Specifications

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Enter the command at the server console:
> set config Create_R85_Databases=1
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Add the command through the Notes.ini section on the server configuration document.
Now every new database you create and every database you compact will be using the new ODS51.
Having to manually add this parameter lets administrators decouple the ODS upgrade from the server
upgrade, and to control when and how the new ODS will be implemented on servers and clients. It’s always
a good thing to be in control during an upgrade. Pre-Domino 8 servers will ignore this parameter, so you can
add it prior to upgrading the server. The ODS version does not replicate from server to server. You have to
add the parameter to every Domino 8.5.x server where you want to use the new ODS.
Now use the copy style compact command at the console to upgrade existing databases to the new ODS.
Running the compact while the server is down will allow most system databases that are in use while the
server is up, to be converted also.
>Load compact -c
To enable the new ODS and to reduce the size of dbs on your server use:
Load Compact -c -ZU -n -V
The parameters indicate:
-c Copy style compact, used to put db in new ods format.
-ZU Converts document attachments using compression type Huffman to LZ1 if db property is set.
-n Compress data
-V Compress views
NOTE: This also works on the workstation, you will need to run compact from the command prompt to
update the local databases.
Domino Attachment and Object Service DAOS
This feature is explained in more details in on the DAOS
page.
Auto Populate Groups
Now you can have groups automatically built based on the user's home server. The auto-populated groups
can be updated through out the day based on the time period you enter. Once populated, you can use the
group anywhere you currently use groups, such as mail, policies, ACL and even as a member of other
groups.
The auto-populated groups feature uses predefined criteria to automatically determine and update group
membership. Use the auto-populated groups feature to apply policies to users and groups based on their
home servers. Use the Group document to create a home server group whose group members use the
specified server as their home mail server. Assign a policy to that group. That policy applies to everyone in
the home server group. Any updates to the home server's group membership automatically impacts which
users the policy is applied to. Use this feature to greatly reduce the work required to keep groups updated.
This features requires that the Domino Administration Server has the LDAP task running. The auto-populate
group look-up is through an LDAP search query.
For IBM Lotus Domino 8.5, the use of home servers is the only auto-populate method available.
When you are creating a group and specifying group members in the Members field, if large numbers of
names are retrieved from the Domino Directory, you may reach a limit as to how many names can be
retrieved. If you reach the name look-up limit, you will see the following Domino Domain Monitor (DDM)