I am trying to make an archive copy of a notes database to DVD; design and all documents. I have administrator authority, however, when I access the information on the DVD it doesn’t show me all information. When I copied the database, I selected File + Database + New Copy and unchecked the ACL box. I also unchecked “Enforce a consistant Access Control List across all Replicas” box on the Advanced ACL tab. Please let me know if you have any ideas of how I can get an exact copy to DVD without these issues.
Subject: Trouble Copying Notes Database to DVD
Sue, I don’t know if this is your issue, but we found that before we could burn to disc, we had to go into the database and expand every single view before burning. Otherwise, it burned in it’s compressed state and could not be expanded.
So what we did was create a “working copy,” expand all views, then burn to CD. After we confirmed it was good, we deleted the “working copy.”
Subject: RE: Trouble Copying Notes Database to DVD
CTRL-SHIFT-F9 builds all the views in the database.
Kirsty
Subject: RE: Trouble Copying Notes Database to DVD
How to put a Notes database on a CD Reference #: 1088423
Problem
What steps are necessary to prepare a Notes database onto a CD-ROM or any media which is read-only?
Solution
The following steps are necessary to put a database onto a CD-ROM or other read-only media:
- Open the database and press CTRL+SHIFT+F9. This key combination will refresh all of the views in the database. This includes open views, hidden views, and private views. It is important to build the view indexes before copying the database to the CD or other read-only media, as, if they are not created and stored in the NSF file prior to adding it to the read-only media, Notes will attempt to create them and will not be able to because it cannot write to the media.
Note: If a view index is not built, pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F9 will cause Notes to build the view. If the view is already built, pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F9 will cause Notes to update the view, not rebuild it.
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Create the full-text index for the database if you intend for the database to be queried using Notes’ full-text indexing capabilities. You can do this using the File → Full Text Search → Create Index command. This index must be created prior to putting the database on the read-only media for the same reason described for view indexes in Step 2 above.
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Do an operating system level copy (such as using the DOS or OS/2 COPY command) of the .NSF file (and the .FT if you created a full text index) from the writeable media which you are currently using onto the media which will be used to press the CD or other read-only media. Be sure that you do an operating system level copy during this step and not a File → Database → Copy from within Notes, as using Notes to copy the database will remove the view indexes.
Supporting Information:
The following error displays when launching the database on the CD-ROM if you do not go through the steps outlined in the technote.
"Cannot Write or Create File (file or disk is read only)"
Related information
“View Cannot Be Created” or "Cannot Write or Create Fil