Creating a replica (advanced method)
Use the New Replica command to create a replica of a Notes® application.
About this task
By default, Notes® creates new replicas locally. If you attempt to create a replica of a local application, this dialog box is called Overwrite Replica for Application instead of Create Replica for Application, until you specify a server or a local directory different than the one where the source application is stored.
If the Create Replica dialog box is not open, select or open the application you want to replicate and click (note that must be selected from the main menu to see this command).
When creating a replica, keep in mind that your preferences control certain default settings for all replicas, such as general limits on document and attachment size, full-text index creation, and encryption.
For more information see Replication preferences.
To create a replica
Procedure
- Open the application you want to create a replica for and,
from the menu, click .Note: To see this command, you must click the View menu and select Advanced Menus.
- If the application you're creating a replica for is on
a Domino® server, Notes® opens the Create Replica
for Application ApplicationName dialog box (where ApplicationName is
the title of the application). Do one of following steps:
- To create the replica locally in the data directory (the default), proceed to step 4.
- To create the replica on a server, in the Server list, select or enter the name of a server on which you want to create the replica, and click OK.
- Modify the file name for the replica in the File path field. To specify a file path, click the folder icon and browse to the directory on the server where you want to save the replica.
- If the application you're creating a replica for is local, Notes® opens the Overwrite Replica
for Application ApplicationName dialog box. Do one of the following
steps:
- To create the replica on a Domino® server, in the Server list, select or enter the name of a server on which you want to create the replica, and click OK. Notes® changes the title of the dialog box to Create Replica for Application ApplicationName.
- To create the replica locally, modify the file name for the replica in the File path field. To specify a file path, click the folder icon and browse to the directory in your operating system where you want to save the replica. Modifying the file name or path in any way will prevent overwriting if the original application is local.
- Optional: Click Replica Settings and
do any of the following:
- Select Encrypt the replica using and click an encryption type (Strong, Simple, or Medium) from the list.
- To improve full-text searching of this replica, select Create full text index for searching. To save space on your hard disk drive, deselect this option.
- To use the same security settings for the replica as for the original application, leave Copy Access Control List selected. To use different settings, deselect it. The check box is available only when you are not the application manager and the application's ACL is not set to enforce a consistent ACL across all replicas.
- To create the new replica when you click OK, regardless of the setting in your replication preferences, leave Create Immediately selected. To wait until the next scheduled replication, deselect this option.
- To customize settings for this replica, such as whether to replicate to or from the server (or both), a schedule, and which documents in the application to replicate, click More Settings.
- Click OK.
Results
Access levels
About this task
When you create a local replica, Notes® assigns you Manager access to the replica. However, if you do not have the appropriate access to the original application on the server (for example, you have only Reader access), you cannot replicate changes you make in the replica back to the server.