HCL Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition Forum - Best practises for mass Mailfile converts to 9.0.1

I am currently in the process of planning to convert 3500 user mailfiles from 8.5.3 to a new 9.0.1 mail template, across 8 servers. I plan on using an IND files with the target mail files listed and running the convert while the Domino server are up.

~Tip Ekresaman

Dec 21, 2015, 6:34 PM

212 Posts

Mail File conversion

Using Files to control the conversion is good. I would not convert more than 100-150 per session, as you must determine if there were any errors and cif xthem is they occured, so limit the numbers of files acted upon at once. If you are performing the conversion with the server running, perform the task during off hours when the server is not too busy

You can also run two or three of the tasks at a time, if the server is not too busy

~James Revelulyader

Dec 22, 2015, 3:05 PM

145 Posts

Personally, I like to do it at off hours with Domino Server down

I also use the same set if .ind files to run dbmt filename.ind -updallThreads x -CompactThreads 0 where x is the number of threads per ind file ( base it on number of processors) after the converts to bring all views modified up to date and then start the domino server.... Then proceed to next mail server asap and rinse and repeat. This usually results in a much better end user experience.. They don't sit and wait while their favorite views get rebuilt one time following a design change.

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~Vera Zekfoogengon

Aug 9, 2016, 8:14 PM

196 Posts

Remember to use -u when upgrading the templates

When load convert runs with -u switch, the user-created folders' design will be upgraded as well.

I would also add CREATE_R9_DATABASES=1, CREATE_R9_LOG=1 and NSF_UPDATEODS=1 to the server's Notes.INI.

~Sigmund Dworelitnivu

Aug 10, 2016, 12:14 PM

328 Posts

From everything I've read, NSF_UPDATEODS is a client only parm...

..at least that's what i heard!

It's really too bad that there's not a repository of notes.ini parameters maintained by IBM anywhere, that we could use for reference...