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

About performing backups in a Domino partitioned server environment

The following examples illustrate two possible configurations of the backup selections list that can be used to back up a Domino partitioned server environment.

Table: Backup selections list examples

Environment

Backup policy

The environment is a Domino partitioned server environment with two partitions.

The Domino data directory for partition 1 is located at D:\Lotus\Domino\data1. The Domino data directory for partition 2 is located at D:\Lotus\Domino\data2.

To back up this environment with two separate NetBackup policies, add the following to the backup selections list:

Policy 1

NOTES_INI_PATH=D:\Lotus\Domino\data1\notes.ini
D:\Lotus\Domino\data1\

Policy 2

NOTES_INI_PATH=D:\Lotus\Domino\data2\notes.ini
D:\Lotus\Domino\data2\

The environment is a Domino partitioned server environment with two partitions.

The Domino data directory for partition 1 is located at /db/notesdata1. The Domino data directory for partition 2 is located at /db/notesdata2.

To back up this environment with two separate NetBackup policies, add the following to the backup selections list:

Policy 1

NOTES_INI_PATH=/db/notesdata1/notes.ini
/db/notesdata1

Policy 2

NOTES_INI_PATH=/db/notesdata2/notes.ini
/db/notesdata2

The environment is a Domino partitioned server environment with three partitions.

The Domino data directory for each partition is located as follows:

  • Partition 1, D:\Lotus\Domino\data1

  • Partition 2, D:\Lotus\Domino\data2

  • Partition 3, D:\Lotus\Domino\data3

Each partition is configured to use archive-style transaction logging. To back up this environment with a single NetBackup policy, add the following to the backup selections list:

NEW_STREAM
NOTES_INI_PATH=D:\Lotus\Domino\data1\notes.ini
D:\Lotus\Domino\data1
BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS
NEW_STREAM
NOTES_INI_PATH=D:\Lotus\Domino\data2\notes.ini
D:\Lotus\Domino\data2
BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS
NEW_STREAM
NOTES_INI_PATH=D:\Lotus\Domino\data3\notes.ini
D:\Lotus\Domino\data3
BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS

The environment is a Domino partitioned server environment with three partitions.

The Domino data directory for each partition is located as follows:

  • Partition 1, /db/notesdata1

  • Partition 2, /db/notesdata2

  • Partition 3, /db/notesdata3

Each partition is configured to use archive-style transaction logging. To back up this environment with a single NetBackup policy, add the following to the backup selections list:

NEW_STREAM
NOTES_INI_PATH=/db/notesdata1/notes.ini
db/notesdata1
BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS
NEW_STREAM
NOTES_INI_PATH=/db/notesdata2/notes.ini
BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS
NEW_STREAM
NOTES_INI_PATH=/db/notesdata3/notes.ini
db/notesdata3
BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS