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Veritas NetBackup™ for Lotus Notes Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2018-09-19

Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1)

Restoring a Lotus database

You can restore linked databases or directories.

Note:

The restore jobs that use point-in-time are initiated from the master server can fail with a status 12. Specifically, the automatic restore of Lotus Notes transaction log extents during recovery of the Lotus Notes database can fail. This failure occurs if the install path of the NetBackup master server is different from the install path of the NetBackup client.

See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for more information.

Warning:

Select only the source databases or directory for restore and not the database links or directory links. If you attempt to restore the links, the actual database is deleted. This situation can lead to data loss if the database has not been backed up.

See the following topics:

To restore a Lotus Notes database

On the NetBackup client, open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
(UNIX or Linux) Log on as Domino server administrative user.
(Windows) Select File > Select Files and Folders to Restore > from Normal Backup.
(UNIX or Linux) Click the Restore Files tab.
Select the server, client, and policy type.
(Windows) Select File > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.
(UNIX or Linux) Select Actions > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.

Provide the following information:

Server to use for backups and restores	Select the server you want to perform the operation.
Source client for restores	Select the client on which the backup was performed
Policy type for restores	Select Lotus-Notes.

Click OK.
(UNIX or Linux) Select View > Show Most Recent Backup.
(UNIX or Linux) Select View > Refresh.
NetBackup browses for Lotus Notes database backup images.
Select the database or mailbox you want to restore.
Generally, you should not select transaction log extents for a restore. If a transaction log extent is required to recover a database, it is restored automatically as part of the database recovery. It is recycled automatically by the Domino server when the transaction log extent is no longer required.
The Browse Directory box is not available when you browse for Lotus Notes backups on a NetBackup UNIX client.
Select Actions > Restore.
On the Lotus Notes tab, choose the recovery option.
See General tab.
See Lotus Notes tab.

Select the database identification option from among the following:

To restore a logged database to an alternate location on same server	Select Assign new database instance ID.
To restore to a point in time	Select Assign new database instance ID.
To disable replication on restore	Select Assign new database instance ID and replica ID.
(UNIX or Linux) To perform a restore of multiple instances or of partitioned server	Specify the `notes.ini` and install path for the Domino server.
If the database is in use	Specify the Time to wait for database to go offline (seconds).

To restore from a server partition, provide the absolute path for the notes.ini. This file is one associated with the particular server partition that you want to perform the restore.
(UNIX or Linux) To restore one of multiple installations of Domino server, provide the absolute path for the notes.ini file.
This file should be associated with the server installation. Also provide the directory of the Domino server installation.
Click Restore or Start Restore.

More Information

About performing a Lotus Notes database restore

About performing backups and restores of Lotus Notes databases

Restoring linked databases or directories and manually recreating the link file