Using the Agent for Lotus Domino › Data Restore › Perform a Restore

Perform a Restore

A restore job must have a data source from which backup files are extracted and a destination into which the files are restored. To restore data from Lotus Domino, you must configure and submit a restore job using the Restore Manager.

To restore backed-up data

1. From the Arcserve Backup home page, click the Restore Manager icon.

   The Restore Manager main window opens.

   Important! If you select the Restore by Tree method, you cannot restore the entire contents of the Lotus Domino server as a whole, but instead must select all subordinate objects individually. (The corresponding server marker is gray or disabled.) If you select the Restore by Session method, you can then restore the entire contents of the Lotus Domino server as a whole, without selecting all subordinate objects individually. (The corresponding server marker is green or enabled.)

2. From the Source tab drop-down list, select the restore method.

   The options displayed in the corresponding source tree depend upon whether you select the Restore by Tree method or the Restore by Session method.

   

   With the Restore by Tree method selected, the tree will only display the last completed backup job.

   Note: 

   • Arcserve Backup Agent for Lotus Domino only supports the Restore by Tree and Restore by Session methods.
   • If the session contains DAOS repository and Transaction Log, and if you select both the items, the physical path will not be displayed.
   • If you upgraded to this release of the agent, and you have sessions that were created in the previous release, the physical path will not display.
3. To restore a different backup job other than the most recent, click the server name, and then click the first Recovery Point drop-down control and select a recovery point day.
4. Click the second Recovery Point drop-down control to view all available sessions and select the appropriate session.

   

5. In the Source tab, locate the Lotus Domino database that you want to restore.

   Note: If the Lotus Domino archived transaction logging option was enabled during the backup, the Transaction Log icon will be the first object displayed on the expanded Lotus Domino server tree. However, if no log files were previously archived, the Transaction Log icon will not be displayed at all.

6. Select the object to be restored by clicking the corresponding marker until it is solid green (full restore).

   If the Restore By Session method was selected, the entire Lotus Domino server can be restored as a whole by clicking the corresponding marker next to the server name until it is green. To restore individual database files or transaction log files, you must select them individually by clicking the corresponding marker until it is green.

7. Right-click the Lotus Domino server whose objects you want to restore and select Agent Options.

   The Agent for Lotus Domino Restore Options dialog opens.

8. From the Agent for Lotus Domino Restore Options dialog, select the Restore Option (Overwrite Existing DAOS Objects with Objects from the Selected Backup Session, Perform Recovery, or Point-In-Time Recovery) and click OK.

   Note: To select Point-in-Time recovery, you must select both the Perform Recovery option and the Point-in-Time Recovery option. To select full recovery, you can select only the Perform Recovery option.

9. Click the Destination tab after you have finished selecting the restore method and objects.

   Note: Arcserve Backup Agent for Lotus Domino provides two destination options--restore data to its original locations (default option) and restore data to different locations. You can restore data from a Lotus Domino server either to its original location or to a different location, but not to another Lotus Domino server.

   Important! Do not change the name of the Lotus Domino server after performing a backup job. Any restore job will always try to use the settings of the same Lotus Domino server that was backed up. If you change the name of the Lotus Domino server, you must manually set the registry key PreviousInstanceName to restore.

   Note: If the length of your Lotus Domino server name is more than the maximum number of allowed characters, Arcserve Backup will automatically truncate the additional characters and replace the last two remaining characters of the string with 01. If there is another Lotus Domino server with the same name, Arcserve Backup again truncates the name down to the maximum number of characters and replaces the last two characters of the string with 02.

   For Arcserve Backup r12, the maximum length of the server name is 30 characters. For Arcserve Backup r12.1 and later, the maximum length of the server name is 79 characters.

   For example, for Arcserve Backup r12:

   • If the Lotus Domino server name is

     “User1223334444555556666667777777” (32 characters)

   • Arcserve Backup will truncate the name to 30 and modify the last 2 remaining characters as follows:

     “User12233344445555566666677701” (30 characters)

   • If you create another Lotus Domino server with the same name as the previous one, then Arcserve Backup will modify the name as follows:

     “User12233344445555566666677702” (30 characters)

   For Example for Arcserve Backup r12.1 and later:

   • If the Lotus Domino server name is

     “User11111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778888888" (81 characters)

   • Arcserve Backup will truncate the name to 79 and modify the last 2 remaining characters as follows:

     “User111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777788801" (79 characters)

   • If you create another Lotus Domino server with the same name as the previous one, then Arcserve Backup will modify the name as follows:

     “User111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777788802" (79 characters)

10. Select a destination for the restored data.

    You can restore data either to its original location or to a different location.

    1. To restore database files to their original locations, select Restore files to their original location(s).

       The destination window displays a Restore files to their original location entry.

    2. To use the destination object tree to restore database files to different locations, clear the Restore files to their original location(s) check box, and select the destination that you want to restore the data to.
11. Click the Schedule tab, and from the Repeat Method drop-down list, select Once or any repeat method (Every, Day of Week, Week of Month, Day of Month, or Custom).
12. After you have finalized all the restore job attributes, click Submit on the toolbar.

    The restore process is initiated. A Session User Name and Password dialog opens for the host from which you are trying to run the restore.

    Note: A session password is required only if it was specified during the backup process.

13. Provide the necessary security access information (user name and password) for the selected server host and backup session (if applicable). For more information about session options, see the Administration Guide. For a local restore job, the security information is not required.
14. Click OK.

    The Submit Job dialog opens, displaying a summary of the job type and the destination directory. If necessary, enter a description of the job in the Job Description field.

15. Select the Job Execution Time, submit the restore job by choosing either Run Now (to run the restore immediately) or Run On (to define the date and time for the restore) and then clicking OK.

    The Job Status window appears, displaying the Job Queue and Job Detail. You can also view more detailed Job Properties information by right-clicking the server name and selecting Properties. The Job Monitor window appears, displaying details and status of the restore process.

    

    When the restore job is complete, a status window appears, indicating the final status (successful of failed) of the restore job.

16. Click OK.

    The status window closes.