Occasionally, it is necessary to perform maintenance tasks on domain databases (wpdomain.db) or post office databases (wphost.db). The frequency depends on the reliability of your network and your own experience of how often problems are likely to occur. The following tasks help you maintain the integrity of your domain and post office databases:
NOTE: Unfortunately, damage to databases cannot be prevented. A power outage can occur in the middle of a write to a database. A hard drive can fail. However, the GroupWise tools for repairing damaged databases are very effective and should be able to resolve most damage to GroupWise databases.
To further protect your GroupWise® system against loss of domain and post office information, see Backing Up GroupWise Databases and Restoring GroupWise Databases from Backup.
To ensure that the same information exists in all domain and post office databases throughout your GroupWise system, see Synchronizing the Primary Domain from a Secondary Domain, Synchronizing a Secondary Domain, and Synchronizing a Post Office.