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

Lotus Notes tab

The following additional options are available for Notes restore operations.

Table: Restore options on the Lotus Notes tab

Option

Description

Time to wait for the database to go offline

The number of seconds to wait for a busy database.

Recover databases to current time

Restores the database to the current date and time.

No Recovery

Restores a logged database. Also select either Assign new database instance ID or Assign new database instance ID and replica ID.

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.

Recover database(s) to date and time

Restores 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.

Assign new database instance ID.

Creates a new database instance ID, but retains the replica ID. This option is not applicable when you restore unlogged databases.

Select this option for the following types of restores:

  • Restore of a logged database to an alternate location on same server

  • Point in time restore

Assign new database instance ID and replica ID.

Prevents 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.

Select this option to disable replication on restore.

Retain original IDs

Retains the original IDs for the database. This option is available when you restore a database to the current time.

Wait until resources are available

Wait for Domino server resources to become available before NetBackup starts the restore process.

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

The absolute path for the notes.ini file. The server partition you specify during restore affects how a database is restored (if logged). It also affects which set of transaction logs are used for recovery.

To restore a Domino partition server, indicate the file that is associated with the particular server partition you want to perform the restore.

(UNIX or Linux) To restore a one of multiple Domino server installations, indicate the file that is associated with the server installation you want to perform the restore.

Specify the directory where Notes 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 Notes program files are installed.