Veritas NetBackup™ for Lotus Notes Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.0.0.1, 9.0)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Lotus Notes;
    1.  
      About the features for NetBackup for Lotus Notes
    2.  
      About supported Lotus Notes database configurations
    3.  
      About the Lotus Notes database files that can be backed up
  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 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 Lotus Notes client
      1.  
        Lotus Notes properties
    4. About configuring a backup policy for a Lotus Notes database
      1.  
        Adding a 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 Domino backup selections list
        2.  
          Adding Notes databases to the backup selections list
      6.  
        About directives for Domino policies
      7.  
        About excluding Lotus Notes databases from backups
      8.  
        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. Performing a user-directed backup of a Lotus database
      1.  
        General Options tab
      2.  
        Lotus Notes Options tab
    2. 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
    3.  
      Redirecting a Lotus Notes restore to a different client
    4.  
      About restoring individual Lotus Notes documents or mail messages
    5.  
      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
    3.  
      About Notes restore operations
  9.  
    Index

Lotus Notes properties

The Lotus Notes properties apply to the clients that are currently selected and that run NetBackup for Lotus Notes.

For UNIX servers: If you have multiple installations of Domino server, the values in the client properties only apply to one installation. For other installations, specify the installation path and location of the notes.ini file with the LOTUS_INSTALL_PATH and NOTES_INI_PATH directives in the backup policy.

Table: Lotus Notes client host properties

Client host properties

Description

Maximum number of logs to restore

The maximum number of logs that can be prefetched in a single restore job during recovery. Specify a value greater than 1.

A value less than or equal to 1, does not gather transaction logs during recovery. One transaction log extent per job is restored to the Domino server's log directory.

LOTUS_NOTES_LOGCACHESIZE = 3

Transaction log cache path

A path where NetBackup can temporarily store the prefetched transaction logs during recovery. If you do not specify a path, during recovery NetBackup restores the logs to the Domino server's transaction log directory.

Note the following:

  • If the specified path does not exist then it is created during restore.

  • The user must have write permission for the folder.

  • Transaction logs are restored to the original location, the Domino transaction log directory, if a path is not specified.

  • If the value of Maximum number of logs to restore is less than or equal to 1 then this path is ignored. The logs are not prefetched; one transaction log per job is restored to the Domino Server's log directory.

  • If there is not sufficient space to restore the specified number of logs, NetBackup tries to restore only the number of logs that can be accommodated.

INI path

The notes.ini file that is associated with the Domino partitioned servers used to back up and restore the Lotus Notes database. This setting does not apply to non-partitioned servers.

  • On Windows:

    If the notes.ini file is not located in the default directory, indicate its location.

  • On UNIX:

    If the notes.ini is not located in the directory that is specified in the Path, indicate its location here.

    Include the directory and the notes.ini file name.

Path

The path where the Notes program files reside on the client. NetBackup must know where these files are to perform backup and restore operations.

  • On Windows:

    The path for program directory (where nserver.exe resides).

  • On UNIX:

    A path that includes the Domino data directory, the Notes program directory, and the Notes resource directory.