GETTING STARTED

To copy an entire database
1. Open the database to copy.

2. Choose File - Database - New Copy.

3. Select Local in the Server field to store the database on your hard disk, or enter a server name where the new database is to be stored.

4. Enter a title for the new database in the Title field. The title appears on the Bookmark bar and in the Bookmark page. You can use a maximum of 96 characters.

5. Specify a unique, descriptive file name of fewer than 32 characters, followed by the extension .NSF, in the "File Name" field. If you are copying the database locally on your hard disk, as part of the file name, specify a drive and directory to store the database in, for example C:/Databases/mydbs.nsf. Otherwise, the database is stored in the Data directory. If you are creating the database on a server, specify the server and directory to store the database in.


6. Select one of the following to copy: 7. (Optional) Click Encryption to encrypt the new database, if it is being stored on your hard disk. Select "Locally encrypt this database using," select an encryption type, and click OK. See Restricting access to local databases for more information.

8. (Optional) If creating a database using a Release 4 template, specify the maximum size the new database can occupy on disk. Click "Size limit," select a size (up to four gigabytes) and click OK.

9. (Recommended) Deselect "Access Control List" if you do not want to inherit the access control list (ACL) from the original database. Deselecting "Access Control List" automatically enters your name as Person Manager and enters Default as Designer. If you do inherit the access control list, you may not have Manager access to the new database, which prevents you from being able to perform all tasks of all access levels, including deleting the database and modifying the ACL.

Note When you copy a database by choosing File - Database - New Copy, Notes automatically compacts the new copy.

About inheriting design changes

Many of the templates that ship with Notes are "master" templates. This means that changes made to the master template are passed on to the databases created from the template, unless you specify otherwise. If you plan to customize a database and want to avoid overwriting design changes, either deselect the "Inherit future design changes" option after you select a template or deselect "Inherit design from template" on the Design tab of the Database Properties box for the database.

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