NetBackup™ for HCL Domino Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.0)
  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.  
      About the 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.  
          About schedule properties
        2.  
          NetBackup for Domino backup types
      4.  
        Adding 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.  
      Performing 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.  
      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. About NetBackup status reports
      1.  
        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

Restoring a Notes database

Note the following when you restore Notes databases.

About restoring individual Notes documents or mail messages

To restore individual documents or mail messages, restore the entire database under a temporary name on the production server or an alternate server. Once the restore completes, you can copy individual documents or mail messages from the temporary database into the actual database with the Notes client.

Restore a Notes database (Windows)

To restore a Notes database (Windows)

  1. On the NetBackup client, open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
  2. Select File > Select Files and Folders to Restore > from Normal Backup.
  3. Select File > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.
  4. Provide the following information:

    Server to use for backups and restores

    The server you want to perform the operation.

    Source client for restores

    The client on which the backup was performed.

    Policy type for restores

    Lotus-Notes.

  5. Click OK.
  6. 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.

  7. Select Actions > Restore.
  8. Choose the destination and other restore options and click Start Restore.

    See General tab.

    See Lotus Notes tab.

Restore a Notes database (UNIX/Linux)

To restore a Notes database (UNIX/Linux

  1. On the NetBackup client, open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
  2. Log on as Domino server administrative user.
  3. Click the Restore Files tab.
  4. Select Actions > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.
  5. Provide the following information:

    Server to use for backups and restores

    The server you want to perform the operation.

    Source client for restores

    The client on which the backup was performed.

    Policy type for restores

    Lotus-Notes.

  6. Click OK.
  7. Select the following.

    View > Show Most Recent Backup.

    View > Refresh.

  8. 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.

  9. Select Actions > Restore.
  10. Choose the destination and other restore options and click Start Restore.

    See General tab.

    See Lotus Notes tab.