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~Yentl Umhipibergnivu
Jun 7, 2016, 8:26 PM
40 Posts

Run ncompact -ods -* -upgrade after EVERY FIX

  • Category: Administration,Configuring,Documentation,Domino Administrator,Domino Designer,Domino Server,Install,Notes Client,Notes Startup and Exit,Performance,Serviceability,To Do
  • Platform: AIX,Apple Mac OS,IBM i,Linux,Windows,All Platforms
  • Release: 9.0.1,9.0
  • Role: End user,Developer,Administrator
  • Tags: Performance
  • Replies: 1
Dear all,

Yesterday I was reminded of this gem when I booted up a laptop which had not been up lately. Installed 9.0.1 FP6 and thought, why is the performance so lame.

SOLUTION:

make sure

Create_R9_Databases=1

is in the notes.ini

With notes or domino inactive, open a command prompt and (assuming Windows here, lookup the way to run Commandline tools for your platform) run

ncompact -ods -* -upgrade

That will upgrade the ODS on all databases, templates and mail.box files. Even if the the file was created with an ns6 or somesuch extension it wil upgrade the ODS.

That brought back the performance I know and love from 9.0.1. Especially since FP6 fixed a lot of those intermittent crashes due to the JVM stepping over the 2GB limit.

Note that having the latest ODS on EVERY_SINGLE_FILE greatly improves speed, both on the Notes Client as on the Domino Server. On every platform, including IBM i

Rerun this after every install, because installs and FixPacks will revert some files to the older ODS. And yes, it matters.

Btw, try tuning NSF_BUFFER_POOL_SIZE_MB on the client. By default (i.e. if not set) it is 8 MB, see what happens if set to a more adult size... Courtesy of the great Daniel Nashed
~Vera Zekfoogengon
Jun 29, 2016, 1:24 AM
196 Posts
ODS upgrade also a data integrity issue

Agreed. This should be done on both servers and clients. It is not only a performance issue, it is a data integrity issue in that dbmt can do more when a database has a higher ODS. 


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