Troubleshooting tools for Domino®

Domino® provides several tools to help you troubleshoot problems. Most of the tools are available through the Domino® Administrator.

The following table summarizes the available tools and indicates how each is useful. If you have not solved your problem after reading through the section that applies to the problem, you may want to search the Support site or call Support directly for help with troubleshooting your problem.

Table 1. Tools for troubleshooting

Tool

Problems that the tool resolves

How to access the tool

Server log file (LOG.NSF)

All problems

From the Server - Analysis tab in the Domino® Administrator

Domino® Web server log file (DOMLOG.NSF)

Web server problems

From the Server - Analysis tab in the Domino® Administrator

Server's MAIL.BOX

Mail routing problems

From the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino® Administrator

Mail trace

Mail routing problems

From the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino® Administrator

ISpy

Slow mail; server problems

Configured in the Monitoring Configuration database on the Configuration tab in the Domino® Administrator

Mail reports

Mail user activity

From the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino® Administrator

Mail tracking

Lost mail

From the Messaging - Tracking Center tab in the Domino® Administrator

Mail routing status

Undelivered mail

From the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino® Administrator

Mail routing topology maps

Mail routing problems between servers

From the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino® Administrator

Mail routing events view in the log file (LOG.NSF)

Undelivered mail

From the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino® Administrator

Network trace

Connection problems

In User Preferences. Choose File - Preferences - User Preferences

TCP/IP connection logging

Connection problems

Server console on a server with the setting Log_Connections=1 added to its NOTES.INI file

Replication events in the log file (LOG.NSF)

Replication problems for a particular server

From the Replication tab in the Domino® Administrator

Replication history

Replication problems with a specific database

Under Database Properties. Choose File - Application - Properties; or choose File - Replication - History

Replication schedule

Replication problems for a particular server

From the Replication tab in the Domino® Administrator

Replication topology maps

Replication problems between servers

From the Replication tab in the Domino® Administrator

Monitoring Configuration

Server statistics and events you specifically monitor

Configured from the Configuration tab of the Domino® Administrator; view statistics from the Server - Analysis tab in the Domino® Administrator

Database analysis

Database problems

From the Files tab in the Domino® Administrator

Administration Requests database

Administration Process errors

From the Servers - Analysis tab in the Domino® Administrator

Server commands

Various

From the Servers - Status tab in the Domino® Administrator