Veritas NetBackup™ for Lotus Notes Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.0.0.1, 9.0)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Lotus Notes;
    1.  
      About the features for NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    2.  
      About supported Lotus Notes database configurations
    3.  
      About the Lotus Notes database files that can be backed up
  2. Installing NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    2.  
      Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
    3.  
      NetBackup server and client requirements
    4.  
      Lotus Notes server software requirements
    5.  
      About the license for NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    6.  
      Specifying the Lotus Notes home path (UNIX)
    7.  
      (UNIX or Linux) About adding new Lotus Notes installations
  3. Configuring NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    2. Configuring Lotus 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 Lotus Notes client
      1.  
        Lotus Notes properties
    4. About configuring a backup policy for a Lotus Notes database
      1.  
        Adding a NetBackup for Lotus Notes policy
      2.  
        About policy attributes
      3. Adding schedules to a NetBackup for Lotus Notes policy
        1.  
          About schedule properties
        2.  
          NetBackup for Lotus Notes backup types
      4.  
        Adding clients to a policy
      5. Adding backup selections to a Lotus-Notes policy
        1.  
          Adding directives to the Domino backup selections list
        2.  
          Adding Notes databases to the backup selections list
      6.  
        About directives for Domino policies
      7.  
        About excluding Lotus Notes databases from backups
      8.  
        About backups of Lotus database links and directory links
    5.  
      Configuring a backup policy for Lotus Notes database supporting files
    6.  
      Performing a manual backup
  4. Performing backups and restore of Lotus Notes databases
    1. Performing a user-directed backup of a Lotus database
      1.  
        General Options tab
      2.  
        Lotus Notes Options tab
    2. About performing a Lotus Notes database restore
      1.  
        General tab
      2.  
        Lotus Notes tab
      3.  
        Restoring a Lotus database
      4.  
        Restoring linked databases or directories and manually recreating the link file
      5.  
        Restoring linked databases or directories and the link file
    3.  
      Redirecting a Lotus Notes restore to a different client
    4.  
      About restoring individual Lotus Notes documents or mail messages
    5.  
      Recovering the Lotus 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 Lotus Notes
    1. About NetBackup for Lotus Notes debug logging
      1.  
        Enabling the debug logs for a NetBackup for Lotus Notes client automatically (Windows)
      2.  
        Debug logs for NetBackup for Lotus Notes backup operations
      3.  
        Debug logs for NetBackup for Lotus Notes restore operations
      4.  
        Setting the debug level on a UNIX client
      5.  
        Setting the debug level on a NetBackup for Lotus Notes Windows client
    2. About NetBackup status reports
      1.  
        Viewing the progress report of a NetBackup for Lotus Notes operation
    3.  
      About Notes restore operations
  9.  
    Index

Configuring Lotus Notes fast restores

During Domino restores, the NetBackup for Lotus Notes agent automatically restores any reused transaction logs that are required for recovery. Typically one transaction log extent is restored at a time and recovery is completed for the transactions in that log. Because the restore of the log and application of transactions is a sequential process, the restore and recovery performance is slow. NetBackup prefetches the required transaction logs before recovery. Then multiple transaction logs can be restored at a time and made available for recovery.

Review the following recommendations:

  • Sufficient disk space must be available for the specified number of logs in the transaction log cache location.

  • The transaction log cache directory and the Domino transaction log directory should be on the same file system. This configuration ensures that the transaction logs are "moved" to the Domino transaction log directory at the time of recovery rather than being "copied." (Copying is time consuming.)

  • You should create the cache directory before you start a restore job.

To configure Domino fast restores

  1. Configure the transaction log cache path.

    This location is where NetBackup temporarily stores the prefetched transaction logs.

  2. Configure the maximum number of logs to restore.

    This setting determines how many transaction logs are restored in a single restore job during recovery.

More Information

About the transaction log cache path

About the maximum number of logs to restore