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During installation of the Lotus Domino Server iDataAgents, the system detects and configures all Lotus Domino Server partitions. If you have multiple partitions, you may add any of the detected partitions to the system during the install or add them manually later.
When adding or installing partitions, the system establishes a default configuration which for Notes Database consists of a default subclient and a transaction logs subclient for the partition, and for Notes Document consists of a default subclient for the partition. In most cases, the default configuration is appropriate and should not require any changes. However, if desired, you can change this configuration to better suit your needs. For more information about these subclients, see Subclients - Lotus Notes.
See Instances for an overview of partitions. Given below is a list of what you need to provide before creating a Lotus Domino Server partition.
Once a partition is added to your system configuration, you can back up Lotus Notes databases on that partition using the Lotus Notes Database iDataAgent and Lotus Notes documents on that partition using the Notes Document iDataAgent.
Notes Document iDataAgent users will want to research creating Restore View Names.
Once installed, the agent is configured and is therefore able to manage the data or volumes on the client computer. However, you can change certain aspects of the instance configuration to manage the data in the manner that best suits your needs.
You can view or change the instance configuration from the Instance Properties dialog box. The following information can be configured.
A Restore View is the Lotus Notes view through which the software system displays a database's data documents when you browse database contents for restore purposes.
Documents not included in the Restore View are listed by NoteID only. Consequently, for each database that is secured by the system, it is important that you designate (prior to back up) a restore view that will display most or all of the Notes in the database.
Use the Partition Properties Restore View Names tab to enter a list of text patterns that the system can use in assigning a Restore View to newly discovered databases. The information collected from this view is stored and displayed as text only. You can enter multiple text patterns on which to search in this tab. If no views contain the first text pattern entered, the system searches for the second pattern, and so on. Entering multiple text patterns in the Partition Restore View Names list may slow the database discovery process. Note that the system browse may not sort all fields in the same manner as the actual Lotus Notes view.
The list of restore view names is used as follows: When the system discovers a database, the system checks the views to see if any view name contains the text pattern. This search is case insensitive. The database's view name does not have to be exactly the same as the entry in the Restore View Names list; it merely has to contain the text pattern.
When the database has multiple views whose names contain the pattern that the system is searching for, the first view encountered is used as the Restore view. For example, if you enter All as the first Partition Restore View Name and the database includes views called All Documents by Date, All Documents by User, and All Sales Documents, the first one encountered by the system during the search will be used as the Restore View for the database. See Add a Restore View Name for step-by-step instructions.
After adding Restore View Names at the partition level, you can assign a specific Restore View Name to documents at the subclient level using the Subclient Properties Databases tab. This will be the Lotus Notes view through which you browse documents from a given database for restore purposes. Documents not included in the restore view can be restored, but they must either be selected on the basis of their Notes document IDs or restored via a complete database restore. If you change a restore view name after running a backup, it is recommended you run a full backup for that subclient.
| One or more of the agents of this type use one or more accounts that are configured from a non-Properties dialog box. See the appropriate section for your agent(s) in User Accounts and Passwords for more information. |
You can perform the following functions:
For more information, see User Administration and Security.