LO41717: SETTING DISABLE_DIR_DEL_IF_EMPTY IN NOTES.INI HAS SIDE EFFECT OF FULLTEXTINDEX NOT BEING DELETED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Setting DISABLE_DIR_DEL_IF_EMPTY in notes.ini has side effect of
  Full text
  index not being deleted
  
  To prevent unmounting SAN-Luns, customer is  using the following
  notes.ini
  parameter:
  
  DISABLE_DIR_DEL_IF_EMPTY=1
  
  What happens after implementing above parameter is that if you
  choose to
  disable a full text index from a database, the folder structure
  from the full
  text is still there and the Full text index is not deleted
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  -  Install  8.5 Domino server:
  
  
  -  Create a Full Text Index for a database placed in a
  subdirectory for example
  C:\notes\data\test\database.nsf
  
  -  You can see the Full Text index files in this subdirectory
  C:\notes\data\test\database.ft
  -  From the Database> Properties > Full Text Tab> Click on the
  button "delete
  Index" and the files for the full text index were correctly
  deleted.
  
  
  Add the server notes.ini parameter DISABLE_DIR_DEL_IF_EMPTY=1
  and restart the
  server
  
  
  
  - Recreate again the Full Text Index for the sample database,
  and you can see
  again the Full Text index directory
  C:\notes\data\test\database.ft
  
  - Delete the full text index From the Database> Properties> Full
  Text Tab>
  "delete Index" and this time the full text index  directory and
  files included
  on it remains and do not get removed when
  trying to delete the full text index.  The  database.ft  is
  still on
  "C:\notes\data\test\database.ft" .   Checking the database,
  seems that  the
  index has been removed, and the database shows not indexed, but
  the files have
  not been removed at operating system level
  
  
  - The same results are obtained if I create and delete the index
  from the
  Domino Administrator Client > Files Tab.
  
  Selecting the Database
  
  Selecting on the tools> Database> Full Text Index> Delete
  
  - The same behaviour happens if there is more than one database
  in the
  directory with full text index
  for example:
  C:\notes\data\test\database1.nsf
  C:\notes\data\test\database1.ft
  C:\notes\data\test\database2.nsf
  C:\notes\data\test\database2.ft
  When deleting the Full text index for database1.nsf and
  database2.nsf the files
  for the full text index is not being cleared at operating system
  level when
  notes.ini DISABLE_DIR_DEL_IF_EMPTY=1 is in place
  
  - If you delete  C:\notes\data\test\database.ft manually at
  Operating System
  Level the files are correctly deleted.
  
  - If you use some script functions for example "If
  DB.IsFTIndexed Then"  You
  got an error that the index must be rebuild.
  
  Notes ini parameter is documented on SPR # PBIT554KUV
  

Local fix

• delete  C:\notes\data\test\database.ft manually at Operating
  System
  Level the files are correctly deleted.
  

Problem summary

• new OS apis for full text to use to ignore
   DISABLE_DIR_DEL_IF_EMPTY setting and full text changes to use
   them
  

Problem conclusion

• new OS apis for full text to use to ignore
   DISABLE_DIR_DEL_IF_EMPTY setting and full text changes to use
   them
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# BBSZ7TAA7P.
  new OS apis for full text to use to ignore
   DISABLE_DIR_DEL_IF_EMPTY setting and full text changes to use
   them
  

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NOTES/DOMINO 7X

• Fixed component ID

  5724E6200

Applicable component levels

• R901 PSN

     UP