HCL Domino Ideas Portal
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Trying it out: you need to have the server in a cluster. Which is actually a must have seriously wow feature. These days with user based licensing, it is free!
To fix a broken link in Thomas Hampel's post: https://help.hcltechsw.com/domino/11.0.1/admin/admn_makingadatabaseunavailableforuseraccess_t.html
Would this be an option? https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSKTMJ_9.0.1/admin/admn_makingadatabaseunavailableforuseraccess_t.html
"drop" is working with NRPC (Notes) and HTTP connections, but not with IMAP. For IMAP there is another command: "tell imap drop session <sessionID>" ... and it's only a temporary state, as soon as a client reconnects you have to "drop" it again and hope you are fast enough.
It would be just much easier for an admin if there would be a command to bring a DB offline and online as you need it.
Rainer Brandl used drop mail\maildb.nsf for his maintenance. He explained it in his blog post Domino ODS conversion with program document
Is that a solution for you, too?