We’ve been using mail journalling for a couple months, and now my boss is asking me to have a new mail journal database created every month exactly at 12:00:00AM on the first of each month and for the mail journal databases all to reside in a specific folder on the server, automatically without manual intervention.
I’m finding that Domino Administrator only seems to let you specify an integer number of days for periodic rollover, and when you choose that option, then the database path/file you specify in the Database Name field gets completely overridden and the filenames gets auto-generated and you have absolutely no control over the root portion of the filename and what folder/path the files will go into, they just get plopped into the notesdata root folder, rather contributing to a cluttered, disorganized mess in there.
Any way around these two issues or is the mail journal database management just this crude?
Subject: Mail Journalling - Periodic Rollover
Hello Neal,
I’m afraid that as written, yes, the journal db management is that crude. When trying to guess all over the various options that people might want, it was decided that there were just too many of them. So we kept it simple. I would encourage you to submit your specific needs to support as enhancement requests so that if others desire the same thing, this work could possible be scheduled in the future.
As far as what you want goes, a periodic roll over of 30 days would be close, but not what you want. For this reason, we have the rollover type of None. Then what you would have to do is write an agent or program (specified in the NAB) which:
1) Determines that the month is new
2) Tells the router to pause (or shutdown)
3) Copies mailjrn.nsf to the monthly folder.
4) Resumes/restarts the router
I know this isn’t ideal, but this is the situation as it stands.
Sincerely,
Mark
Subject: RE: Mail Journalling - Periodic Rollover
I just got this exact same request from one of my clients as well.
I am just wondering how hard it would have been to build a calendar option into the system. It would have been nice to at least include that much as a base option.
The way it is now, it appears that since there were “too many options”, you took the easy way out and didn’t give us any at all.
Subject: Mail Journalling - Periodic Rollover
Hi,
sorry but I dont know of any function like a “periodic rollover” for the journal db.
Maybe you could explain it in detail.
However if you need an automated solution for this you could solve it wit an scheduled agent
which would every month modifie the Mail-In-Database document in the PNAB.
It would just need to change the filepath of the target-database.
You could create the databases by hand for the whole year in advance, or code the creation of the
database in the agent as well.
Hope this helps.
Hynek