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4 Click Validate Database > Run .
5 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 .
You are notified if there are any physical problems, so you can then recover or rebuild the
database.
See
Section 26.2, “Recovering Domain or Post Office Databases,” on page 394 and
Section 26.3, “Rebuilding Domain or Post Office Databases,” on page 397 .
26.2 Recovering Domain or Post Office
Databases
The database recover process corrects physical problems in the database structure, but does not
update incorrect information contained in the database.
If you receive an administrative message informing you that an internal database error has occurred,
or if you detect database damage and don’t want to take users out of GroupWise, you can recover the
database. If no errors are reported after the recover process, you do not need to take further action.
The recover process is run against a copy of the domain database (
wpdomain.db
) or post office
database (
wphost.db
). Therefore, while the recover process is running, you can continue to access
the database through ConsoleOne and you do not need to stop the MTA or the POA.
As the copy of the database is created, the recover process skips invalid records. If the number of
records in the original wpdomain.db file or wphost.db file is different from the number in the new,
valid copy, GroupWise sends an administrative message informing you that data has been lost.
When the recover process is completed, the backup database is deleted.