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Re: [Networker] Backup of NSF/NTF (Domino) files without using LNLM?

2005-01-20 06:47:26
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backup of NSF/NTF (Domino) files without using LNLM?
From: Simon Delicata <sdelicata AT PLANER.CO DOT UK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:46:04 +0000
HI Manel,

Just thinking out loud, you could create a notes agent to make a .nsr
directive file in the data folder of your domino server. The agent could
get the last modified date/time of the database at the file level, and use
the notes back end classes to get the last mod date of the database then do
a date comparison. If the dates pass your criteria for being skipped, add a
"skip" clause into the .nsr file.

Have a look at the NotesDBDirectory class to traverse all the sub-folders
in your data folder

I think you would have more luck writing this as a java agent since Java
has more options in getting file details than LotusScript does. However, in
the process of using domino classes to get the back end information, you
may inadvertently touch the mod date of the database. You would have to try
it out yourself.

Make the agent run as often as your groups run, and  I think that may get
around it.


Regards

Simon Delicata
R5 Developer PCLP



                                                                           
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Hello,

I have a Domino server (Windows 2000) where I don't have a license for
using
LNLM so I need to backup it using the normal Legato client.

The problem is that the Lotus modifies in somme manner the files so an
incremental/level backup is always like a full backup because every file in
the server has changed.

For example, for a file I get the following properties from the OS:

Created  -> 14/01/2005, 11:22:36
Modified -> 20/01/2005, 11:19:56
Accessed -> 20/01/2005, 11:19:56

If I get the properties using Notes I get:

Created         -> 14/01/2005, 11:22:36
Modified        -> 14/01/2005, 11:19:56
Data Modified   -> 14/01/2005, 11:38:10
Design Modified -> 14/01/2005, 11:22:40

As Legato only does the backup at file level it is always changed. But, the
question is if there is some other method to do this kind of backup? Some
like this:

             - Legato says the date/time of the last backup (yesterday)
             - An script gets the "data modified" information for the
databases
             - This scripts gives to Legato only the databases that are
modified
after the last backup
             - Legato does a backup only of these databases

Is this process possible? (of course, I suppose I could write an script to
get the "data information" for the databases).

Any other ideas?

Thank you very much!


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