NetBackup™ for HCL Domino Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.5)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Domino
    1.  
      About the features for NetBackup for Domino
    2.  
      About supported Notes database configurations
    3.  
      About the Notes database files that can be backed up
  2. Installing NetBackup for Domino
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for Domino
    2.  
      NetBackup server and client requirements
    3.  
      Notes server software requirements
    4.  
      License for NetBackup for Domino
    5.  
      Specifying the Notes home path (UNIX)
    6.  
      (UNIX or Linux) About adding new Notes installations
  3. Configuring NetBackup for Domino
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for Domino
    2. Configuring Notes fast restores
      1.  
        About the transaction log cache path
      2.  
        About the maximum number of logs to restore
    3. Configuring host properties for a Notes client
      1.  
        Lotus Notes properties
    4. About configuring a backup policy for a Notes database
      1.  
        Adding a NetBackup for Domino policy
      2.  
        About policy attributes
      3. Adding schedules to a NetBackup for Domino policy
        1.  
          Schedule properties
        2.  
          NetBackup for Domino backup types
      4.  
        Add clients to a policy
      5. Adding backup selections to a Notes policy
        1.  
          Adding directives to the backup selections list
        2.  
          About directives for Notes policies
        3.  
          Adding Notes databases to the backup selections list
      6.  
        About excluding Notes databases from backups
      7.  
        About backups of Notes database links and directory links
    5.  
      Configuring a backup policy for Notes database supporting files
    6.  
      Perform a manual backup
  4. Performing backups and restore of Notes databases
    1. Performing a user-directed backup of a Notes database
      1.  
        Options for Notes database backups
    2. Restoring a Notes database
      1.  
        General tab
      2.  
        Lotus Notes tab
      3.  
        Restoring linked databases or directories and the link file
      4.  
        Restoring linked databases or directories and manually recreating the link file
    3.  
      Redirecting a Notes restore to a different client
    4.  
      Recovering the Notes environment
  5. Domino clustering
    1.  
      About Domino clustering components
    2.  
      Backing up a Domino replicated or clustered environment
    3. About the restore and recovery in a Domino replicated or clustered environment
      1.  
        Example of clustered environment with four Domino servers
      2.  
        Example of clustered environment with three Domino servers
  6. Domino partitioned servers
    1.  
      About Domino partitioned servers
    2.  
      About performing backups in a Domino partitioned server environment
    3.  
      About restoring a Domino partitioned server environment
  7. Domino server multiple installations (UNIX or Linux)
    1.  
      About Domino server multiple installations
    2.  
      About configuring NetBackup for a multiple Domino server environment
    3.  
      About backups in a multiple Domino server environment
    4.  
      About restores a multiple Domino server environment
  8. Troubleshooting NetBackup for Domino
    1. About NetBackup for Domino debug logging
      1.  
        Enabling the debug logs for a NetBackup for Domino client automatically (Windows)
      2.  
        Debug logs for NetBackup for Domino backup operations
      3.  
        Debug logs for NetBackup for Domino restore operations
      4.  
        Setting the debug level on a UNIX client
      5.  
        Setting the debug level on a NetBackup for Domino Windows client
    2.  
      Viewing the progress report of a NetBackup for Domino operation
    3.  
      About Notes restore operations
    4.  
      Windows client backup fails with status 69
    5.  
      Point-in-time restore from master server fails with status 12

Recovering the Notes environment

If you need to recreate the Notes environment, restore both Notes databases and regular files from backup.

To recover the Notes environment

  1. Reinstall the Domino server software.
  2. Restore the Domino configuration files (*.id) from the file system backup image.

    Restore these files to the path of the current Domino server installation.

  3. Configure the Domino server.

    The *.id files that were restored in the previous step can be used to configure the Domino server for the first time.

  4. If the previous Notes environment had transaction logging enabled:

    • Enable transaction logging on the new Domino server, by using the Domino Administrator application.

    • Restart the Domino server to create new transaction logs.

  5. Shut down the Domino server.
  6. Make the following change in the notes.ini file.
    TRANSLOG_Status=0
  7. Add the following line to the notes.ini file:
    TRANSLOG_mediaonly=1
  8. Move or delete any files that may exist in the translog_path directory.

    For example, nlogctrl.lfh or any transaction log extents.

  9. Copy the transaction log extents from the previous Domino server installation into the current transaction log directory.

    Or, you can restore the transaction log extents by using the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface. The transaction log extents should have a timestamp later than the timestamp of the backup image from which the databases are restored.

  10. Make the following changes to the notes.ini file:
    TRANSLOG_Status=1
TRANSLOG_MediaOnly=1
TRANSLOG_Style=1
  11. Start the Domino server to create the new control file of the restored transaction log extents.
  12. Shut down domino server.

  13. Use the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface to restore the Notes databases or mailboxes from the Notes backup image, as follows:

    • If transaction logging is enabled, select the point-in-time to which you want to recover the databases.

    • If point-in-time is not selected, the database rolls forward to the most recent available version.

  14. After the recovery of the Notes databases is complete, make the following change to the notes.ini file.
    TRANSLOG_MediaOnly=0

    (Or, remove the setting from notes.ini.)

  15. Start the Domino server.

    If backup images of non-Notes databases are not available, you can configure the newly installed Domino server by creating new *.id files.