Configuring a backup policy for Lotus Notes database supporting files
To properly back up a database environment, you must back up not only database files but also the database supporting files. To back up supporting files for a Lotus Notes environment, do the following: back up all local drives but exclude the database and the transaction logs from the backup.
To configure a policy to back up database files, you need to follow a different procedure.
To configure a NetBackup for Lotus Notes backup policy for database supporting files
- Log on to the master server as administrator (Windows) or root (UNIX).
- Open the NetBackup Administration Console.
- If your site has more than one master server, select the one on which you want to add the policy.
- In the left pane, right-click Policies and select New Policy.
- In the Add a New Policy dialog box, in the Policy name field, type a unique name for the new policy.
- Click OK.
- Click the Attributes tab.
- From the Policy type box, select MS-Windows (Windows) or Standard (UNIX).
- Select other attributes you want.
For more information on attributes for these types of policies, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
- Click the Schedules tab and configure the schedules for this policy.
For more information on schedules for these types of policies, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
- Click the Clients tab and add the clients that you want to back up with this policy.
For more information on how to add clients to these types of policies, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
- Click the Backup Selections tab.
- Click New.
- Add the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive to the backup selections list.
From the Windows interface
Click the Directives icon.
In the Select Directive dialog box, select the Directive Set.
From the Directive list, select ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES.
Click OK.
From the Java interface:
In the Add Backup Selection dialog box, from the Pathname or directive list, select ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES.
Click Add.
Click OK.
- In the Policy dialog box, click OK.
- Continue with the instructions for excluding database files from the backup of a Windows client or a UNIX client.
To exclude database files from a backup of a Windows client
- Open the NetBackup Administration Console.
- From the left pane, click NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Clients.
- In the right pane, select each of the database clients.
- Right-click a client name and click Properties.
- In the Client Properties dialog box, expand Windows Client and click Exclude Lists.
- For the policy you created to back up the database supporting files, add the following file types to the list: .nsf, .ntf, .box, .TXN.
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I, for details on how to create exclude lists.
- Click OK.
To exclude database files from a backup of a UNIX client
- On each database client, create the following file:
/usr/openv/netbackup/exclude_list
- In the exclude_list file, add the following file types to the list: .nsf, .ntf, .box, .TXN.
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About configuring a backup policy for a Lotus Notes database