I am making replica copies of Domino databases from an old server (R8.5.x) to a new server (R9.01) by using the Domino Administrator client doing it from the Files tab, selecting multiple databases, right-clicking and selecting New >> Replics(s).
This is something I've done many times over the years, but the last few times that I've done it, strange things happen: Some of the new replicas are missing the database icon (the design element is blank), and also sometimes they have lost the database launch properties (where they previously were set to open a frameset). It didn't happen this time, but another time the new replica's ACLs did not come over (and only had default entries).
This only happens to some of their application databases, and most will be fine, but of course, the ones affected are usually the bigger and more important ones. The two servers are in different physical locations (this time they are in different cities in the same state, another time they were in different countries) - so, not sure if network latency could be a factor.
Any ideas on what may be causing this? Anyone else running into this problem?
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I also posted this on the Notes 9 forum, and Mark Gibson pointed me to this tech note with this potentially being an issue with very large files going across slow network connections (and/or with low server resources).
'Create new replica' Domino adminp request failure point for large files
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21417806
It's not an exact fit, but I think it may be relevant. (Although the tech note says it was fixed in R8.5.2 and in my case both servers are using later versions)