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If you have administration rights in the primary domain, you can recover the primary domain
database, the post office databases in the primary domain, and any secondary domain
databases.
From a secondary domain, you can recover the secondary domain database and the post office
databases in the secondary domain.
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Make sure you have sufficient disk space for the copy of the database that is created during
recovery.
3 In ConsoleOne, browse to and select the Domain object or Post Office object where you want
to recover the database.
4 Click Tools > GroupWise Utilities > System Maintenance.
5 Click Recover Database > Run .
6 When prompted, make sure the Path to Database is correct. If an incorrect path is displayed,
browse to and select the path to the database being validated. Click OK .
If recovery is successful, the backup database is deleted, and the new domain database is renamed to
wpdomain.db
, or the new post office database is renamed to
wphost.db
.
If recovery fails for any reason, the backup database is copied back to wpdomain.db or
wphost.db
.
If any data was lost, you are notified by an administrative message.
You have several options for retrieving lost data from other sources:
Š If data has been lost from the primary domain, you can synchronize it with a secondary domain
that is known to contain current information. See
Section 29.5, “Synchronizing the Primary
Domain from a Secondary Domain,” on page 414 .
Š If data has been lost from a secondary domain, you can synchronize it with the primary domain.
See
Section 29.4, “Synchronizing a Secondary Domain,” on page 413 .
Š You can also rebuild the database at a later time when you have exclusive access to the database
where the data has been lost. See
Section 26.3, “Rebuilding Domain or Post Office Databases,”
on page 397 .