Information that replicates through the roaming server

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Information that replicates through the roaming server
As a roaming user, when you start IBM® Lotus Notes® on any computer, your roaming-enabled data is obtained from the roaming server and a local replica of those applications is created or updated on the computer on which you are working. Your administrator determines which of your applications are roaming-enabled. Notes® also copies some information such as user preferences and notes.ini file settings from your roaming server to your local computer. If you make changes to these local replicas, for example, you add names to your contacts, that data is synchronized back to your roaming server on a scheduled basis.

If you start one of the Lotus® Symphony™ editors before you start Notes in the same Notes session, many Notes preferences will not be available for roaming during that Notes session. To ensure that all possible Notes preferences are available for roaming in your current Notes session, be sure to start Notes before starting Lotus Symphony.

If you are using file server roaming in Remote access mode, NSF links (not local replicas) are created in a local data directory that point to your roaming-enabled Notes applications on the roaming file server. If you are using file server mode, you cannot roam using more than one computer concurrently.

The following table contains a list and description of the applications that can be roamed:

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Contacts (names.nsf) This contains your personal address book, for example the output of the Open > Contacts user interaction, including the following:

Your user ID (if your organization allows its replication and if your administrator has specified it for replication)
Your user dictionary as file attachments
Settings in your notes.ini file

Note: Because your user ID file replicates, you do not need to copy it to different computers when you modify it, for example, when you change your Notes password. However, a changed password may not be available to you until after replication occurs. If this happens, use your previous password.

Bookmarks (bookmark.nsf) This contains your personal bookmarks, for example, the output of the Open > Favorite Bookmarks user interaction sequence, including the following:

Your Notes Home page
Any private views you have created in applications
Any toolbar preferences you have modified
Settings for any framesets you have modified in applications that allow such modification

Notebook (notebook.nsf, previously journal.nsf) This contains the content of your notebook, previously referred to as your personal journal. The application named notebook.nsf or journal.nsf is roamed. Click Open > Home page options > Home > Set notebook for your notebook name.

Feeds subscription (localfeedcontent.nsf) This contains your personal Feeds subscriptions.

Eclipse™ plug-in data and settings (roamingdata.nsf) This contains the Eclipse plug-in data and settings available for roaming.
The roamingdata.nsf application is replicated to your local data directory.
Eclipse-based preferences are extracted from roamingdata.nsf to <install_dir>\data\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\ settings on your local system.
Eclipse-based plug-in data is extracted from roamingdata.nsf to <install_dir>\data\workspace\.metadata\.plugins on your local system.
Note: The Notes plug-in data and settings available for roaming are listed in the Domino® 8.5 Administrator information center (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp) in the topic "Eclipse plug-in data and settings that can be roamed."

user.dic, user.id, some notes.ini settings Your dictionary and encrypted Notes password file are roamed, as are some of the settings in your notes.ini file. These may be stored in your contacts application.
The notes.ini file settings available for roaming are listed in the Domino 8.5 Administrator information center (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp) in the topic "Notes.ini settings that can be roamed."

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File or application	Contents
Contacts (names.nsf)	This contains your personal address book, for example the output of the Open > Contacts user interaction, including the following: Your user ID (if your organization allows its replication and if your administrator has specified it for replication) Your user dictionary as file attachments Settings in your notes.ini file Note: Because your user ID file replicates, you do not need to copy it to different computers when you modify it, for example, when you change your Notes password. However, a changed password may not be available to you until after replication occurs. If this happens, use your previous password.
Bookmarks (bookmark.nsf)	This contains your personal bookmarks, for example, the output of the Open > Favorite Bookmarks user interaction sequence, including the following: Your Notes Home page Any private views you have created in applications Any toolbar preferences you have modified Settings for any framesets you have modified in applications that allow such modification
Notebook (notebook.nsf, previously journal.nsf)	This contains the content of your notebook, previously referred to as your personal journal. The application named notebook.nsf or journal.nsf is roamed. Click Open > Home page options > Home > Set notebook for your notebook name.
Feeds subscription (localfeedcontent.nsf)	This contains your personal Feeds subscriptions.
Eclipse™ plug-in data and settings (roamingdata.nsf)	This contains the Eclipse plug-in data and settings available for roaming. The roamingdata.nsf application is replicated to your local data directory. Eclipse-based preferences are extracted from roamingdata.nsf to <install_dir>\data\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\ settings on your local system. Eclipse-based plug-in data is extracted from roamingdata.nsf to <install_dir>\data\workspace\.metadata\.plugins on your local system. Note: The Notes plug-in data and settings available for roaming are listed in the Domino® 8.5 Administrator information center (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp) in the topic "Eclipse plug-in data and settings that can be roamed."
user.dic, user.id, some notes.ini settings	Your dictionary and encrypted Notes password file are roamed, as are some of the settings in your notes.ini file. These may be stored in your contacts application. The notes.ini file settings available for roaming are listed in the Domino 8.5 Administrator information center (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp) in the topic "Notes.ini settings that can be roamed."