We are doing exactly what you said, except that we have phased out log
backups (too many issues with synchronizing between the daily/weekly/log
backups and orphaned logs and not enough time in the day - there are Domino
backups running all-the-time).  Currently our Domino servers are Solaris,
but we are transitioning everyone to GMail so hopefully in a year or two
they will be gone.


On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:52 PM, white jeff <jeff.white3 AT blueyonder.co DOT 
uk>wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have been asked to implement a solution for backup of Lotus Domino
> Servers using TSM. At this moment in time, i am unsure if they will be
> running this is on Windows, Unix or Linux.
>
> I have done this previously and was intending to implement a similar
> solution: Weekly full backups, daily incremental backups and frequent
> transaction log backups, using domdsmc commands.
>
> However, a colleague suggested using Flashcopy Manager, something i am
> unfamiliar with at the moment. Having looked at the documentation, i can
> see that Flashcopy v3.1 for Windows can create VSS snapshot backups of
> applications such as Lotus Domino Server.
>
> I attended a presentation in Germany in 2011 where Del Hoobler talked about
> TSM for Mail and specifically, Lotus Domino Server, using the techniques i
> had previously used. This was my preferred method.
>
> So, TSM for Mail or via Flashcopy. What are the benefits, if any, of using
> Flashcopy?
>
> Thanks
>



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