Domino Server is at 6.5.1Client is at 6.5.1
Single user install
When a user tries to replicate his local dbs with the server, he gets an error msg, on trying to replicate database templates. It errors on the templates and does not replicate. It replicates other dbs on the replicator tab fine.
This is the error msg:
“Remote path name must be relevant to data directory mail\usrmail.nsf”
I’ve spent hours troubleshooting this but am getting no where. The weird thing is that it works ok (no error msg) on his R5 client.
This is what I’ve tried so far:
*Installed notes in the default directory
*Did not copy over any files from the old computer
*Took all the ntf files out of the data directory
*Design replace
*deleted cache after every item above was done
*Created new mail file
*Tried all the suggestions posted on this list
Has anyone seen this before? Any insight you can give me will me more than appreciated.
You will be my hero!!
Thanks
Subject: Remote path name must be relevant to data directory
Sorry, I didn’t realize you were talking about templates. Frankly, you don’t really need to be replicating templates. Most environments I’ve been in, templates are unchecked on the replicator page. There really is no good reason to replicate mail templates. If you need to refresh/replace design of the local mail file, you are, most likely going to use the template on the server anyway. The local mail template hardly ever gets used for a design refresh/replacement. I don’t know why trying to replicate a template would give you the error you are seeing other than maybe you have moved the templates out of the data folder on the server. But, if it were me, I’d simply uncheck the template for replication. Are you using a modified mail template?
Subject: Remote path name must be relevant to data directory
Hi Helen,The error happens if you have a database, that does not “live” in the data directory or its sub structure. You need to check carefully:
(I suspect the last). They MUST NOT contain a fully specified path (even if it points to the data directory!), but on relative to the data directory. So instead of c:\Lotus\Notes\mail\xyz.nsf is must be mail\xyz.nsf
You might have “caught” the full path entries when clicking on a NSF and the Notes install pointing somewhere (Registry/INI inconsistencies). Also check for multiple notes.ini.
Hth
stw
Subject: RE: Remote path name must be relevant to data directory
I agree; check for multiple notes.ini (I’ve seen them in: notes folder, data folder and in the Windows directory. Should be in notes folder only) and check the location document. Mail path should be simply: mail\xxxxxx.nsf
Subject: RE: Remote path name must be relevant to data directory
Thanks for your suggestions. I checked and found no multiple .ini files, and the mail file path on the location document is just mail\xxxx.nsfDo you have any other things I may try?
Thanks