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Re: [Networker] lotus notes module
2009-07-07 15:42:52
On 08/07/2009, at 24:45 , psoni wrote:
Hi,
I was told that Lotus notes client need an agent for the live db
backup.
I ran a test backup without the module and almost everything got
picked up (except ~notes.lck file ) successfully by the Networker.
All .NSF and .NTF files were backedup without stopping any services
on the client.
Is it advicable to use the module ? want to know what is needed and
if it works well.
Yes, it's advisable to use the module. While test backups, and 'early'
backups of Notes will frequently work without the module, as the
database gets more busy/active, more files will be dropped.
Though I think a more honest answer is - at the minimal cost of the
Lotus Notes module, do you really want to trust 'raw' filesystem
backups to protect what I presume would be business-critical data,
when using a module would be so cheap?
If you're not going to use a module, make sure you use another
suitable quiescent backup - e.g., snapshots with Domino temporarily
shutdown, or offline cluster nodes with replica copies, etc.
Cheers,
Preston.
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