Veritas NetBackup™ for Lotus Notes Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.0)
  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
    9.  
      NetBackup documentation
  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.  
        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

NetBackup for Lotus Notes backup types

In a policy's schedule you define the type of backup(s) you want to perform.

Table: Description of backups types

Type of backup

Description

Full backup

This backup type is used to back up all the Lotusdatabases that are identified in the Backup Selections list. Available transaction logs extents are also backed up if the BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS directive is specified in the Backup Selections list. All transaction log extents are backed up that are identified as available for backup by the Domino server. The inactive transaction log extents are marked as ready to be recycled after they are successfully backed up. The Domino server handles the actual recycling of transaction log extents.

Differential Incremental backup

The type of Lotus Notes database affects how NetBackup performs a differential incremental backup, as follows:

  • Unlogged databases or local databases

    Backs up all unlogged databases or local databases that were modified since the last full or incremental backup. The last modification date, not the time stamp or date stamp of the database file, determines the time the database was last modified.

  • Logged databases (archival-style logging enabled)

    Backs up only those logged databases that were assigned a new DBIID since the last full or incremental backup.

  • Logged databases (circular-style and linear-style logging enabled)

    Backs up all logged databases that were modified or assigned a new DBIID since the last full or incremental backup. The last modification date, not the time stamp or date stamp of the database file, determines the time the database was last modified.

  • Transaction logs

    Backs up all transaction log extents that are identified as available for backup by the Domino server. The inactive transaction log extents are marked as ready to be recycled when the backup complets successfully.

Cumulative Incremental backup

The type of Lotus Notes database that is encountered affects how NetBackup performs a cumulative incremental backup, as follows;

  • Unlogged databases or local databases

    Backs up all unlogged databases or local databases that were modified since the last full backup. The last modification date, not the time stamp or date stamp of the database file, determines the time the database was last modified.

  • Logged databases (archival-style logging enabled)

    Backs up only those logged databases that were assigned a new DBIID since the last full backup.

  • Logged databases (circular-style and linear-style logging enabled)

    Backs up all logged databases that were modified or have been assigned a new DBIID since the last full backup. The last modification date, not the time stamp or date stamp of the database file, determines the time the database was last modified.

  • Transaction logs

    Backs up all transaction log extents that are identified as available for backup by the Domino server. The transaction log extents are not marked as ready to be recycled when the backup is completed.

User backup

A user backup is identical to a full backup with one exception. Transaction log extents are not marked as ready to be recycled after they are successfully backed up. Because transaction log extents are not recycled, a user backup is similar to a snapshot of the databases at a given point in time. The content of ongoing full and incremental backups is not impacted.

A user backup is not automatically scheduled and must be initiated on the target client machine.

You may want to consider creating a separate policy for User Backup schedule types. This configuration lets youu easily separate user-directed and scheduled backups. If you decide to create a separate policy for user backups, the considerations are similar to those for automatic backups. One difference is that you do not need to indicate any backup selections because users select the files.

More Information

Adding schedules to a NetBackup for Lotus Notes policy

About supported Lotus Notes database configurations

About supported Lotus Notes database configurations

Adding backup selections to a Lotus Notes policy