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Title
The ZAPP Notes database is becoming large, can a second database be used? -
Description
Automated purge has not been activated within the ZAPP database and it's now grown to over 1 million documents ( circa 35GB ) Other than purging data, is it possible to create a new blank copy of btstore.nsf for new messages to be Zapped, whilst maintaining the existing links that users may still have in their outlook mailboxes. -
Cause
Without maintenance, the BTStore database will grow beyond the 64GB Domino limit and will become unresponsive and if not fixed will no longer be accessible and the data will be lost. -
Resolution
The existing BTStore database, as defined in the Notes.ini must not be deleted as Notes Doclinks are used to access existing documents.
A new BTstore database can be created using the BTStore template and it is recommend that a logical naming convention should be used that will suit local requirements. For example: BTStoreQ1, BTStoreQ2 or BTstore2020 etc.
The notes.ini setting BTSTOREDB= defines the name for the ZAPP database and by default is BTSTOREDB =BTStore.nsf
This can be altered to BTSTOREDB =BTStoreQ1.nsf using the example given and once the Domino server is restarted the BT Zapp process will deposit new documents in the new database.
Existing documents will be served from BTStore.nsf so should not be removed or altered.