Replication disabled for names.nsf

I upgraded our Domino 7.0.3 server to Domino 8.5. It is de admin server in a Notes domain with 2 other servers.Before upgrading I disabled replication of the Domino Directory, names.nsf.

Now the 8.5 server is up and running 5 days and I saw that names.nsf is not replicating to the other servers.

When I check the repilcate status of names.nsf in the Domino Admin client, it is enabled. But still I see in the replication section of log.nsf that replication of names.nsf is disabled.

How can I enable replication of names.nsf again?

In the replication history the last replication is just before the upgrade, when I disabled replication.

When I enter the command in the server’s console, the database replictes (repl names.nsf).

This repl appears also in the repl. history.

Can anybody help me?

Subject: Need more info…

  1. What exactly did you do to disable replication of the Domino Directory before upgrading?- Were any Connection Documents modified?
  • Was the “Temporarily disable replication for this replica” property within Replication Settings → Other enabled?

  • Is the Replica Task running on the 8.5 Server? Is it defined in the “ServerTasks=” line of the 8.5 Server’s notes.ini?

  • What is the Replication Topology defined for the 3 Servers?

  1. Is this Server clustered with any of the other 2 Servers?

Try creating a new Connection Document defining a Scheduled Replication from one of the 7.0.3 Servers to the 8.5 Server and determine whether any errors are generated when the replication takes place.

Subject: connection doc(s)

Are the connection doc(s) enabled?

Subject: Yes, connection docs are enabled

I have checked this again.

As I wrote in my question, I have upgraded the first 7.03 Domino server to 8.5. I also have to upgrade two spoke servers.

Will replication start when I take a OS copy of names.nsf from the hub server and copy this to the spoke servers? (Suggested by John Paganetti in a presentation about upgrading to 8.5) ?

Subject: temporarily disable replication

There is a “silent” settings “Temporarily disable replication or this database” in “replication settings” → “Other” tab of names.nsf.