Lotes Notes tip: Upgrade notes database version

If you are using lotus notes and upgrading from past versions, chances are you might be using an old database version, most probably will be 43. Notes database version should be 51 assuming you are at 8.5.3 or above

To Check: Application -> Properties -> i and look for ODS version  

1) How to fix: Add following in the notes.ini
NSF_UpdateODS=1
CREATE_R85_DATABASES=1

2) Do a compact on the database (Application -> Properties) . To compact all the databases, simply fire compact -c from command prompt from your notes directory. (Looks like -c option to convert is necessary, for me the GUI option didnt work for archive files which were not store in the notes/data directory. To convert those I used compact -c )

Result:

1. More compact database.
2. Better speed
3. Ability to use newer features of the new db version