First, when troubleshooting Lotus Notes Agent problems, it’s best to start with a good understanding of how agents and the Agent Manager work. So let’s begin by reviewing how agents are invoked in detail below.
On the server, agents can be invoked by:
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The Design Update task is a system process that updates database design from a database template. This task’s goal is to keep the database and the template in synch. When either the database or the template have been changed, and the user did not select the “Do not update” design property for specific design elements, the Design Update task updates the database to match the template. This sometimes causes problems for agents, typically described as “something is turning off my enabled agents in the middle of the night!”
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Property “After new mail has arrived” agents are designed to run on the home mail server of the agent owner (signer). If the agent is replicated from your home mail server to another system, or if you are trying to run an agent that was written by someone else, your home mail server will not match the server on which you are attempting to run the mail agent, and the agent will not run.
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At some point during the day to day work, every network administrator and end user will inevitably come to the realization that even the media via e-mail has a darker side. Those who still have only ever tested positive aspects of the electronic messages generally look at the world through different eyes and are more prone to reckless behavior from a business standpoint.
Of course, there is no denying the benefits of e-mail as a means of communication – it reduces the communication channels, and serves as a cost-effective means to simplify and develop a range of business processes, from customer requirements through the initiation of contracts up to send an order confirmation. Against these advantages however, the legal obligations and safety-related problems that could become a serious headache for those businessmen who have decided to bury its head in the sand.
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Log file in lotus notes purging is generally managed by the “Log=” parameter in Notes.ini on Domino Server.
According to the .ini reference, the format for the “Log=” parameter is:
Log=logfilename,logoption,0,days,size,days2(optional) |
The fourth parameter, “days”, is what’s important here. Most often, you’ll see that set to 7, for 7 days. Sometimes, you’ll see it set to 30. But either way, you shouldn’t have more than about 30 days in your log.nsf file.
So, the first thing to do is check your Notes.ini and see if somehow that parameter is inflated, for example, if it says something like 365 or even 20000. If so, then your log isn’t being purged because Notes has been told not to purge it.
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Minimize Deletion Stubs
In a Lotus Notes Database that gets archived frequently, or that has a large number of “temporary” documents that get removed on a scheduled basis, you can keep your Lotus Notes Database lean by reducing the number of deletion stubs it maintains.
You can use the “Remove Documents Not Modified in Last X Days” property, set in the database replication options to minimize deletion stubs in Lotus Notes Databases with a lot of deletions. Deletion stubs get purged at about one half the number of days specified in this setting, regardless of whether or not the setting is active
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