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Lotus Notes Domino Data Management and Storage

• How to automatically create a backup copy of your Domino Directory

  SearchDomino.com member Jari Riihimaki provides a Lotus Notes agent that automatically creates a backup copy of your Domino Directory. After implementing this agent, you'll never again need to restore documents back to your Domino Directory or check...  Continue Reading

• How to perform an in-place upgrade of Lotus Domino server hardware

  Because some Lotus Notes and Domino shops have their current server name deeply embedded in their Lotus Notes agents, they cannot replace their server with one that has a new name. This makes a gradual server upgrade impossible. To solve this ...  Continue Reading

• Easily show and hide layers in a Lotus Notes database

  SearchDomino.com member Jane Griscti provides simple instructions and LotusScript code that will easily allow you to show or hide layers in a Lotus Notes database.  Continue Reading

• Managing Lotus Notes doclinks with LotusScript

  When working with numerous doclinks in a Notes/Domino application, it's easy to lose track of them. This LotusScript code from SearchDomino.com member Benoit Dubuc finds and validates all doclinks in a Lotus Notes database.  Continue Reading

• How and why to change replica IDs during a Lotus Notes Domino upgrade

  Replica IDs for system templates like pubnames.ntf and admin4.ntf can cause unpleasant surprises during a Notes/Domino upgrade. SearchDomino.com contributor Andy Pedisich explains how and why you need to change your replica IDs to circumvent ...  Continue Reading

• Finding unused databases in Lotus Notes and Domino

  Organizations often have hundreds of Notes/Domino databases across many servers, only a few of which have significant usage. Learn how to find and remove unused databases to reduce the disk space and complexity of your Notes/Domino environment.  Continue Reading

• Archiving Lotus Notes documents to a specified folder

  Archiving Lotus Notes documents is typically a laborious task -- but not anymore. SearchDomino.com member Bob Gouin has created an agent that simplifies the process.  Continue Reading

• Comparing replicas on clustered Lotus Domino servers

  SearchDomino.com Hall of Fame veteran Blessan Philip provides a script that automatically generates a Microsoft Excel report to compare server replicas in a Lotus Domino cluster -- including actual mail file sizes, quotas and warning thresholds. ...  Continue Reading

• DECS and DCR external data access considerations

  When implementing a Domino Enterprise Connection Services (DECS) or Domino Connection Resource (DCR) solution, you must consider the requirements of the Lotus Notes database administrators who control the back-end data. SearchDomino.com member Jim ...  Continue Reading

• The truth about AutoSave in Lotus Notes/Domino 7

  SearchDomino.com contributor Andy Pedisich explains how the AutoSave feature works in Lotus Notes/Domino 7 for recovering documents from a Lotus Notes database after a nasty "red screen of death" crash occurs -- and warns of a big caveat you need to...  Continue Reading

• Changing a Lotus Notes database mail file from 'archive' to 'mail'

  If a Lotus Notes database mail file spuriously shows "Archive" instead of "Mail," this LotusScript code will remedy the problem.  Continue Reading

• How to configure DB2 on a single Lotus Domino server

  Here are 10 simple steps to configure DB2 on a single standalone Lotus Domino server, courtesy of SearchDomino.com member Ashutosh Chandra.  Continue Reading

• Locate missing databases in a Lotus Domino cluster

  SearchDomino.com Hall of Famer Blessan Philip explains how to generate a report in Microsoft Excel of all databases that are not present on the Lotus Domino servers in a selected cluster.  Continue Reading

• Exporting email from Lotus Notes to .EML messages

  Have you ever wanted to store your Lotus Notes email in a file system, but still be able to keep the whole context of the email together? SearchDomino.com member Arthur Turner explains how to extract individual email items and store them in a file ...  Continue Reading

• How to fix the Lotus Notes unread documents feature

  Lotus Notes 6.x client has the ability to keep track of unread documents in each folder. But sometimes this feature gets out of whack and displays a larger count than the actual number of unread documents within a folder. In this tip, ...  Continue Reading