The problem is solved and actually there wasn't any problem. It was found that 
the mail has been delivered later on then first was thought. And thus the 
point-in-time restore is doing it's job.
 
greetings,
Kurt

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From: Kurt Beyers
Sent: Mon 28/11/2005 13:55
To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
Subject: Point-in-time restore Notes database


Hello,
 
I've got the following setup:
 
TSM server 5.3.2.0 on Windows 2003
 
Lotus Notes 6.5.2 fixpack 2 running on Windows NT with TSM BA client 5.1.7.3 
and TDP Notes 5.1.5.1
 
The backup scheme for the Notes server is:
 
selective backup on friday evening
incremental backup from monday evening till thursday evening
archive log backup every 4 hours if the treshold is greater than 80%
archive log backup at 04:00 AM without any treshold.
 
I've restore a Notes database from the selective backup without activating it.
 
I know that a mail was sent to the Notes database on 11/22 at 14:46. And as a 
transaction log backup ran at 11/23 at 04:00h, an entry for this mail must be 
found in the transaction logs.
 
I start then the point-in-time restore from the CLI with following command:
 
domdsmc activatedbs /applylogs=11/23/2005,06:00:00
 
The activatedbs ends with the following messages:
 
11/28/2005 01:45:24 PM  Recovery Manager: Media Recovery complete for 
D:\Notes\Data\mail\testdb.nsf.dad, last update applied 11/22/2005 02:02:06 AM.
 
How does it come that the last applied update is that old when you know that 
updates occured during the day and that an entry must be found in the 
transaction logs for it. The mail is of course not found.
 
If I recover a bit further in time, the mail will be found in the Notes 
database. But you have to gamble for the exact date and time untill when the 
activatedbs must occur. Or is there a bug in the PIT restore? Or am I missing 
something?
 
best regards,
Kurt