Technote 1099635 - Which Domino Server databases have replica IDs related to names.nsf

Monday 10th March, 2008
I came across this technote and did not realize the pattern that exists for certain database replica IDs that are similiar to Domino Directory's replica ID.  Thought I would share.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21099635

The replica IDs of some Lotus Domino® server databases are related to that of the Domino Directory (names.nsf). Which ones are related and which ones are not?

The following is a list of Domino server databases that have a known replica ID based on the replica ID of the domain's Domino Directory:

catalog.nsf
events4.nsf
statrep.nsf
ddm.nsf
admin4.nsf
billing.nsf
vpuserinfo.nsf (Sametime Authorization Database)
activity.nsf

Example:
names.nsf has a replica ID of: 852564AC:004EBCCF
catalog.nsf has a replica ID of:         852564AC:014EBCCF
events4.nsf has a replica ID of: 852564AC:024EBCCF
admin4.nsf has a replica ID of: 852564AC:034EBCCF
statrep.nsf has a replica ID of: 852564AC:044EBCCF


Notice that the similarity is in the last six (6) characters of the replica ID (4EBCCF in this example). The distinguishing characters are the first two (2) characters of the unique part of the replica ID (01, 02, 03, 04 in this example), such as 852564AC:044EBCCF.

Mail.box which is built automatically upon server startup has a randomly generated replica ID, unrelated to that of names.nsf, as does certlog.nsf which must be built manually.

In Lotus Notes®/Domino 5 releases:
Only the admin4.nsf and catalog.nsf replica IDs are similar to the names.nsf replica ID. This differs from previous versions in which events4.nsf and statrep.nsf were also similar.

In release 5, you may also notice that the replica IDs of the following databases are similar to one another (but not necessarily similar to names.nsf):

log.nsf
statrep.nsf
statmail.nsf
reports.nsf
certsrv.nsf

With these five databases, all but the last four (4) characters are identical, for example:
log.nsf has a replica ID of: 852567F5:003C3954
statrep.nsf has a replica ID of: 852567F5:003C8D04

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