Lotus Domino Administrator 8 Help - Converting non-mail databases

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Converting non-mail databases
You can use the server's mail convert utility to convert non-mail databases to another type of non-mail database. Non-mail databases are all databases that do not have a $Inbox folder. Use the convert utility with the -d switch to prevent the conversion process from creating new folders for each category in the databases you are converting.

When the load convert task is used without a switch, folders are created for all categories within the database. The load convert task looks for a $inbox, if there is no $Inbox, it processes the categories as views.

Enter the load convert -d task from the IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server command line as follows:

load convert -d databasename * newtemplatename

Where databasename * is the name of the database you are converting (includes all documents in that database).
Where newtemplatename is the name of the template that creates the type of database to which you are converting the non-mail database.

You can also convert an entire directory as shown in this example,

load convert -d doclibrary\ *.nsf newtemplatename

Where doclibrary\ *.nsf represents the name of the directory being converted and all databases in that directory.
Where newtemplatename is the name of the template that creates the type of database to which you are converting all databases in the named directory.

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