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How do you shut the server down for backups?

If you are running Notes as an NT service, look at this FAQ instead.

You can use the following command to tell the Notes server to shut down:
notes server -quit
After your backup is complete, issue this command to restart the Notes server:
notes server


Applies to Notes Versions: 3 4 4.5 4.6 5
Last Modified: August 31, 1999