We are running on 6.5.4 FP1 LP French on W2K3 server.
We have just set the server based archiving via R6 policies.
Everything is running correctly : creating database on the archive server, copying documents in archive DB, deleting documents in source DB (on mail server)…
The problem is that when users tried to archive manually (select documents and Action \ Archive \ Archive selected documents), this error happened : Server based archiving enabled - unable to initiate archiving from local workstation.
That “could” be normal but we would like to be able to do this.
Moreover, here is the results of our tests :
In Domino 6.5.2 US with LP French added → we are able to archive manually when auto archiving is enable
In 6.5.4 FR → we are not
In 6.5.4 FP1 FR → we are not
In 6.5.4 FP2 FR → we are not
In 7 FR → we are able to
So, do you think it is a trouble linked to the version of Domino, to the language pack, to an error of myself, to something else…
Subject: Unable to initiate archiving from local workstation
Some more information from IBM :
In server-based archiving, the archiving is done by a server. It allows you to schedule archiving outside of business hours and to divide archiving of very fine subsets of mailfiles by scheduling server programs running the compact -A (or -A) task.
The drawbacks to this are that the schedule is in a separate location (Server programs instead of archive settings), and server-based archiving does not allow private archiving (selective archive settings done by each mail file user), if required. An enhancement request was submitted to Quality Engineering as SPR# MPAL65YS9R for server-based archiving to allow private archiving; however, there are currently no plans to address it.
Subject: Unable to initiate archiving from local workstation - Workaround
Hello,
Finally, I find a “workaround”.
Archiving manually when server-based archiving is enable is working fine on all the version I tested. The matter is not on server version side but on clients. Indeed, the error message “Server based archiving enabled - unable to initiate archiving from local workstation” happen when you use a Lotus Notes Client 6.5.1 ou 6.5.4, it doesn’t (and so, it is working fine) if you use a 6.5.2 ou 7 version.
The matter is that we have just finshed our migration to 6.5.1 on our 7 000 clients :-(.
Everybody has got his own problems…
Nevermind, yesterday I opened a call at IBM support just for “fun”. Be sure if there is something interesting I will update this post.
Subject: RE: Unable to initiate archiving from local workstation - Workaround
Hello
Thanks for your response.
Indeed, I would like to be able to archive manually (select documents and Action menu \ Archive selected documents) in the server based archiving database (applied by a policy) and I wasn’t.
Moreover, I continued my tests and it is working with the Lotus Notes Client 6.5.4 version. I am able to select documents and archives them by the Action menu \ Archive selected documents or drag and drop into the Archive menu on the left side menu.