Copy Lotus Notes databases from the Domino Server console command line

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I knew that there had to be a way to do this and there is. Thanks to the assistance of my friend Thomas Gumz, I was able to issue a command line from the Domino Server console -- and presto, the database was instantly copied. It's not documented or supported, but it has been around for a long time, at least since R4 according to Thomas.

So let's look at what you need to do to enable this feature. The Domino Server console commands are turned off by default, so you need to first enable them. Set this server notes.ini variable, like so:

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