Copy Lotus Notes databases from the Domino Server console command line

The Domino Server console commands are turned off by default, so you need to first enable them. Set this server notes.ini variable, like so:

set config CLUSTER_ADMIN_ON=1 (even if the server is not in a cluster, it doesn't matter).

No need to restart the Domino server, it becomes active immediately. This enables this new command: CL COPY sourcedb targetdb.

Below, I have listed some examples for the CL COPY command:

CL copy serverA!!db1.nsf serverB!!db2.nsf
This creates a regular non-replica copy of db1.nsf on serverA as db2.nsf on ServerB

CL copy serverA!!db1.nsf serverB!!db2.nsf REPLICA
This creates a replica copy of db1.nsf on serverA as db2.nsf on ServerB

CL copy serverA!!db1.nsf serverB!!db2.nsf TEMPLATE
This creates a template copy (only design, no data) of db1.nsf on serverA as db2.nsf on ServerB

CL copy db1.nsf db2.nsf
This creates a regular non-replica copy of db1.nsf as db2.nsf on the same local server