The Agent for Lotus Domino uses the native Lotus Domino backup Application Programming Interface (API) to back up Lotus Domino databases and transaction logs. You can backup any online or offline Lotus Domino database. When you use online backup, you do not have to replicate the database, and do not have to stop the Lotus Domino server.
Using the agent, you can do the following:
Back up all database files that belong to a Lotus Domino server to a tape or file system device through the Arcserve Backup server. The agent also backs up transaction log files if the Lotus Domino transaction log option is enabled and the log style is set to archive. A transaction log is a listing of all the transactions that occurred on a database from a specific point in time.
Select an incremental or a differential backup method and schedule repeating jobs. For Lotus Domino servers with archived transaction log style, the incremental and differential jobs will back up the transaction log files and database files with a new database instance ID (DBIID) on your Lotus Domino server. For all other cases, the incremental and differential jobs will include all database files that were modified. If a system or media fails, you can use both the transaction logs and the full database backup to recover your databases.
Restore databases and transaction log files. The agent provides the capability to restore these to either their original location or to an alternate location.
Recover a database after it has been restored. The recovery process uses the transaction logs to “roll forward” the database to its current state (full automatic recovery) or to a specified point in time (point-in-time automatic recovery).
Note: The recovery process is only applied to Lotus Domino servers that have transaction logging enabled.
Operate as a Windows NT, Windows 2003, or Windows Server 2008 service and configure the Setup or the Control Panel Services applet to start automatically. This feature allows the agent to run without requiring a user to log in to the server.
Operate multiple instances of Lotus Domino servers on a single computer. With this feature of Lotus Domino, all partitions share the same Lotus Domino program directory and the same set of executable files. However, each partition has its own unique data directory with its own copy of the Notes.ini file. Arcserve Backup Agent for Lotus Domino supports partitioned servers and allows you to browse, backup, and restore databases located on different Lotus Domino servers at the same time.
You can schedule backup jobs to run at a specified time and on a specified day of the week. For example, you can submit a job for a date you specify and select a repeat method, or you can select a rotation scheme (a preset weekly backup strategy consisting of full backup jobs).
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