - Silent installs supported for cascaded MUI pack
    Silent installs are supported for the cascaded Multilingual User Interface (MUI) pack introduced in V12.0
  - Beta version of 64-bit Windows clients
    A beta version of a 64-bit Domino Designer client, Administrator client, and Notes standard client for Windows (English-only) is provided through a separate installer.
  - Improved name lookup to find Active Directory users
    When Domino users want to add the names of Active Directory users or groups to Domino groups, database ACLs, or email messages, Active Directory can now be one of the directories that is available for them to search.
  - Auto-processing of rename requests
    A new features allows you to configure the Administration Process to automatically process rename requests for users who have Notes IDs in the vault. This feature is beneficial for HCL Verse and HCL iNotes users to avoid the need for them to authenticate with a Domino server from the Notes client to kick off rename processing.
  - Entitlement tracking enhancements
    HCL Domino 12.0.1 provides the following enhancements to the Entitlement tracking feature.
  - Mail routing between Domino and domains with Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
    Domino mail users can now communicate with non-Domino mail users who use internationalized domain names (IDNs) in their email addresses.
  - DKIM signing for messages routed to external Internet domains
  - Hide folders in the Files tab of the Domino Administrator
    A new server notes.ini setting allows you to prevent specified folders in the Domino data directory from loading in the Files tab of the Domino Administrator.
  - Backup and restore enhancements
    V12.0.1 provides the following enhancements for backup and restore functionality.
  - New Updall options
    New Updall options are available.
  - Compact enhancement
    When you use the compact command with -c, -X, and -restart options, a file called <database>.restart is created when the time limit specified by -X is reached.
  - New Notes client notes.ini settings
    Use notes.ini settings to customize the following aspects of the Notes 12.0.1 client.
  - notes.ini setting recommendation for Windows Server 2022
    Windows Server 2022 is supported as of HCL Domino 12.0.1. If high-traffic mail or applications servers on this platform exhibit performance issues (high system CPU usage or hangs), to improve performance, use the notes.ini setting OS_DISABLE_CACHESET=1. This setting disables manipulation of the Microsoft File System Cache.
  - .ind file enhancements
    HCL Domino 12.0.1 provides .ind files enhancements.
  - R4.6 and R5 sections removed from Domino directory
    Sections of the Domino directory that pertained only to Domino R4.6 or R5 are removed in HCL Domino 12.0.1.
  - New Java Runtime Environment (12.0.1)
    A new Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is provided with HCL Domino 12.0.1 and HCL Domino Designer 12.0.1.
- What's new in 12.0?
  HCL Domino 12.0 introduces the following new features.
- Components no longer included in this release
  The following components are no longer included in Domino 12.

Backup and restore enhancements

V12.0.1 provides the following enhancements for backup and restore functionality.

You can now integrate the Domino backup database with a third-party restore application to leverage the modern interface of the Domino backup database for database restore. All of the restore operations available with Domino-integrated restore are available for third-party restore, for example, the ability to disable replication, change replica ID, and restore documents and folders. For more information, see Enabling third-party restore.
The multi-restore operation now works to restore database from multiple backups. Note that the backup integration must mount and/or copy databases back to the server.
The following new events are added to provide better integration, particularly for multi-restore operations that mount snapshots:
- Pre-backup command is invoked before a backup begins to allow preparation for backup operations.
- Post-backup command is invoked after a backup has completed to allow post backup operations. This event can be used, for example, to trigger backing up delta files or logs to another backup location.
- Pre-restore command is invoked before a single or multi-restore operation.
- Post-restore command is invoked after a single or multi-restore operations. This event can be used, for example, to unmount restore points.
By default, backup and restore operations only log errors to a log file when command line operations fail. You now have the option to log all output. The resulting output is added as an attachment to the backup or restore document. If no output is generated, no attachment is written. The new option is configured through the Log OS command output field in the Main tab of the configuration. Choose either All output or Errors only (default).