Fast & easy mass replication

Replicating can be a pain when you have numerous databases, even when you have a good Admin tool to help you. A little bit of coding made the task a lot easier for me and saved me dozens of hours of work when doing server infrastructure changes. This tool involves creating a database with the following parts:

Form: Database Replicate-by Filename. This form has the following fields:

This form also contains a button to run the Database Replicate-by Filename agent. This form is used to create replication lists for the various different replication profiles you may want to setup. You can use them for one time shots then delete them, or save a profile that you may use on a regular basis.

View: Database MaintDatabase Replicate-by Filename. (Note: I use a nested view because I have numerous utilities in this database and this helps me sort them out.) This view shows the following columns to display the following fields:

This view also contains a button to open the Databa

Digg This!     StumbleUpon     Del.icio.us

RELATED CONTENT Database LotusScript code rebuilds corrupted busytime.nsf file How to move Notes databases off Domino 8 servers and save disk space Top 10 Lotus Notes/Domino administration tips of 2008 Batch file runs scheduled Lotus Notes database maintenance tasks Fix and update Lotus Notes documents with limited access Programmatically replace the design of Lotus Notes databases Add a program doc to compact Lotus Notes databases automatically More efficient local Lotus Notes database replication Remove orphaned Lotus Notes documents on Domino databases with a 'virtual delete' Detect and fix 'Manager' access control list settings in Lotus Notes Domino

RELATED RESOURCES 2020software.com, trial software downloads for accounting software, ERP software, CRM software and business software systems Search Bitpipe.com for the latest white papers and business webcasts Whatis.com, the online computer dictionary

se Replicate-by Filename form. It is used to display the profiles created using the Database Replicate-by Filename form.

Agent: Database Replicate-by Filename (see included code)

When should agent run?: On Schedule Never

This agent creates and populates a new replica on the receiving server. If you have included a value in the [ToPath] field it will choose that new path to replicate the databases to on the receiving server. If the [ToPath] field is blank, it will replicate the databases to the same path as found on the original server.

With minor modifications, you can setup the agent to run on the server instead of your workstation (as long as the server it is running on has the right to access the database on the 'from' server and create new replicas on the recieving server. I prefer running this utility on an Administrative workstation rather than a server, just for the visibility it gives me into the progress of replication.