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Maintaining Domain and Post
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Office Databases
Occasionally, it is necessary to perform maintenance tasks on domain databases (wpdomain.db)
or post office databases (wphost.db). The frequency depends on the reliability of your network
and your own experience of how often problems are likely to occur. The following tasks help you
maintain the integrity of your domain and post office databases:
Section 26.1, "Validating Domain or Post Office Databases," on page 377
Section 26.2, "Recovering Domain or Post Office Databases," on page 378
Section 26.3, "Rebuilding Domain or Post Office Databases," on page 381
Section 26.4, "Rebuilding Database Indexes," on page 383
NOTE: Unfortunately, damage to databases cannot be prevented. A power outage can occur in the
middle of a write to a database. A hard drive can fail. However, the GroupWise
damaged databases are very effective and should be able to resolve most damage to GroupWise
databases.
To further protect your GroupWise system against loss of domain and post office information, see
Chapter 31, "Backing Up GroupWise Databases," on page 407
GroupWise Databases from Backup," on page
To ensure that the same information exists in all domain and post office databases throughout your
GroupWise system, see Section 29.5, "Synchronizing the Primary Domain from a Secondary
Domain," on page 398, Section 29.4, "Synchronizing a Secondary Domain," on page
Section 29.2, "Synchronizing a Post Office," on page
26.1 Validating Domain or Post Office Databases
You can validate the data in the domain and post office databases at any time without interrupting
normal GroupWise operation. The frequency can vary depending on the size of your system and the
number of changes you make to users, resources, and distribution lists.
1 Make sure you have full administrative rights to the domain and post office database directories
you are validating.
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2 In ConsoleOne , browse to and select the Domain object or Post Office object where you want
to validate the database.
3 Click Tools > GroupWise Utilities > System Maintenance.
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