DATABASE MANAGEMENT

Fixing corrupted databases
Corrupted databases don't occur frequently when you use transaction logging. When you use transaction logging to log changes to databases, a server automatically uses the transaction log to restore and recover databases after a system failure -- for example, after server failures or power failures. If a disk failure occurs, you use the transaction log along with a certified backup utility to restore and recover the databases.

The Miscellaneous Events view of the log file (LOG.NSF) records detailed messages about corrupted documents and views. These messages in the log file indicate document corruption:


The following messages indicate that IBM® Lotus® Domino™ has rebuilt, is in the process of rebuilding, or was unable to rebuild damaged views:
For information on using the log file, see the topic The Domino server log (LOG.NSF).

Ways to fix corrupted databases

If you encounter database corruption in a database, you can use any of these methods to try to fix the problem. Because corruption is much less of an issue for logged databases, these methods are primarily used for solving corruption problems in unlogged databases.