On a Domino® server,
as the Domino Attachment
and Object Service (DAOS) repository grows to accommodate a greater
number of attachments, multiple subdirectories are automatically created
on the DAOS base path to balance the data load. You can move or store
the repository and its data.
Before you begin
Back up all data in the DAOS repository before moving it.
About this task
Note: There is never any need to modify, move,
or delete subdirectories within the repository (by default, notesdatadirectory/DAOS)
directory or to modify the .NLO files within them.
If the
amount of additional space on the current disk is limited, you can
move the repository directory to a separate disk that has more space.
Also, if the directory is on a separate drive and becomes corrupted
due to a server problem, you can specify a new DAOS base path in a
new location (for example on a different separate drive) and restore
the contents of the directory from a backup.
Note: It takes a longer
time to move the repository to a separate physical drive than to a
different directory on the same drive, so plan accordingly.
Procedure
- From the Domino Administrator,
click the Configuration tab and then expand
the Server section.
- Select the Server document to be edited and then click Edit
Server.
- Click the DAOS tab.
- In the DAOS base path field, specify
the new location for the directory. Save the Server document.
- Stop the Domino server
and all associated processes (for example, fixup, compact, or backups).
- Do one of the following:
- To move the DAOS repository directory, create the new directory
in the new location, and use your operating system to copy the entire
contents of the existing notesdatadirectory/DAOS directory
to it.
- To restore the DAOS repository directory, from your backup
file, copy the backed-up contents of the notesdatadirectory/DAOS directory
to the new file location.
- Update the value of
DAOSBasePath
if that
setting appears in the server's NOTES.INI file.
- Edit the daos.cfg file and update
the value of the PATH field to match the new location of the repository.
The PATH statement appears in the file somewhere around line
35; it is the only occurrence of the term PATH in the data section
of the file. For example, it may appear on a line like this:
<CONTAINER ID="9C92854208308CB78525788500701A69" PATH="c:\daos\" DESC="" STATE="1" FILECOUNT="23" MAXBYTES="-1" BYTECOUNT="0" LASTMODIFIED="04/25/2011 16:41:05" INDOUBT="0" LASTSCANNED="05/03/2011 16:24:27">
- Restart the machine on which the Domino server is running, and then restart
the server.