'SMSDOM Panic: Unable to create Log directory'

Products

• Mail Security for Domino

Issue/Introduction

After installing Symantec Mail Security for Domino 8.0.X, Domino crashes at startup with the Error 'SMSDOM Panic: Unable to create Log directory' appearing in the Domino console log

Symptoms

• Before the crash, the Domino console reports the following error 'SMSDOM Panic: Unable to create Log directory'.
• There were no Errors during the installation of the software
• The SAV.NSF and SAVLOG.NSF files cannot be found in the >\Lotus\Domino\data\SAV directory
• The NSD file created upon the crash shows the Nserver task as the Fatal Thread

First NSD - [email protected]_28_19.log
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### FATAL THREAD 1/4 [ nserver: 0900: 0904]
### FP=0x0006e9b0, PC=0x77e4bee7, SP=0x0006e95c
### stkbase=00070000, total stksize=32768, used stksize=5796
### EAX=0x0006e960, EBX=0x00000001, ECX=0x030cbea3, EDX=0x030e6230
### ESI=0x00000000, EDI=0x030f3c40, CS=0x0000001b, SS=0x00000023
### DS=0x00080023, ES=0x7c820023, FS=0x0000003b, GS=0x00060000 Flags=0x00000246
Exception code: c000013a ({Application Exit by CTRL+C}

Cause

The Domino DataPath Registry key points to the wrong location, causing the startup of the Symantec Mail Security for Domino tasks to fail.

Resolution

The Domino DataPath needs to be correctly set before installing Symantec Mail Security for Domino.

Please consult your Domino documentation for information on how this can be done.



Technical Information
The DataPath key of Domino can typically be found in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lotus\Domino\1

The DataPath key specifices the location of Domino's Data directory.
If the DataPath key points to a non-default location, SAV.NSF and SAVLOG.NSF might not be created due to ACL permission issues.