The following page describes the agent-specific restore options. Additional restore options are accessible from the Related Topics menu.
The Lotus Domino Server iDataAgents
supports the following restore operations:
Lotus Notes Database iDataAgent
supports both the database and the database plus transaction log restore
operations. In addition the following restore options are also provided:
Option to unconditionally overwrite the database
Options to automatically change the database instance
ID (DBIID), or change database instance ID if necessary
Option to restore one or more specific versions of a database (This is
accomplished by appending the database name with its version number, which
can be easily selected during Browse and Restore operations.)
Change database replica ID
Do Not Replay Transaction logs
Lotus Notes Document iDataAgent
supports the following restore options:
Option to Overwrite data documents
Option to Overwrite design documents (For AIX and Solaris in-place
restores, this option requires the data document to also be selected.)
Option to Overwrite database links
Option to Database links only
All restores can be performed both in-place and out-of-place. (See
Restore Destinations below for comprehensive
information.)
For the Lotus Domino Server iDataAgents
restore operations can be performed from the client, iDataAgent,
and partition levels in the CommCell Browser.
Database objects whose names contain backslash characters ( \ ) are
displayed in the Browse window with the backslash changed to a space
character. This change is only for the sake of the browse and has no effect
on the way data is actually backed up or restored.
If the Domino Server ID
has a password associated with it, the Domino Server ID must be running during
the restore operation. For more information on the subject, see
Domino Server
ID.
When restoring documents to a database that is outside the data path, and
then attempting to open the database, you may receive a warning message
indicating that the database is being used by another user, and to share the
database, all users must use a Domino server instead of a File server.
To work around this, do any of the following:
Wait approximately 30 minutes for the server to clear itself.
Run dbcache flush on the Domino Server
Console to flush the contents of the Domino database cache.
Shut down and restart the Domino server.
Notes Document iDataAgent:
In a Domino Cluster environment, data restored on one server will not
propagate to other servers within the Domino Cluster. Documents will be
restored with the original sequence ID, which may be lower than the existing
document within the Domino Cluster. In such cases, the restored Document
will be overwritten by the existing Document during replication.
To avoid
these conflicts, perform any restore operations using the
Out-of-Place restore method. This will
ensure all restored Documents are given new sequence IDs and thus will not
be overwritten during replication.
You can restore the contents of the mailbox when mailbox has older name.
Restoring data from both old data and new data is allowed to the new .nsf mail
file.
DAOS links are not preserved during Lotus Notes Document
iDataAgent
restores. To reintroduce these links, the following compact operation must
be performed:
load compact -C -daos on test.nsf
Notes Database iDataAgent:
If the Change Database Replica ID option is selected in the
Restore Options dialog box, the replication ID will be changed during
the restore operation. This may cause the database to not be replicated
during replication operations with other Domino servers. Thus, it is
recommended that this option not be selected if you plan to replicate this
database after the restore operation is complete.
If the first partition of the Domino server
on the
destination computer is running and you want to restore databases to their
original locations, only
databases that are not open (i.e., non-system databases and those not opened by
a user) can be restored. If the
server is shut down, all databases can be restored to their original
locations.
When there is a problem with the Lotus Domino server or the operating system
of the client computer full system restores may be required.
By default, the Lotus Domino Server iDataAgents restore data to the client computer
from which it originated; this is referred to as an in-place restore. You can
also restore the data to another Client
computer in the CommCell. Keep in mind the following considerations when
performing such restores:
The destination client must reside in the same CommCell as the client
whose data was backed up.
Note that when you perform restores other than in-place
restores,
the restored data assumes the rights (i.e., permissions) of the parent
directory.
Even after the Notes Database iDataAgent
is
removed from a given client, you can browse the client's backup data and restore
it to another computer (provided that the iDataAgent
icon has not been deleted from the CommCell Browser and the backup data has
not expired).
The following sections enumerates the types of restore destinations that are
supported by the Lotus Domino Server iDataAgents. See Restore/Recover/Retrieve Destinations - Support for a list of Agents
supporting each restore destination type.
Data secured by Lotus Domino Server iDataAgents
can be restored to a UNC path (Windows) or an NFS-Mounted
File System (Unix). (See
Restore to Network Drive/NFS-Mounted File System for comprehensive
information.) Keep in mind that this operation does not apply to Lotus Domino
clients on AIX platforms.
Review the following information before performing a cross-platform or
cross-application restores from the Lotus Domino Server
iDataAgents:
Support for restoring/recovering/retrieving data from one application version to another generally follows the same compatibility support provided by the associated third-party application vendor, unless otherwise noted.
The restore destination must be on another Lotus Domino Server within the
same CommCell.
On Windows, cross-platform restores between the different versions of an
operating system is supported.
On Windows, cross-application restores to the same and higher Domino
Server version is supported.
On AIX, cross-application restores to the same Domino Server version is
supported.