I would like to create end users email archives on a local external HD (120GB) using the usb port. One of the end users archive is 7 GB. After succesfully creating the archive the first time it was accessed the “view index” message appeared on the screen. This ran for 2 hours before it was decided to abort the operation. I suggested that the end user let the index run overnight. When they came in that morning the following message appeared when trying to access any view or folder in the archive.
“The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid.”
Is there an issue with using an external HD for local based email archiving?
Subject: Local archiving to external HD
I think in your place I would treat this as though the archived file were going onto CDROM. Create a new copy of the database into a fresh folder on the local internal hard disk, open the database and update all views (Ctrl+Shift+F9), create FT index if required (probably so for a 7GB database…) and then transfer the whole folder to the external HD. The important thing is to do all the indexing work on the fast hard disk. Could mark the whole folder read-only once on the external HD.
HTH and would be interested to know if it works out OK.
John
Subject: Local archiving to external HD
It should not matter whether it is a internal HD or an external Notes does not know any better. I think you need to look at how you are doing it.
How come the file can be externally altered? Are you running backups, are multiple users accessing it?
My server runs with an external HD via USB and has no problems whatsoever hence my firs point