File Not Found Issue with Indexing After First Server Setup with HCL Domino 12 or 14

Mindwatering Incorporated

Author: Tripp W Black

Created: 01/30 at 04:41 PM

 

Category:
Domino Server Issues Troubleshooting

Issue:
Installed new Domino server on Linux. Found that Message Tracking and System and custom app full-text indexes are not created.

Example:
01/30/2025 21:24:57 Remote console command issued by Tripp W Black/Mindwatering: load updall
01/30/2025 21:24:57 Index update process started:
01/30/2025 21:24:57 Error full text indexing document NT00000000 /local/ft/names.ft (rc=259) File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:57 Error full text indexing names.nsf: File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:57 Error full text indexing document NT00000000 /local/ft/schema.ft (rc=259) File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:57 Error full text indexing schema.nsf: File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing document NT00000000 /local/ft/mtdata/mtstore.ft (rc=259) File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing mtdata/mtstore.nsf: File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing document NT00000000 /local/ft/help/help12_designer.ft (rc=259) File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing help/help12_designer.nsf: File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing document NT00000000 /local/ft/help/decsdoc.ft (rc=259) File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing help/decsdoc.nsf: File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing document NT00000000 /local/ft/help/help14_admin.ft (rc=259) File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing help/help14_admin.nsf: File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing document NT00000000 /local/ft/help/lccon.ft (rc=259) File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing help/lccon.nsf: File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing document NT00000000 /local/ft/help/lsxlc.ft (rc=259) File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Error full text indexing help/lsxlc.nsf: File does not exist
01/30/2025 21:24:58 Index update process shutdown


Diagnosis:
HCL support found that notes.ini contains the following two lines:
. . .
CREATE_NIFNSF_DATABASES=1
NIFNSFENABLE=1
NIFBASEPATH=/local/nif
FTBASEPATH=/local/ft
. . .


Solution:
The Domino server with this issue was a new Domino 14 "first server" installation.
As part of our prerequisites for running the install, we create the /local/notesdata folder, but we did not create the other two folders.

Therefore, we have updated our documentation to include the other two folders:
$ sudo mkdir /local/ft
$ sudo mkdir /local/nif
$ sudo chown notes:notes /local/ft
$ sudo chown notes:notes /local/nif
$ sudo find /local/notesdata/ft -type d -exec chmod 770 {} +
$ sudo find /local/notesdata/nif -type d -exec chmod 770 {} +


After the creation of the folders, we returned to the admin client, and issued:
> load updall
< indexing completed successfully>






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