DBMT tool enhancements in Domino 14.5 EA2
Daniel Nashed – 7 January 2025 23:25:42
Sometimes small changes open many new possibilities.
The following DBMT tool command line options are added to DBMT in Domino 14.5 EA2:
-systemDbs (-sd for short)
Allows compact to process system dbs, which are usually ignored), as well as databases listed in the dbmt_compact_filter.ind file.
-regex (-re for short)
Now a database name can be specified using regular expressions. If an .ind file is specified, the database names listed in the .ind file can be regular expressions.
-validateDbs (-vd for short)
Does not execute the updall or compacts, but outputs the list of databases that could be affected by the DBMT command (mainly to validate -regex inputs). Can be used in combination with -sd
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There was an issue with system databases which have not been compacted any more.
Even if they have been specified via an .IND file they have been skipped.
This has been addressed with a new switch to explicitly allow system databases to be processed.
It was actually a regression and is now formalized a an explicit option.
The option works in combination with other selection options.
Selecting databases wasn't fully flexible. Now you can specify a regular expression.
It allows full flexibility but can be a bit tricky to get right.
Therefore there is a new option to dry run your selection.
lo dbmt -sd -vd -re *names*
Again a small step to develop. But it might completely change the way you schedule your DBMT operations in future.
Documentation
https://help.hcl-software.com/domino/14.5.0/admin/wn_145ea2_administration_features.html
Regular expressions for the DBMT tool
https://help.hcl-software.com/domino/14.5.0/admin/admn_general_expressions_dbmt_tool.html#admn_general_expressions_dbmt_tool__table_ws2_chn_zcc
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