About directives in the backup selections list for Lotus Notes policies

You can add directives to the backup selections list to indicate database objects you want to back up. More information is available on backup selections.

Table: Lotus Notes directives in the backup selections list

Directive

Description

ALL_LOTUS_DATABASES

Performs the backup on all Lotus Notes databases on each of the selected clients. ALL_LOTUS_DATABASES means both local databases and Domino server databases.

Note:

This directive is supported only on UNIX clients. For Windows clients, create a backup selections list that includes the directories that contain the actual Lotus Notes databases.

Note:

Using the ALL_LOTUS_DATABASES directive can have tremendous performance issues on clients with large or multiple local drives. In this case, specify more specific directories or databases in the backup selections list. For example, specify the Domino data directory.

If this directive is encountered during a backup of a Lotus-Notes Windows client, the backup fails with a status 69: The file list string is invalid. If you have both UNIX and Windows clients, create at least two policies: one exclusively for UNIX clients and another exclusively for Windows clients.

BACKUP_TRANSACTION_LOGS

Backs up all transaction log extents that Domino server identifies as available for backup.

NEW_STREAM

In a backup policy, the NEW_STREAM directive is used to define a new stream of data.

A stream can be any one of the following:

A single stream for a particular partition of a Domino partitioned server
Multiple streams for a single partition on a non-partitioned Domino server

To use the NEW_STREAM directive, the Allow multiple data streams attribute must be enabled for the policy on the Attributes tab.

To schedule a backup of more than one partition from a single policy, you must back up each Domino partition with a separate data stream. Use the NEW_STREAM directive and the NOTES_INI_PATH= directive for each data stream.

For more information on the NEW_STREAM directive, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

NOTES_INI_PATH=

This directive identifies the location of the notes.ini file associated with the particular server partition that is used to perform the backup.

To configure a backup for a Domino partitioned server, use this directive to indicate the absolute path for the notes.ini file. This file should be associated with the server partition you want to use. The server partition that is specified has an impact on the how a database is backed up (logged or unlogged). It also affects which set of transaction log extents is backed up.

To configure a backup for one of the multiple installations of Domino server, use this directive to indicate the absolute path for the notes.ini file. This notes.ini file should be associated with the server installation to be used.

LOTUS_INSTALL_PATH=

This directive identifies the location of Lotus program files associated with a particular installation of Domino server.