Quotas Are Not Ignored During Replication Despite Setting Repl_Obeys_Quotas=0 in NOTES.INI
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Problem
You have set the following NOTES.INI parameter to 0 which should cause replication to ignore database quotas:
Repl_Obeys_Quotas=0
However, when you replicate a database that has exceeded its quota, the following error occurs both in the LOG.NSF and at the console:
"Unable to write to database because database would exceed its disk quota."
Solution
This issue was reported to Quality Engineering as SPR #LFLR5EJ9QQ and has been fixed in Domino releases 6.5.3 Fix Pack 1 (FP1), 6.5.4 and 6.0.5.
Excerpt from the Lotus Notes and Domino Release 6.0.5 / 6.5.4 MR fix list (available at
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus):
SPR# LFLR5EJ9QQ - Fixed a problem where the cluster replicator would not override database quotas. This fix also allows the opening of the default view in a database and the 'All Documents' view in a mail file even if building these views would force the database over its quota. This problem has been fixed in 6.0.5, 6.5.4 and 6.5.3 FP1.
If you have not yet upgraded, there is no known solution. To work around the issue, temporarily raise the issue quotas.
Additional Information
Description of the Repl_Obeys_Quotas parameter according to the Domino Administrator's Guide:
Setting the Repl_Obeys_Quotas=value to zero (0) disables the Replicator from obeying quotas, whereas setting the value to one (1) enables the Replicator to obey quotas.