Using load convert to convert non-mail databases

Use the convert utility with the -d switch to prevent the conversion process from creating new folders for each category in the databases you are converting.

When the load convert task is used without a switch, folders are created for all categories within the database. The load convert task looks for a $inbox, if there is no $Inbox, it processes the categories as views.

Enter the load convert -d task from the Domino® server command line as follows:

load convert -d  databasename *  newtemplatename

• Where databasename * is the name of the database you are converting (includes all documents in that database).
• Where newtemplatename is the name of the template that creates the type of database to which you are converting the non-mail database.

You can also convert an entire directory as shown in this example,

load convert -d doclibrary\*.nsf  newtemplatename

• Where doclibrary\*.nsf represents the name of the directory being converted and all databases in that directory.
• Where newtemplatename is the name of the template that creates the type of database to which you are converting all databases in the named directory.