Can someone explain what the DBMT folder reorganizing task actually does? I’ve looked at 3 IBM documents that list it but doesn’t say what this function will do? Maybe I’m missing something. Any help would be appreciated.
Subject: A folder reorg attempts to reduce the number of folder objects
This is all an internal restructuring that shouldn’t result in any change you’d see in the database. Some context and details can be found here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21102463 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21102463. An excerpt:
The number of folder objects can be checked using NotesPeek. Open the database in NotesPeek, highlight the folder in question, and check the summary items of the folder to look at the folder objects which will show $FolderObject, $FolderObject1, etc…
When the folder objects reach the limit of 50, an automatic folder reorganization is done to reduce the number of folder objects. When the folder reorganization is not successful, the error “Folder is larger than supported” is returned.
There are three things that are used to perform a folder reorganization:
- Operations older than the cutoff date (under File → Replication → Settings) are compressed.
- Duplicate folder operations for the same noteid are discarded, leaving only the last folder for that Noteid.
- Operations related to deleted notes will be removed if they fall outside of the cutoff date.