How do I move mail files from one partition to another?

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Our current mail server is running out of space and I’m considering attaching an external array and moving the mail files to it, say from drive E:\mail to F:\mail. How do I go about doing that…

Sorry but I’m relatively new to Lotus Domino…

Thanks in advanced…

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Subject: RE: How do I move mail files from one partition to another?

Un believable simple, and I’m sure it’s been discussed many times here. But the short of it is:

  1. Down the Domino server

  2. Copy/Move the the Domino Data Directory to the new storage array/drive/etc.

  3. Edit the notes.ini, which is normally in the Domino program directory. Find the Data Directory entry and update it to reflect your new location.

4)Also within the notes.ini you may need to update a entries that have the old data directory reference with the new one. Typically what I do is do a replace on the old data directory with the name of the new one.

Save the notes.ini start Domino and you should be all set. The time it will take depends on the amount of data you are moving, and how fast it can be moved.

Hope this helps,

Mike Robinson

http://www.invcs.com

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Subject: RE: How do I move mail files from one partition to another?

Thank you so much… ill try this out.

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Subject: RE: How do I move mail files from one partition to another?

Hi,

What if I have 2 partitions of 250GB (C and D drives) and I would like to have my mail NSFs in both the drives?

Is something like below is supported?

directory=c:/data1,d:/data2

Your help is appreciated.

~raghavendra

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Subject: RE: How do I move mail files from one partition to another?

Have same problem. Anybody knows how can I do this?