I’ve got a Contacts/address book db with about 900 contacts and 46 groups in it. It is based on the standard 8.5.1 “StdR4PersonalAddressBook” template, and it is saved on a Domino 8.5.1 server.
On my workstation I have a replica of this db that replicates on the usual schedule, also on startup and shutdown. Same thing for another computer, my laptop.
Replication works fine and the dbs all appear in sync.
Problem is that periodically I lose the ability to edit the groups. I’ll open a group on a replica, click edit, change the ‘members’ list, click ‘Save and Close’, and an error message pops up:
Field contains Incorrect Value
This group name already exists. Please enter a different name.
The group name does NOT exist elsewhere. I’m simply editing the contents of an existing group.
The error occurs for all groups in the replicas on both of the computers. I can work around it only by renaming the group. But then I cannot name it back to the original name without receiving the error, which is doubly weird.
Deleting and recreating the replica cures the problem until, at some undetermined point, it happens again. I don’t always need to edit the groups, so I may not catch the exact moment this error is being triggered.
Any ideas?