If possible you can use the bpstart and bpend scripts 
to stop notes before backup and start it again after 
backup.

David

Quoting Ty Young <tyyyoung2 AT home DOT com>:

> This may seem like a silly question, but I have to 
ask because I don't know
> the Notes/Domino architecture well enough to be able 
to answer myself.
>
> Here's the deal.  We have a bunch of NT4 and Win2k 
servers which have
> Domino
> server running on them.  These are primarily mail 
servers, but they do a
> few
> other Notes-ish things too.  Anyway, we want to back 
them up with NetBackup
> 3.4 which runs on an HPUX 11.0 server.
>
> My colleagues in the Notes DBA dept. tell me that 
they do not have
> transaction logging enabled on these servers because 
of known issues with
> these logs in R5.  (There may be more information on 
this subject, but
> that's what I've been told.)
>
> As a result, it's our understanding that we can't 
back up our DB's using NB
> and the Notes 'module' because, according to the 
manual, transaction
> logging
> MUST be turned on.
>
> (One workaround we thought of would be to just back 
up the databases and
> other 'Notes-related' files, maybe using OTM in the 
middle, but we're not
> sure that'll work.)
>
> Anybody have any comments or suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -ty
>
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