Hello Markus,

In the Windows world...
In order for an application to be able to be integrated
into "online" VSS operations, it must have a component
called a "VSS Writer". A "VSS Writer" gets the databases
into a quiesced-type state at the moment of snapshot.
The Domino Server does not currently have a VSS Writer.
Therefore, the only reliable way to take VSS snapshots
of Domino databases on Windows is to shut down the
Domino Server and create the snapshots.

On other platforms, the same general rules apply.
The Domino Server needs to provide a way to
programmatically perform a quiesce.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 10/14/2010
02:33:16 AM:

>> From: Markus Engelhard <markus.engelhard AT BUNDESBANK DOT DE>
>> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
>> Date: 10/14/2010 02:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: Beta program for a new release of FlashCopy Manager
>> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
>>
>> Hi Del et. al.,
>>
>> sorry if my wording was not clear. My problem is:
>> Flash copy manager is really a great approach to ensure fast and
consistant
>> backups of large environments. Integration is so far into the VSS-world
of
>> Exchange and SQL as well as into the upper midrange to enterprise IBM
disk
>> storage systems.
>> I see no support for e.g. a Lotus Notes environments (which do not
support
>> VSS) and N-Series (which in itself offers great snapshot capabilities).
>> Up to now, we have to quiece the Domino, snap the volume, create a
clone
>> and map this via SAN of LAN to our backup proxy node. Nice feature: the
>> domino admins can just copy yesterdays data back for quick restores,
while
>> TSM is happily chugging on to back up the offloaded data. Nice and
luckily
>> rock-solid so far and up and running for almost 4 years now, but
home-grown
>> having to be redevelloped, transformed, supported and maintained by
>> ourselves, with special non-standard skills and knowledge.
>> I would be eager to have a standardized product to do the job, nicely
>> packaged and ready to be rolled out by the dozen per hour like the TSM
for
>> ERP with limited effort.
>> Basic technologies are available, will there be movement of the TSM
product
>> into the direction I am dreaming of?