1. From the IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Administrator, click the Configuration tab, and then open the Monitoring Configuration view.

2. Open the Event Generators - Database view, and then click New Database Event Generator.

3. On the Basics tab in the "Databases to monitor" section, complete these fields:

Field	Action
File name	Enter the name of the database.
Servers	Choose one: All in the domain Only the following. Then select one or more servers to monitor.

4. In the "What to monitor" section, choose one or more of the following:

• Monitor ACL Changes -- To monitor all ACL changes, including those made by replication.
• Monitor replication -- To monitor the frequency and success of database replication. Then complete these fields on the Replication tab:

  Field	Action
  Server(s) with which the database must replicate	Choose one: All in the domain. Only the following. Then select one or more servers from the list.
  Replication timeout	Enter a time-out value. The default is 24 hours.

• Monitor unused space -- To monitor the amount of white space (free space) in one or more selected databases on a server. Then complete these fields on the Unused Space tab:

  Field	Action
  Trigger the event when unused space exceeds	Enter a percent. The default is 30%.
  Automatically compact the database when the above condition is met	(Optional) Select this option (the default) to compact the database.

• Monitor for user inactivity -- To monitor database activity and to determine which databases are not being used. Then complete these fields on the user Inactivity tab:

  Field	Action
  Time periods to monitor	Choose one: Daily Weekly Monthly
  Minimum sessions	Enter a minimum number of sessions that will trigger an event. The defaults are: Daily -- 10 sessions Weekly -- 50 sessions Monthly -- 300 sessions

Event generators
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