Consistency check

[ssc210]

Sometimes when I try to open my mail messages i get an error : Notes cannot open that database becuase a Consistency check of it is in progress. If I wait, nothing happens, I still get the error. I close notes, reopen and sometimes this fixes the problem, but most of the time it does not. I log off NT, log back on, again sometimes it fixes it, but most of the time it does not. Most of the time it is fixed by shutting down the computer completly and then restarting. Does anybody know what causes this, and how it can be solved. I am running notes 5.0, on a mail file that was converted from ccmail.

Thanks,

 

[lamaar]

This message is an indication that Notes is performing a consistency check on a database. A consistency check is synonymous with the Fixup server task. Consistency checks are done when a database is found to be in an Unknown state, Corrupt state, or the Integrity is questionable.

- An Unknown state occurs when the database is not closed properly (for example, a server crash or a database file being copied at the operating system level while open, etc.).

- A Corrupt state can occur in several places. These all relate to bad tables, notes, folders, bitmaps, etc.

- Questionable Integrity occurs when a database header or index has entries that appear to be invalid.

Consistency checks that occur on a Domino 4.5x database when the database is accessed by a Notes 4.1x client or server fall under the "Questionable Integrity" category. There is not a consistency error in this case, but sometimes stamping code that was added in Notes 3.x to support Notes 2.x databases is no longer being used in Domino 4.5x. Since Notes 4.1x is still looking for this time stamp, it believes that the database is in an Inconsistent state and forces the consistency check. When the consistency check occurs in Notes 4.1x, the time stamp is applied and no more consistency checks will occur until the database is modified by a Domino 4.5x client or server again.

The server or client where the database resides is the one who writes or modifies the database file. The database written by a Notes 4.1x server will have the time stamp mentioned above but the database written by a Domino 4.5x server will not. The client versions accessing a server-based database will have no effect on what On Disk Structure (ODS) attributes are written. If databases are transferred via Notes Replication and not through operating system copies, the consistency check will not occur.

There is no way to prevent a consistency check from occurring. When Notes performs a consistency check, it is a good thing, because Notes is proactively maintaining the stability of a Notes database.

Thanks Lamaar75@hotmail.com

 

[ssc210]

I guess the question that I have is then when I get this consistency error, would I just have to wait for it to go away, wheather it lasts 1 minute or 1 hour or more.


Thanks,

 

[peterve]

If you run a fixup -L on your databases at night (from a program document) you will notice that your server doesn't have to run a lot of fixups anymroe during the day.. that could solve your problem ! Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be