Re: .nlo: File does not exist

[Chris Whisonant <chris.whisonant@xxxxxxxxx>]

First of all - Amy, you're the best! :)

Second, we've had to do the -D before with some clients. It does a great
job cleaning some things up if needed and then replication will push it
back in. Good stuff.

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Thanks,
Chris
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On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Amy Hoerle <ahoerle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> First, you want to make sure your catalog is synchronized.  There is a bug
> that could cause the server to delete a .nlo file when it shouldn't.  It
> has been fixed for a while, but the fix required that you run a "resync
> force".  If you have not run a "resync force" since you upgraded to 8.5.3,
> I would do that first.
>
> As far as resolving the issue, how you want to handle it may vary based on
> the # of files and .nlos affected.  Are all if the "issues" referencing
> the same .nlo file?  If so, you could just restore that one .nlo file from
> your cluster (assuming you are not encrypting the .nlo files).  Be aware
> the .nlo may be located in a different subfolder on the other system.
> Also, you may want to add the -i to your list of compact parameters so
> compact ignores the errors and keeps going.  This will also confirm if you
> have a small problem (1 or 2 missing .nlo files) or a larger issue.
>
> To resolve the issue on a large scale you first must be sure that your
> archives on the cluster are correct.   I would resync the catalog and run
> compact on that server to ensure it runs successfully.  If it does, then
> you can feel confident that your archives on the cluster are correct.  If
> the archives on the cluster look good, then you can run a fixup -j -D on
> the "broken" server to delete documents with any broken .nlo links.  Once
> you do that then just replicate with the clustermate and the replicator
> task will put the data back (most likely will have to clear replication
> history for the replication to work).    There is no "undo" to fixup -D so
> be careful!
>
> Good luck,
> Amy
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> From:   rob@xxxxxxxxx
> To:     domino400@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Date:   08/08/2012 09:45 AM
> Subject:        .nlo: File does not exist
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>
>
> Upon review of my log.nsf apparently I have several mail archive files
> with "issues".
>
> 08/05/2012 00:18:38   Compacting archive/a_rnoriega.nsf (Rodrigo Noriega
> (Archive)),  -c -ZU -n -v
> 08/05/2012 00:18:38   Attempting to compress all data documents in
> database archive/a_rnoriega.nsf.
> 08/05/2012 00:18:48   The database
> /ARCHIVE1/NOTES/DATA/archive/a_rnori2.TMP was unable to write to file
> /NOTES/DATA/DAOS/0038/C33738A9693618E3C5461504CBBB198E7182E6310001CB9E.nlo:
>
> File does not exist
> 08/05/2012 00:18:48   Error compacting archive/a_rnoriega.nsf: File does
> not exist
>
> What's the suggested recovery steps?
>
> If it helps all these files are clustered on another server (ARCHIVE1 &
> ARCHIVE2).
>
> Rob Berendt
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