Hi Steffen,

If you are happy backing up the full notes database each time, then you
do not need the agent. We back up a number of notes servers each night
(about 200GB/night) without the agent. The only reason we are looking at
the agent is to reduce that 200GB.

We have performed many restores of these databases and have not had any
consistency problems at all.


Trevor

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Steffen Lassahn [SMTP:steffen.lassahn AT SERCON DOT DE]
        Sent:   Friday, April 03, 1998 2:04 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Lotus Notes and ADSM

        Hi List!

        I know this has been discussed here before, but I am still not
sure why I
        really need the Connect Agent.
        Yesterday I started to back up our Notes server (4.6 on
NT4.0/SP3). I
        expected to see tons and tons of log entries complaining about
not beeing
        able to read *.nsf files because they are open. I didn't. I
could even back
        up my own mail database while writing this email to the list.

        Is a database consistent on the tape if it is backed up while
the database
        file is opened by the Notes server?
        Is the only reason to use the Connect Agent the ability to back
up portions
        of the database instead of the hole file?

        Thanks, Steffen