Lotus Notes DB Recovery

[mick at pauldotcom.com (Michael Douglas)]

yes assuming the db isn't corrupt it should just open.

One suggestion though.  make a copy of the nsf before you even open
it.  depending on the notes settings it could try replicating or doing
some other fun stuff... which typically is OK. but I did have a notes
developer make some lame LotusScript coding errors that hosed the
dbs... so opening the file autolaunched the unintentional logic bomb.*

Good luck, HTH
- M

* why in the name of $deity would you code an old record purge &
whitespace compact to happen on DB open?  Also (and I'm just
spitballing here...) shouldn't you check to see the select portion of
your query was -- you know right?  ProTip: there's a BIG difference
between ">" and "<" when selecting date/time fields.  Finally, don't
do that sort of coding on a Friday afternoon before you go on a
vacation!  We got it all working again, but man that was a long
3days... :-/





On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Karl Schuttler
<karl.schuttler at gmail.com> wrote:
> I appreciate the quick responses. The fellow I'm working with has version 7,
> but isn't tech savvy, so hopefully he can find his .nsf. Does the nsf file
> work like an outlook .pst, ie, can I just open it with another notes client
> and get all the emails? Thanks again every one :)
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Matthew Lye <lyematt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thats with every version (Up to 8.5 anyway) set to replicated the mail
> > database locally.
> > If it is not replicating locally, and mail was deleted off the server, and
> > there is no archive.... good luck.
> > -Matthew Lye
> >
> > You can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision,
> > determination, and and endless supply of expendable labor.
> > <No tree's were harmed during this transmission. However, a great number
> > of electrons were terribly inconvenienced>
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Raffi Jamgotchian
> > <raffi at flossyourmind.com> wrote:
> > > It's been a while but if they were syncing they should have an nsf file
> > > for the replica
> > >
> > > But that may be on an older version
> > >
> > > On Jan 12, 2010 8:06 PM, "Karl Schuttler" <karl.schuttler at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey folks,
> > > Anyone heave any experience or know of someone who has experience in
> > > recovering a lotus notes database from a Notes email client on a users
> > > machine? I've got a buddy in a bind; any info would be great, even if
> > > it's a referral to some online service for a fee.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Karl
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