About Lotus Notes restore operations
An administrator can use the NetBackup client to browse for NetBackup for Lotus Notes backups and select the ones to be restored and recovered. The database agent supports both restore operations and recovery operations. A restore operation lets a user restore any previously backed up Lotus Notes databases.
The following operations are performed during a database restore:
The Lotus Notes database is taken offline.
The Lotus Notes database (file data) is restored.
The Lotus change information is applied.
If recovery of logged databases is requested, it is done after all logged and all unlogged databases are restored.
The Lotus Notes database is recovered (transactions from transaction logs are applied).
The Lotus Notes database is brought online.
Once the restore is complete, NetBackup attempts to recover all logged databases that were restored. The logged databases that were restored are rolled forward to a specific point in time by using the appropriate transactions from the required transaction logs. Then the databases are brought back online. Any required transaction logs are restored automatically as part of the recovery operation if they were previously backed up and recycled. Do not restore transaction log extents manually.
With a server-directed restore, an administrator can browse Domino Server databases and select the ones you want to restore. NetBackup lets you select the NetBackup server from which files are restored, view the backup history, and select items to restore. You can select a specific client or other clients that were backed up by the selected NetBackup server.
When you redirect to a different client, you can restore to a client other than the one that was originally backed up. You can redirect the Lotus databases or directories. The administrator can direct restores to any NetBackup client (regardless of which client performed the backup). To redirect a restore, the administrator can use the NetBackup Administration Console on the master server or the Remote Administration Console.
For the configuration that is needed for this type of redirected restore, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide.
Redirecting a restore to a different path allows a user to restore Lotus Notes databases to directories that are different from the directories from which the databases were backed up.