Veritas NetBackup™ for Lotus Notes Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    1.  
      About NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    2.  
      About the features for NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    3.  
      About supported Lotus Notes database configurations
    4. About the Lotus Notes database files that can be backed up
      1.  
        About database files supported by NetBackup for Lotus Notes
      2.  
        About Lotus database transaction logs
    5.  
      About Lotus database transaction logging styles
    6.  
      About recycling Lotus database transaction log extents
    7.  
      About Lotus Notes backup operations
    8.  
      About Lotus Notes restore operations
  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 fast restores
      1.  
        About Lotus fast restore configuration recommendations
      2.  
        About the transaction log cache path
      3.  
        About the maximum number of logs to restore
    3. Defining properties for a Lotus Notes client
      1.  
        Defining properties for a Lotus Notes client from the NetBackup Administration Console
      2.  
        Defining the properties for a Lotus Notes client from the Windows registry
      3.  
        Defining properties for a Lotus Notes client in the bp.conf file
      4.  
        Lotus Notes properties
    4. About configuring a backup policy for a Lotus Notes database
      1.  
        Adding a new 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 Lotus Notes backup selections list
        2.  
          Adding Lotus databases to the backup selections list
      6.  
        About directives in the backup selections list for Lotus Notes policies
      7.  
        About backups of Windows network shared folders and UNIX NFS directories
      8.  
        About excluding Lotus Notes databases from backups
      9.  
        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.  
      About performing backups and restores of Lotus Notes databases
    2. About performing user-directed backups of a Lotus Notes database
      1.  
        General Options tab
      2.  
        Lotus Notes Options tab
      3.  
        Performing a user-directed backup of a Lotus database
    3. 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
    4.  
      Redirecting a Lotus Notes restore to a different client
    5.  
      About restoring individual Lotus Notes documents or mail messages
    6.  
      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.  
      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

Configuring a backup policy for Lotus Notes database supporting files

To properly back up a database environment, you must back up not only database files but also the database supporting files. To back up supporting files for a Lotus Notes environment, do the following: back up all local drives but exclude the database and the transaction logs from the backup.

To configure a policy to back up database files, you need to follow a different procedure.

To configure a NetBackup for Lotus Notes backup policy for database supporting files

  1. Log on to the master server as administrator (Windows) or root (UNIX).
  2. Open the NetBackup Administration Console.
  3. If your site has more than one master server, select the one on which you want to add the policy.
  4. In the left pane, right-click Policies and select New Policy.
  5. In the Add a New Policy dialog box, in the Policy name field, type a unique name for the new policy.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Click the Attributes tab.
  8. From the Policy type box, select MS-Windows (Windows) or Standard (UNIX).
  9. Select other attributes you want.

    For more information on attributes for these types of policies, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

  10. Click the Schedules tab and configure the schedules for this policy.

    For more information on schedules for these types of policies, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

  11. Click the Clients tab and add the clients that you want to back up with this policy.

    For more information on how to add clients to these types of policies, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

  12. Click the Backup Selections tab.
  13. Click New.
  14. Add the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive to the backup selections list.

    From the Windows interface

    • Click the Directives icon.

    • In the Select Directive dialog box, select the Directive Set.

    • From the Directive list, select ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES.

    • Click OK.

    From the Java interface:

    • In the Add Backup Selection dialog box, from the Pathname or directive list, select ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES.

    • Click Add.

    • Click OK.

  15. In the Policy dialog box, click OK.
  16. Continue with the instructions for excluding database files from the backup of a Windows client or a UNIX client.

To exclude database files from a backup of a Windows client

  1. Open the NetBackup Administration Console.
  2. From the left pane, click NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Clients.
  3. In the right pane, select each of the database clients.
  4. Right-click a client name and click Properties.
  5. In the Client Properties dialog box, expand Windows Client and click Exclude Lists.
  6. For the policy you created to back up the database supporting files, add the following file types to the list: .nsf, .ntf, .box, .TXN.

    See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I, for details on how to create exclude lists.

  7. Click OK.

To exclude database files from a backup of a UNIX client

  1. On each database client, create the following file:
    /usr/openv/netbackup/exclude_list
  2. In the exclude_list file, add the following file types to the list: .nsf, .ntf, .box, .TXN.