TROUBLESHOOTING


Troubleshooting tools
IBM® Lotus® Domino® provides several tools to help you troubleshoot problems. Most of the tools are available through the Domino Administrator. The table below summarizes the available tools and indicates how each is useful.

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ToolProblems that the tool resolvesHow to access the tool
Server log file (LOG.NSF)All problemsFrom the Server - Analysis tab in the Domino Administrator
Domino Web server log file (DOMLOG.NSF)Web server problemsFrom the Server - Analysis tab in the Domino Administrator
Server's MAIL.BOXMail routing problemsFrom the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino Administrator
Mail traceMail routing problemsFrom the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino Administrator
ISpySlow mail; server problemsConfigured in the Monitoring Configuration database on the Configuration tab in the Domino Administrator
Mail reportsMail user activityFrom the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino Administrator
Mail trackingLost mailFrom the Messaging - Tracking Center tab in the Domino Administrator
Mail routing statusUndelivered mailFrom the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino Administrator
Mail routing topology mapsMail routing problems between serversFrom the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino Administrator
Mail routing events view in the log file (LOG.NSF)Undelivered mailFrom the Messaging - Mail tab in the Domino Administrator
Network traceConnection problemsIn User Preferences. Choose File - Preferences - User Preferences
TCP/IP connection loggingConnection problemsServer console on a server with the setting Log_Connections=1 added to its NOTES.INI file
Replication events in the log file (LOG.NSF)Replication problems for a particular serverFrom the Replication tab in the Domino Administrator
Replication historyReplication problems with a specific databaseUnder Database Properties. Choose File - Application - Properties; or choose File - Replication - History
Replication scheduleReplication problems for a particular serverFrom the Replication tab in the Domino Administrator
Replication topology mapsReplication problems between serversFrom the Replication tab in the Domino Administrator
Monitoring ConfigurationServer statistics and events you specifically monitorConfigured from the Configuration tab of the Domino Administrator; view statistics from the Server - Analysis tab in the Domino Administrator
Database analysisDatabase problemsFrom the Files tab in the Domino Administrator
Administration Requests databaseAdministration Process errorsFrom the Servers - Analysis tab in the Domino Administrator
Server commandsVariousFrom the Servers - Status tab in the Domino Administrator
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