Renaming and moving the Web Navigator database

You can rename or move the Domino® Web Navigator database.

To rename the Web Navigator database

About this task

By default, Domino names the Web Navigator database WEB.NSF. You can use another name if necessary.

Procedure

  1. Exit Domino and use the operating system to rename the database file name.
  2. Start Domino.
  3. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab, and then open the Server document for the Web Navigator server.
  4. Click the Server Tasks > Web Retriever tab. and complete the field, and then save the document:
  5. For the Web Navigator database field, enter the new file name of the Web Navigator database.

To move the Web Navigator database

About this task

By default, Domino looks for the Web Navigator database in the data directory on the Web Navigator server. You can move the Web Navigator database to somewhere other than the data directory, for example, to consolidate databases in a subdirectory.

Procedure

  1. Copy the Web Navigator database to a new subdirectory.
  2. Delete the original Web Navigator database in the data directory.
  3. Create a database link to the new database.

    You must create a database link using the file name specified in the Web Navigator database field in the Server document for the Web Navigator server.

  4. Restart the server.