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  2. NetBackup™ for HCL Domino Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring NetBackup for Domino
  4. About configuring a backup policy for a Notes database
  5. Adding backup selections to a Notes policy
  6. About directives for Notes policies
NetBackup™ for HCL Domino Administrator's Guide

About directives for Notes policies

You can add directives to the backup selections list to indicate database objects you want to back up. More information is available on backup selections.

Table: Notes directives in the backup selections list

Directive

Description

ALL_LOTUS_DATABASES

Note:

This directive is supported only on UNIX clients.

Performs the backup on all Notes databases on each of the selected clients. ALL_LOTUS_DATABASES means both local databases and Domino server databases.

Note:

Using the ALL_LOTUS_DATABASES directive can have tremendous performance issues on clients with large or multiple local drives. In this case, specify more specific directories or databases in the backup selections list. For example, specify the Domino data directory.

BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS

Backs up all transaction log extents that Domino server identifies as available for backup.

NEW_STREAM

Defines a new stream of data.

A stream can be any one of the following:

  • A single stream for a particular partition of a partitioned Domino server

  • Multiple streams for a single partition on a non-partitioned Domino server

  • (UNIX or Linux) A single stream for a particular installation of Domino server installed on a client

The Allow multiple data streams attribute must be enabled for the policy on the Attributes tab.

To backup more than one partition from a single policy, you must back up each Domino partition with a separate data stream. Use the NEW_STREAM directive and the NOTES_INI_PATH= directive for each data stream.

(UNIX or Linux) To schedule a backup of multiple installations of Domino server on the same host, backup each Domino server with a separate data stream. Use the NEW_STREAM directive and the NOTES_INI_PATH and LOTUS_INSTALL_PATH directives for each data stream.

NOTES_INI_PATH=

Identifies the location of the notes.ini file that is associated with the particular server partition that is used to perform the backup.

To backup a partitioned Domino server, use this directive to indicate the absolute path for the notes.ini file. This file should be associated with the server partition you want to use. The server partition that is specified has an effect on how a database is backed up (logged or unlogged). It also affects which set of transaction log extents is backed up.

(UNIX or Linux) To configure a backup for one of the multiple installations of Domino server, use this directive to indicate the absolute path for the notes.ini file. This notes.ini file should be associated with the server installation to be used.

LOTUS_INSTALL_PATH=

Identifies the location of Notes program files that are associated with a particular installation of Domino server.

(UNIX or Linux) For one of the multiple installations of Domino server, indicate the absolute path where the Notes program files are installed.

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