Re: NAB Help

The problem here lies with HOW Domino deletes stuff. Actually apart from
removing the documents, Notes goes in and creates so called 'deletion
stubs' which replicate across all copies of the NAB. That way, the document
can be deleted everywhere correctly. Unfortunately this also means that
when restoring an old copy and replicating the documents get deleted again.

BUT, there is a setting which controls how long deletion stubs remain in a
database: Under File -> Replication -> Settings there's a checkbox called
'Remove documents not modified in the last' and a field indicating X days.
First off a WARNING: DO NOT check the setting itself, LEAVE IT DISABLED AT
ALL COSTS!

Now for the X days, that value also controls how long your deletion stubs
stay in the database. By default the value is 90 days and Notes uses 1/3 of
that for the stubs so in this example: 30 days. To make the stubs go away
completely just set the value to 0 (temporarily, rememeber to set it back
afterwards) and click OK. (Keep in mind NOT to actually activate the option
through the checkbox, the setting for the deletion stubs works
independently from that)

After clicking on OK your deletion stubs are gone and your documents will
come back when you replicate with the old copy. Note that this is a 'per
replica' setting so you will need to do this on EVERY replica of the NAB to
get rid of the deletion stubs.

Greetings,
         Michel

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25/01/2002 02:05
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We have several Domino servers in our domain and each one has its own
administrator for creating and deleting users.
Today, we had one of the Administrators delete all of his users.  Before
we
could catch it, the whole domain's NAB had
been replicated and now all of a sudden no one can get mail to this
server's users.

Anyway, this is the first time we have experienced something like this. We
have tried restoring a copy of the names.nsf
file and replicating it across the domain, but I guess because all of the
replica's are newer than the one restored all
the user disappeared from the one restored.  I have read extensively
through NOTES.NET and other forums and cannot
find anything specific on this issue.

Can anyone offer any advice or past experience on the best way to get
these
users back from a backup and replicated
throughout the domain?

Thank you in advance.

Danny W. McCampbell
MAHLE, Inc.
423-318-3205
423-587-5170 FAX
http://www.mahleinc.com