We run BES 4.1.3 for Domino. W2k3 SP2 and Domino 6.5.4.

I am not a Domino admin. I see each BES user has a Notes "state" database. They seem to keep on growing in size. Is there any maintenance that I should ask our Domino admin to run on a regular basis?
Thanks,

Yes, on a regular basis shutdown the Domno server an run the following from the Domino program directory.

nfixup
nupdall -R
ncompact -c

Thanks!

With the compact it may pay to do a compact -c -i

You dont need to take the server down, just create program documents.

We run these tasks once a week.

Your admin should set these up as a weekly maintenance job (this is SOP for Domino mail databases anyways), using the server versions of the commands, e.g. "load fixup", et al. No need to shut the server down if it's run as a scheduled Domino task.

We use program docs to perform those tasks weekly.

It's not the same as doing it with the server down. Since our BES are required to be up 24/7 we only get to do this every 2 months.

Thanks for all the information.
One more question regarding maintenance on the Notes state databases:
now I stop the Lotus Notes service and backup the \state folder every night; I know it is possible to setup Notes replication, so I went to our Notes guru and he told me I'll need to set up replication for each and every state database. So when a new BES user is added, a new step is to setup replication of the new nnnnn.nsf file if I can figure out which one it is.
How do other organizations do it? Do they setup replication or simply backup the State databases (file copy)?
Thanks,

The state db title is the person's name.

You can also look in the blackberryprofiles.nsf. In the document property of the person look in the StateDBName field.

Thanks, x14. I can see how to figure out a user's state database.
Do other organizations use Notes replication of state databases for DR purposes, or simply backup the \state folder nightly or however often? We only have 35 users, so it won't be a big deal for us.

Yes Notes replication of not only state Databases but the BES\Folder in general. This all can be stated specifically in the Connection Documents when you create them. Let the DR server initiate the pull and push / do the work so the production bes doesnt have an extra load to work on.

Also, taking down the server every 2 months is not critical to do. BES State Databases and DB's dont take up as much space as a mail file. I would do such extreme tasks on a mail server but not a bes server. Add the tasks to the program documents, perform a reboot every 15-20 days, depending on the reboot schedule and usage of your server and memory and you will be fine.