CrashTestChix

After upgrading to Domino 8.0.1 and subsequently 8.0.2, we noticed that we no longer received Fault Recovery notices when servers crashed.  So we checked our configuration document, mail-in database documents, notes.ini's on the servers, and the Fault Recovery Database itself.  And sure enough, the NSD reports were not being routed to the Fault Recovery database.  We stood on our heads -- we pulled the entries from the configuration docs, and added manually the entries to the notes.ini  CRASH_MAILIN_DB=.   But to no avail. We confirmed NSD versions on the servers -- all updated.  After opening a PMR and several rounds of debug, sure enough, it was confirmed that there was an issue with NSDs not being routed to the fault recovery database in some instances.

So if this is happening to you - you are not losing your mind.  So contact IBM Support regarding SPR # WGAN7HF4HG - Notes does not automatically report NSDs, to see if this SPR fits your environment.

The Fault Recovery database is invaluable.  It collects concatenations of all crashes in a central repository for your review.  This can be most helpful if you are trying to track a pattern of crashes or an isolated incident. If you are managing one server or many servers, we would highly recommend that you take the time to configure this in your environment. If you have it in place and the process stops working, you quickly realize how you can't live without it.  And if you don't use Fault Recovery, you should as it is a tool you will learn to love.