Veritas NetBackup™ for Lotus Notes Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (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

Lotus Notes tab

The following additional options are available for Lotus Notes restore operations.

Table: Restore options on the Lotus Notes tab

Option

Description

Time to wait for the database to go offline

Specify the number of seconds that the restore process waits for a busy database. When a database is to be restored it needs to be taken offline. If the database cannot be taken offline after the specified wait time, the restore of that database fails.

Recover databases to current time

Restores the database to the current date and time. This option is the default.

Recover database(s) to specified point in time

Select this option to restore a database to a specific date and time.

Select either Assign new database instance ID or Assign new database instance ID and replica ID. Assign new database instance ID is the default option.

No Recovery

Select this option to restore a logged database. For example, select No Recovery when you want to restore to a temporary location quickly. No transaction log recovery is performed on the restored database, which lets you get the version of the database at the backup time.

Select either Assign new database instance ID or Assign new database instance ID and replica ID. Assign new database instance ID is the default when No Recovery is selected.

Database Identification

You can assign a new database instance ID (DBIID), a new database instance ID and replica ID, or retain the original IDs during the restore. The replica ID is used to synchronize two or more databases that are replicated in the Domino environment.

Select Assign new database instance ID during a restore to create a new database instance ID, but retain the replica ID. This option is not applicable when you restore unlogged databases.

Select Assign new database instance ID and replica ID during a restore to prevent the other databases under replication from writing over the restored database files. For logged databases, a new database instance ID and a new replica ID are assigned. For unlogged databases, a new replica ID is assigned.

Retain original IDs is only available when you restore a database to the current time.

Wait until resources are available

Select this option to wait for Domino server Resources to become available before NetBackup starts the restore process.

Windows:

Specify the absolute path for the NOTES.INI file for the server instance

UNIX or Linux:

Specify the absolute path for the NOTES.INI file associated with the server instance to be used

To restore a Domino partition server, specify the absolute path for the notes.ini file. This file should be associated with the particular server partition you want to perform the restore.

(UNIX or Linux) To restore a one of multiple Domino server installations, specify the absolute path for the notes.ini file. This file should be associated with the particular server installation you want to perform the restore.

The server partition you specify affects how a database is restored (if logged). It also affects which set of transaction logs are used for recovery.

Browse

This option is available on the Windows interface.

Click Browse to browse for the directory that contains the notes.ini file.

NetBackup browses the local machine where the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface is running. You cannot browse another machine, even if you have chose to redirect a restore to a different client.

Specify the directory where Lotus is installed

This option is available on the Java interface. To restore one of multiple Domino server installations on a server, specify the directory where the Lotus program files are installed.