We’ve got a key Domino server that is on its last legs.
So, we built a sister server, replicated all the databases, and then put the old ID and ini file on the new server…upon server start (with the old server’s ID and INI), the server crashes with an error message:
PANIC: LookupHandle: null handle
If we put the sister server’s original ID and INI back in place, the server runs fine.
We’ve even tried it with the working INI file, but just changing the reference to the different ID file name.
Tried putting a fresh copy of the Domino directory on the new server… still crashes.
We even scanned the registry and updated it to show the different server.
It alomst appears to be the ID file alone that causes the problem… which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense either.
The ONLY difference that I can detect at all, is that the new server, having been built from scratch, has the “Change Manager” running on it (the old system does not have change manager installed/running). And, it is right as the Change Manager is loading on the colsole that the crash occurs.
Our next fix attempt is going to be to remove/disable the change manager and see if this makes it run.
-D