Using load convert to convert non-mail databases
You can use the server's mail convert utility to convert non-mail databases to another type of non-mail database. Non-mail databases are all databases that do not have a $Inbox folder.
About this task
Use the convert utility with the -d
switch
to prevent the conversion process from creating new folders for each
category in the databases you are converting.
When the load convert task is used without a switch, folders are created for all categories within the database. The load convert task looks for a $inbox, if there is no $Inbox, it processes the categories as views.
Enter the load convert -d task from the Domino® server command line as follows:
load convert -d databasename * newtemplatename
- Where databasename * is the name of the database you are converting (includes all documents in that database).
- Where newtemplatename is the name of the template that creates the type of database to which you are converting the non-mail database.
You can also convert an entire directory as shown in this example,
load convert -d doclibrary\*.nsf newtemplatename
- Where doclibrary\*.nsf represents the name of the directory being converted and all databases in that directory.
- Where newtemplatename is the name of the template that creates the type of database to which you are converting all databases in the named directory.