The smart way to use DBMT

We've just released Defrag.NSF 3.00 so here is a tip on getting started with the Defrag/DBMT integration feature.

1. Edit the notes.ini on the server and do the following:

- Remove Updall from the ServerTasksAt2 parameter. (When you run this tool, you no longer need to run updall; do not run them both).

- Add the parameter MailFileDisableCompactAbort=1 (This parameter prevents the router from interrupting the compact operations by delivering mail; delivery restarts after the compact operations complete).

- The dbmt tool does not compact system databases. The tool uses a specific list of databases, as follows, for this exception:

• names.nsf 
• log.nsf 
• admin4.nsf 
• ddm.nsf 
• lndfr.nsf 
• events4.nsf 
• statrep.nsf 
• dbdirman.nsf 
• dircat.nsf 
• clubusy.nsf 
• domlog.nsf 
• cldbdir.nsf 
• busytime.nsf 
• catalog.nsf 
• daoscat.nsf 
• mtdata/mtstore.nsf

If your organization has additional system databases (such as other Domino Directory databases with a file name other than names.nsf), specify them using the notes.ini variable DBMT_FILTER= (for example, DBMT_FILTER=names2.nsf,names3.nsf,mailjrn.nsf)

2. Go to the DBMT Schedule tab in Defrag.NSF and set the schedule and options you want. In the pic below DBMT maintenance will run each night at 2:30am and then Defrag.NSF will clean up the fragmentation automatically.

This simple setup described above will perform a fully automated workflow of the following maintenance as required:

Compact operations
Purges deletion stubs
Expires soft deleted entries
Updates views
Reorganizes folders
Merges full-text indexes
Updates unread lists
Ensures that critical views are created for failover
Defragments the database

Naturally the secret sauce is Domino 9 and Defrag.NSF

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