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Maintaining databases using the dbmt tool instead of updall

You can use the database maintenance (dbmt) tool for performing multiple daily/weekly administrative tasks on user's mail database files and other databases. The dbmt tool relieves the administrator of the need to run the Updall task.

About this task

The dbmt tool does all of the following:

runs copy-style 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

Important: When you run this tool, you no longer need to run updall; do not run them both.

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

Note: If your organization has additional system databases (such as other Domino® Directory databases with a file name other than names.nsf), specify them in a notes.ini variable as described in one of the following procedures.

Procedure

Perform one of the following procedures:

Running the database maintenance tool from a Program document

When you run the DBMT tool from a Program document, you can specify additional system databases on which the tool should run, as well as other command line options.

2. Running the database maintenance tool from the OS command line
You can run dbmt from the operating system command line, using different commands depending on your server platform.

Related reference
Compact options

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