Friday, February 27, 2026

Streamline Domino Database Maintenance

Streamline your Domino database maintenance, far exceeding "out of the box" functionality, utilising an automated, seamless multi-process workflow that can be scheduled from a one-stop control panel. Too much to ask? 

Nope! That's exactly what the Domino Optimizer gives you when it runs scheduled maintenance. The following maintenance all happens in an automated and sequenced flow. Set it and let it do the work.

Control when the database maintenance occurs, what happens and when, via a daily scheduler.


1. Enable Document Compression

2. Enable LZ1 Compression

3. Enable Design Compression

4. Ignore Overwrite Freespace


5. DAOS enable databases based on Template or Directory Path

6. Implement DAOS attachment separation

7. Automatically monitor DAOS synchronization


8. Pull the views from the database


9. Update views

10. Reorganize folders

11. Merge full-text indexes

12. Purge deletion stubs

13. Expire soft deleted entries

14.  Update unread lists

15. Ensure that critical views are created for failover


16 .Compact the databases and only compact selected databases that meet your selected freespace parameters, eg 10% (Set this on the Schedule tab, see first picture)

17. Update the ODS if required


18. Defragment the databases using Defrag.NSF, the World's Best built for Domino defrag engine. (This can be skipped if desired, depending on storage type or admin preference)


19. As a final step automatically backup the freshly optimized databases with your choice of options. This dramatically reduces backup size, backup times and server I/O during backups.


20. Provide an on-demand Health Report



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